"Campus Invasion" comes to Bloomington

[hoosier]

Mon, Oct. 28, 2002

All fun and games - until a film crew invades IU
TELLING TALES
By Nancy Nall
of The News-Sentinel

Well, now we see what Indiana University officials were so upset about when they got that "No. 1 party school" title.

At the time, it seemed they were overreacting. At a school as big as IU, with so many stellar academic departments, it seemed silly to draw more attention to a stupid, arbitrary rating by making a big deal out of it.

But that was before the women of Shane's World, a porn outfit from Van Nuys, Calif., showed up to party in Bloomington. Really. That's what they said, that they wanted to "party with students from the No. 1 party school," according to one Calli Cox, identified by The Associated Press as an actress and publicist for Shane Enterprises. (In cottage industries, everyone does two jobs.)

Shane's World partied, evidence seems to suggest, by showing up at an IU dorm earlier this month and making a movie there.

That would be "Campus Invasion," set for release next month. Shot in October, released in November - the world of pornography works on a somewhat more accelerated production schedule than Hollywood does.

The dorm was Teter Quad, all you parents writing tuition checks for your young darlings matriculating there. Reports in campus and other newspapers suggest a number of male students may be making their movie debuts in "Campus Invasion." Yes, Ma and Pa Checkbook: Your son might be available on DVD or video for $24.95, and not as the star of his personal soccer-career highlight reel.

It's hard to know what to think of all this. On the one hand, you have to marvel at the way things work out. Once upon a time, pornography was a problem on the consumer end. Dirty-movie theaters scarred neighborhoods and attracted assorted creeps. Most video stores had a door marked "must be 18 to enter," behind which you could find clammy-palmed men and nervous couples selecting the night's entertainment.

No more. Various technological miracles replaced both the theaters and the back room at the video store. If you want to watch porn without being observed doing so, now all you need is a pair of thick draperies.

Unfortunately, the problem has traveled to the other end of the production cycle. Video is so cheap to shoot, edit and duplicate that producers need an angle to make them stand out from the crowd. Hence, "real people" tapes such as "Girls Gone Wild" and, presumably, "Campus Invasion." It's not outside the realm of possibility that the parents of a son and a daughter at IU could find both children in the Christmas stocking this year, modeling something other than cream-and-crimson sweatshirts.

On the other hand, this isn't the sort of thing that brings alumni dollars rolling in.

The Indianapolis Star quoted a dorm resident who said she was told "by several students who lived there that a male actor was dressed in a bear or beaver costume and the female actresses would occasionally expose themselves to him." This seemed worth a trip to the Shane's World Web site, and unless I miss my guess, it means "Drunky the Bear," star of an earlier Shane's World title, is making a repeat appearance.

Drunky the Bear and IU boys at the No. 1 party school - Bloomington, we have a problem.

It's been a rough few weeks for IU. First, a nationally read columnist, John Leo, reports a nonexistent anti-Semitic incident in Bloomington. And then the girls from Shane's World show up.

At a time like this, it seems a bit plaintive to say, it's still a great school. But what the heck: It's still a great school, one having a run of bad luck. Because it's true.

[KappaTarzan]

wow..thats all i have to say. wow.

[meliss]

I go to purdue and it was in our newspaper the other day. supposedly the *actresses* (hehe) were giving oral sex to the dorm residents on tape and just all kinds of stuff.

its pretty sad i think.........

edited to say they ended up in that dorm by just following some random guys home from class. wow, that would be just so wierd to have some people follow you home and just be like, hey, we're gonna make a porn now

[hoosier]

I've heard that many of the best looking females at Purdue, when kissed and stroked nicely, respond with a big juicy "moo", as in "Moo, moo, Purdue"

[meliss]

Wow, how stupid

[GreekLetterGirl]

this is sort of related but I found out today the Girls Gone Wild is doing this tour of the US and is stopping in my town tonite and than going up to a frat house on campus... ugh guys why do you go and watch girls like this... i mean would you ever bring a girl you met at a GGW taping home to meet mom, yes i am sure the girls are all good looking and willing to take their clothes off... but i don't know the whole thing is just freaking me out.. i mean would you guys even DATE a girl that is on that video i mean so many other guys would have seen her on tv... i don't know .. sorry just a random rambling..

[CelticGal]

Originally posted by meliss
Wow, how stupid

Totally agreed. I have both my bachelor's and master's from IU but I would never say anything like that about Purdue. I know too many wonderful people who went there, plus they still have a Sigma Kappa chapter. Both are very fine schools with a lot going on. Meliss, please accept my apology for Hoosier's mean-spirited post.

The porno thing is a little wierd, I agree.

[meliss]

Originally posted by CelticGal
Meliss, please accept my apology for Hoosier's mean-spirited post.

Apology accepted

I like IU anyways, I have friends there, even though I have only visited once and it was cold and snowy so we didn't get to go out and see anything really.

[CelticGal]

Originally posted by meliss


Apology accepted

I like IU anyways, I have friends there, even though I have only visited once and it was cold and snowy so we didn't get to go out and see anything really.

It's a nice school. You should visit sometime in the fall or spring (around Little 5 weekend) to really get a feel for the campus. Much more spread out than Purdue's.