Playboy (USA) October 2006

COVER STORY Fall is here, which can only mean PLAYBOY is on heightened campus alert. We're throwing our annual back-to-school party by featuring the hottest student bodies in Girls of the Big 12. Senior Contributing Photographer Stephen Wayda demonstrates why cover model and Miss August 2005 Tamara Witmer is at the head of her class. Our Rabbit adorns a laptop with a view. FEATURES 58 THE BASEMENT In early February 2005 two pledges descended into the basement of the Chi Tau fraternity house at Chico State University for a final test of endurance. Hours later one of the young men was dead. Our reporter unlocks the secrets of this night of hazing that went terribly, lethally awry. BY JONATHAN LITTMAN 58 PLAYBOY'S COLLEGE TRIVIA QUIZ Can a student really earn credit for a course in tightwaddery? How about getting a degree in adventure sports? You'll think we're making some of this stuff up—and we are, but only some. Give our test the old college try by separating the bogus from the merely bizarre. BY ROCKY RAKOVIC 72 MY PLACE AT EIGHT? Ask any woman: Delectable dining is the best foreplay. The host of Food 911 walks you through three easy-to-prepare three-course meals that will have her staying over for breakfast in no time. BY TYLER FLORENCE 96 JONESY Never mind the bollocks—walk in the shit-kicking boots of original Sex Pistol Steve Jones, as the punk-rock legend cuts loose about the band's legacy, his drug and sex addictions and how he became the wildest, most unpredictable DJ on West Coast radio today. BY DAN HALPERN 38 SEXUAL PENSEES A New York humorist and PLAYBOY contributor with a philosophical bent casts a knowing eye on the sexual dance in this whimsical piece illustrated with the fluid line drawings of Andre Barbe. BY BRUCE JAY FRIEDMAN FICTION 78 OZARK LAKE Our College Fiction Contest winner tells the tale of a 15-year-old girl looking for something to break the boredom at her parents' summerhouse. But after accepting a boat ride from an attractive older guy, she suspects Prince Charming is the predator her mother warned her about. BY NICK CONNELL THE PLAYBOY FORUM 45 THE PLAYBOY VOTER: A SPECIAL REPORT, PART I The accepted narrative of the 2004 presidential election is that red-state rubes outnumbered blue-state sophisticates. Our survey of PLAYBOY subscribers suggests to a silent purple majority makes up the great middle of American politics. 20Q 76 JOHNNY KNOXVILLE The actor for whom no pain or prank is too outrageous answers questions about the quality of Willie Nelson's weed, why he said no to Saturday Night Live and whether he had doubts about making Jackass: Number Two. BY JASON BUHRMESTER INTERVIEW 51 LUDACRIS His Dirty South rapping has rattled Oprah Winfrey and Bill O'Reilly, but his roles in critically lauded movies such as Crash and Hustle & Flow earned him mainstream respect. Now the artist formerly known as Christopher Brian Bridges discusses why he dropped the moniker Cris Cringle, how to do it froggy style and why people need to stop blaming rap for society's woes. BY ROB TANNENBAUM PICTORIALS 62 FORBIDDEN FRUIT MySpace marvel Christine Dolce plays a dominatrix in this fetish-fantasy pictorial. 82 PLAYMATE: JORDAN MONROE When you move into the dorm, you hope Miss October lives down the hall. 112 GIRLS OF THE BIG 12 As the Beach Boys knew, Midwest farmers' daughters really make you feel all right. NOTES AND NEWS 9 THE WORLD OF PLAYBOY Jamie Foxx, Jimmy Kimmel and other celebs enjoy the 28th Playboy Jazz Festival; artist LeRoy Neiman is honored in Chicago. 10 GLOBE-TROTTING WITH HEF Hef, Holly, Bridget and Kendra take a big fat European vacation. 107 CENTERFOLDS ON SEX: CHRISTINA SANTIAGO Our Playmate of the Year 2003 reveals when she's ready for sex with her man (always) and in what position (nearly any). 151 PLAYMATE NEWS Pamela Anderson raises awareness of AIDS and bares all for animal rights; Miss July 1956 Alice Denham's new book, Sleeping With Bad Boys, is a lusty memoir. DEPARTMENTS 3 PLAYBILL 13 DEAR PLAYBOY 17 AFTER HOURS 35 MANTRACK 41 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR 94 PARTY JOKES 143 WHERE AND HOW TO BUY 155 ON THE SCENE 156 GRAPEVINE 158 POTPOURRI FASHION 100 BEST DRESSED MAN ON CAMPUS The winners of our nationwide search for well-dressed college men show off the looks that keep them one step ahead of the pack. BY JOSEPH DE ACETIS REVIEWS 27 MOVIES Martin Scorsese is still married to the Mob with The Departed; Children of Men is sophisticated science fiction for adults. 28 DVDS Rediscover beauty and the beach with two seasons of Baywatch; Wolverine headlines the mutant battle royal in X-Men: The Last Stand. 30 MUSIC Chris Cornell talks about being a grunge-era survivor; the Living End is the Aussie answer to Green Day. 32 GAMES Prey is a gravity-defying first-person shooter; machinimamovies created using games—goes mainstream. 33 BOOKS The author of The Zero fictionalizes post-9/11 events; the best noir novels—dark books for dark times.