David Kennedy '93, a Lampoon member, said the parody "has absolutely nothing to do with flattery. We think they're a bunch of misogynous morons."

Kennedy said the distribution of the parody at the party was not offensive, but the magazine itself is.

"One of the things they constantly emphasize is that the Edge man always has two women," said Kennedy, citing one of the reasons he finds the magazine offensive.

Students interviewed yesterday said they enjoyed the parody but had mixed opinions about the real Inside Edge.

"I thought the Lampoon parody was exactly the same but better," said Jason G. A. Vincz '93. "This thing was really poorly written."

One sophomore woman living in Quincy house said, "I thought it was all a big joke. It seemed like the magazine itself was a parody."

Several students felt that the magazine was geared toward a very young market.

"The people who are going to read this magazine are the same [teenagers] who play around with their cable TV box trying to tune in static on the Playboy channel," said Adam D. Taxin '93.

Taxin, however, had several positive comments on the magazine. "I really liked the models. I want to find out who this 'Monique person' [an Edge advice columnist] is and when I do I'm going to ask her to my formal and she's going to say yes.

"I don't see myself using it as a source for any papers," Taxin said, "but I think they found a niche in the market and I think it'll succeed."

But others shared Kennedy's concern about the representation of women in Inside Edge, which contains an article advising men to "hook up with someone else" if they want to break up with their girlfriends and an article on weight-training that states that "Nautilus leg equipment is made for women who want their thighs to look nice. It's a waste for serious athletes."

Jessye Lapenn '93, an active Radcliffe Union of Students (RUS) member, was "appalled" by the magazine.

"I think it's absolutely disgusting. The Lampoon version wasn't much worse. It's one of the most unbelievably blatant sexist things I've seen in while," she said.

Lapenn cited a column in Inside Edge that instructs men on convincing women to sleep with them.

"Nobody remembers to ask if the woman wants to have sex with him," Lapenn said.