University of Kentucky - Kentuckian Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

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WWWmn,.v'm'aavz-:x:tveLqu. t year when the tables were turned and men were ogled as the subjects of calendars. There were two calendars made es- aecially with the University in mind, f'The Men of UK and I'The Zeta Man Calendar. The Men of UK was a calendar which featured 10 male students and 1 a horse named Gonzo in various lo- rations around the City. lt was the project of the Lexington JtntieDrunk Driverls Club, Inc. Proceeds from the calendar, which setailecl for $3.50y were used to pay for printing costs and speaker fees for x :11 alcohol awareness program. 1 Chuck Malkus, president of the , lADD's club, said he expected the fa'endar to net $3,000. l The idea for a calendar featuring 1 men originally came from Arizona 1 State University. The calendar was t .alled, aptly enough, 'The Men of xlzona State and it sold 3,000 cap 1 5 1n the firstweek. Malkus said the idea of a calendar 1 hegan in April 1982 in New Orleans, g where Alpha Tau Omega fraternity f was playing in a flag football tourna- g .nent. It was there that some women began mentioning the Arizona State ; calendar. ; From there, the idea of a calendar i mturing university men caught on 3 wroughout the West Coast, I think ; mi: is the first calendar of its kind in i the East or South, he said. i The release of The Men of Arizo- 2 na State calendar prompted some of a the men featured in the calendar to make stops to other campuses, and one of those stops was at UK, a The school year 1982-83 was the The response was very good. It was something that hadn't been done before, at least around here, Malkus said. The Men of Arizona State opened the doors, according to Male kus, for an idea to get women in- volved in the LADD's Club. This seemed like a great idea. Malkus and Lori LaRosa, vice pres- ident of marketing for LADDis and a former model, began the search for the models early in 19821 The search For the men began with a list of over 400 UK students and was narrowed to approximately 12 men by a selection committee headed by LaRosa. The photographs, taken by Gary Landers, a UK graduate, showed the men in various poses corresponding to the season associated with each month. The calendar exemplified the men of the UK campus and the City of Lexington, Malkus said. Most of the men photographed did it for fun or on a dare. None seemed terribly embarassed about the exposure, he said citing the fact that the Arizona State calendar launched the modeling careers of at least six men. I've gotten pretty good response about the calendar and my picture, said Trent Blevins, a business junior and the subject for the 'lOctober pic- ture. Malkus predicted that in 1983-84 there would be another Men of UK calendar. There were also plans to in- troduce 3 Women of UK calendar. There had been some discussion about creating a 24-month Men of Role-reversal pin-ups turn male students into Calendar Boys the Southeastern Conference. Malkus credited the success of the calendar to 'doing it well, taking your time and making sure you use good quality photographs with nice scenes. That first-class approach makes a calendar that can hang above a desk, in an office or home. The Men of UK was distributed primarily through area bookstores. Most of the calendars were purchased as souvenirs and presents, he said. Early in 1983, though, area retail- ers had marked the Calendar down to $1.75. Reasons for the decrease were: The calendar is only good for nine months, by the spring semester, they only had four or five months left on it, and Who wants to buy a 1982 calendar when it's 1983? The Zeta Man calendar was an- other popular calendar that featured various fraternity members. The cal- endar was the project of the Zeta Tau Alpha sorrority pledge class. The Zeta Mari calendar project raised money for the Association of Retarded Citizens. The calendar, which also retailed for $3.50, spanned the months of Au- gust to July. Unlike The Men of UK calendar, The Zeta Man calendar featured advertising and listed various spon- SOTS. Response from the calendars, according to Malkus, ranged from Where are these guys? and I must not be going to the right classes. -Barbara Price Sallee Artwork by Celeste Soard Calendar Boys 27

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Telecommunications students attempt to cover the University and perfect a Production N umb er Telecommunicatiom seniors Gary Howard and Mary Kemmerer edit a story tor a spring edition nt Bluegrass Dateline in the Studio B facilities in the basement of Patterson Office Tuwen iPhoto by Frank Satvino Denise Dabmn takes advantage of the equipment made available tn Bluegrass Dateline statt members by Telecable, The programs were aired on TeleLabIe's public access channel, -Ph0to by Frank Salvmo ty budget Cuts. But the active participants in the Campus groups dreaded the slashing knife of Universie they had Bluegrass Dateline nothing to fear. 'The miracle of the program is that we operate on zero budget, said Marsha Beilomy ot the teicvison program? producing student organization. Arrangements were made with Teiecable and the University for use Of their LdIth'itS. Members also produced UK Students Present, a public affairs program sponsored by the Student Government Ax sociatinn that aired on W'LEXeTV, Channel 18, in Lexinge ton. In return for this service, studio time was given in the Office 0t Instructional Resources in the Taylur Education Building. Involved students received no payment or tNtde-Sprtldd recognition on campus. Instead they gained valuable expo, rience in the telecommunications ticiLL The premise is that any student, even though they have a degree. has trouble tinding a job, especially in a media-related tietd, said Beliomy, associate producer and a communicatiom graduate student. You have to have some experience. Tom Rudd, a senior from Morgantietd, stressed the longstanding need for this sort of activity on campus. t'You can only learn this stutt by doing it, and thig, is the first opportunity they've had, said Rudd, executive pro- ducer of Bluegrass Dateline. There weren't any classes tin the College of Communicationbl that dealt with this kind of production. Since that time, a Telecommunica- tions 599 course has been specially designed tor members of the organization. Bluegrass Dateline was established during the tail se- mester 0t 1981 by the Communications Student Society, and in the spring, 0t 1982, they had three programs that were led by producer Chris Todd. We started rocky, said Bellamy, but we learned from our mistakes, Three 30eminute programs were pro- duced in the tall 0t 1982 with a goal at increasing produc- tion to once every three weeks in the spring. The shows appeared on Telecable's public access channel 5, on UK's cable channel, and on Frankfort's cable television system. organization knew continued on page 31 28 Bluegrass Dateline