Violent fantasy in comic is no joke at U. of I.

A student comic strip involving a violent sexual fantasy issparking protests at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,where researchers earlier recommended banning the pompon squad tohelp stop sexual abuse.

"This is going too far," said Michele Shoresman, chairman of theChancellor's Committee on the Status of Women.

The committee is urging readers to cancel their subscriptions toThe Daily Illini, the student newspaper carrying the comic strip. "Wedon't want sex and violence confused in anyone's mind. We've got tostop this."

The cartoonist "is not a Charles Manson type," said Dan Bernard,managing editor of The Daily Illini, an independent …