Kansas State University - Royal Purple Yearbook (Manhattan, KS)

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Slt TING ON A BENCH outside Dares fast lane on Clallin Avenue, Tommy Turner, sophomore In Construction science and management, and Mark • Penka, senior in secondary education, flip through copies of Playboy the Big 12 ' Issue while waiting to go inside for autographs from the three K-State models. ' All Playboys are tors ' items, ' said Dustin Kirk, junior in political science and Playboy scriber. TII put mine away M a safe spot: — Photo by Nicole Damen Al Tilt SIGNING an autograph Sarah Vollmer, sophomore in business, ensures the permanent Ink is dry by blowing on the glossy surface of the magazine. Tristyn Rutledge, sophomore in open-option, Shauna Cushman, senior In munication sciences and disorders, and Vollmer posed nude in Playboy magazine ' s October issue. ' I was feeling wickedly spontaneous, ' Vollmer said. ' l have gained some interesting connections, to say the least: —Photo by Matt Stamey Three women become models, pose nude in Playboy magazine by Lindsay Porter ADVERTISEMENTS STARTED APPEARING in the Collegian in early April for Playboy magazine models. More than 50 female students responded. Playboy Photo Team representatives interviewed women at the Ramada Plaza Hotel April 30 and May I. Candidates needed to show proof of K-State enrollment, a valid driver ' s license and complete a questionnaire. After the interviewSarah Vollmer, sophomore in business, said she was told Playboy representatives would call to schedule a photo shoot. When I was basically told that I had been chosen right then and there, I didn ' t believe it until I was called for confirmation of the shoot date, she said. My photo shoot was the last on the whole tour for the Big 12, on May 4. Two other K-State women were chosen for the project. Vollmer, Tristyn Rutledge, sophomore in open-option, and Shauna Cushman, senior in communication sciences and disorders, all opted to pose fully nude. Imagine yourself being dolled up for the camera, Vollmer said. Your wardrobe, consisting of enough material to barelyclothean infant, ispresented and you dress in front of these strangers who go about business as usual. Then a topless man with a hairy chest and bunny ears (photographer David Rams) says, ' Are you ready? ' and proceeds to make you feel like the sexiest woman on earth. I was loving every minute. The October issue featured 50 women in the 25th edition of the Girls of the Big 12. K-State models visited two Dara ' s Fast Lane stations and Rusty ' s Last Chance Restaurant and Saloon Aug. 29 to sign autographs. Dave Debes, junior in civil engineering and Playboy subscriber, waited outside Dara ' s on Fort Riley Boulevard with more than 20 men to have his copy signed. It ' s a once in a lifetime opportunity, he said. It ' s worth waiting in line for. After the publication ' s release, Vollmer said people had presumed she was promiscuous, easy, stupid and lacking in personality. I get a lot of static over degrading myself and other women by allowing nude photos of me to be ogled by men, she said. Out of millions of women, I have been chosen to be published in a national magazine that has a readership of over 15 million people a mont h, but I can ' t properly enjoy it without someone making preconceptions about me. Playboy is a liberal icon. I am proud to associate myself with them. Girls of the Big 12 19

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18 Student Life

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PEDAL AWAY Big, tykes little trikes by Lindsey Thorpe ROARING ENGINES resonated in cars of the cheering crowd. Tires squealed as the smell of burned rubber lingered in the air. It wasn ' t quite NASCAR but May 15. Rusty ' s Outback and Rusty ' s Last Chance Restaurant and Saloon transformed into a small-scale National Hot Rod Association racetrack. Usingrotating rubber pedals for acceleration and chrome handlebars for steering, volunteer drivers, hoping to win NHRA drag racing tickets, raced Radio Flyer tricycles with Budweiser decals. The rules: go fast, stay in the lane and play fair. For safety reasons, intoxicated drivers were not allowed to participate. We ' re here to promote safe drinking and let everyone know whywe think our product is numb er one, Scott Schon, Budweiser on-premise sales manager, said. We want to bring young people together to have a good, safe time. We figured what better way than to simulate a race. There ' s nothing funnier than a 250-pound man on a 12-inch tricycle. The weight of the contestants, however, proved to be too much for the tricycles, causing complications. The handles turned, but the wheel didn ' t, Schon said after a contestant collided into a picnic table. That ' s what happens when you have big guys on little tricycles. Kip Etter, Rusty ' s bartender, helped Schon tighten and straighten the two broken tricycles. While waiting for the tricycles to be repaired, Budweiser girls roamed the bar recruiting willing drivers. The races were organized in a bracket, single-elimina- tion style. Whoever crossed the finish line first went on to the next round. Some participants raced for the tickets while others said they just wanted a shot at racing a tricycle. Every contestant walked away with a Kenny Bernstein key chain. The top three racers, Kelly Katz, senior in elementary eduCation: Scott Feldkamp, junior in secondary education and Kevin Zimmerman, senior in architectural engineering, received a pair of tickets to the NHRA drag races in Topeka. 20 Student Life