The Michigan Daily -Thursday, September 5, 1991- Page 5 S udent gains national "ยข - I as at " rY:"-- ,exposure in IPlayboy Ns J r s~n Yc .SE P ,a~ e 3 N_ 'N' 7a by Purvi Shah Daily Staff Reporter Two answering machine mes- sages stick out in Tracey Phillips' mind. The first: she had been se- lected to pose for Playboy maga- zine's Girl's of the Big Ten issue. The second: a feminist group called her roommate to discuss protests against Playboy. "That was really ironic that that bappened," says Phillips, an LSA junior. "I don't really think she (her roommate) had a clue that I was go- ing to pose." After about 275 University women were interviewed in January, Playboy chose to shoot six University women. Three Michigan women, Engineering senior Sara Jane Zeilstra, alumnus Lisa Engelman, and Phillips, were eventually picked for the final print. Though she believed she would be edited out, Phillips is one of 49 college students in the October Girls of the Big Ten issue. Out of all the women, she is honored to have been selected as the model for the preview within the September issue. The photo shoot has led to ex- tensive exposure for Phillips. After posing in Playboy, she has been interviewed by two television news stations and will be on various radio programs. Phillips is also Miss May in the Women of Michigan calendar and will be in- gluded in the Patrick Adams pho- tography showcase on State St. Though she is not getting her PLAYBOY continued from page 1 for the issue. There are no specific criteria for being accepted as a mnodel, Paige said. "The photographers have been dloing this for a long time. They know what they're looking for," he said. "They look for a lot of differ- ent things. There's no set specific ihing. You'll find a variety of body types, hair colors, and personalities. Of the 49 girls, you'll find 49 very different women in the pictorials." Y The popular issue has also come inder fire from feminist groups. When Playboy photographers came o the University campus, protesters decried the magazine for exploiting women. sr"I knew that we couldn't stop Playboy when we protested. I'm certainly unhappy and dissatisfied," $aid protest organizer Melissa Dan- forth. "Playboy presents a stereo- typed view of women and a narrow iange of beauty. There's a much Wider range of beauty and sexuality than Playboy covers." The magazine's representatives W said they feel protests are counter- hopes high, Phillips would like to model for New York fashion maga- zines in the future. "That would be an ultimate," she says. "I'm just a Midwest Michigan girl. All I know A cold April day isn't exactly perfect conditions for a nude photo shoot, but Phillips enjoyed it more than she had anticipated. "I expected the worst because all I read was it was exploitation of women. I was expecting the worst - so far I've gotten the best," she says. "It was very professional. It wasn't dirty or sleazy. They just put me really at ease." Although reactions from people have been positive, Phillips was originally worried about how the student body would react to her po- sition as a Playboy model. "I seem very conservative when I view myself, so posing nude is kind of new to me," she says. "I don't dress very wild. I don't press peo- ple's buttons. I'm sure it's new to people who know me. I was actually apprehensive about it because Michigan is a liberal campus. I defi- nitely have a better outcome than what I thought it'd be. Those that didn't think it was right still praised me on my boldness and how I'm handling it. Everyone's been very supportive. "I just wonder when I walk, do you think they'll recognize me? I don't think so. I have no idea. I re- ally am as clueless as anyone else. Who knows? I guess I'll find out." Phillips believes the weirdest reaction is people who ask, 'Oh what did you wear?' She responds, "This is Playboy. What do you think I wore?" Phillips is I'm from a small town, and they're tripping out on me. I don't consider (Playboy) the ultimate. Maybe Cosmo - the cover." The backdrop for her Playboy shoot was an honest-to-goodness farm, animals and hay provided free of charge. So was the cow bite she received near her buns, the runny nose, and her hay fever. From 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. photographer David Mecey captured Phillips in bare essence on 50 rolls of film. President Bush addresses University graduates at May's campus wide commencement ceremony in Michigantaim Stadium. Bush addresses 1991 graduates by Jay Garcia the nation's rate of illiteracy through projects and ser- and David Rheingold vice. productive. "The people that protest defeat their purpose," Paige said. "They help us do our job by letting people know that we're there." "There's always been an element on every campus that we go to that doesn't agree with Playboy," he added. "The vast majority of people think Playboy is fine. It's a re- spectable magazine. It's a part of popular culture." Paige also argues that protesters contradict the basis of the feminist position for the freedom and em- powerment of women. "The femi- nist argument goes against the whole concept of feminism, which is to allow women to make their own choices. It goes against the whole idea of self-determination. And no one's making those people buy the magazine or look at those pictures." Danforth argued, however, that. protesters did not attack the - women. "We weren't protesting the women who were going to try out. That is their choice," she said. "I'd be willing to talk to them about how they have better things to do in life. You can be an intelligent and interesting woman and still pose for Playboy." Over the last few years, Playboy has been broadening the focus of the college issue by branching out. Last year was the first time women from women's colleges were featured. Sales have not jumped since the issue was released Monday, said Wolverine Campus Market em- ployee Robert Cantelon. "It seems that generally for some reason there's more awareness that Play- boy would be coming out with the Girls of the Big Ten issue," he said. "People have been theoretically waiting for it, but I can't say that the sales of it have been very good. I would rate them as normal." Playboy will be celebrating its 38th anniversary this December, but the periodical has been featuring university women for only 15 years. Daily Staff Reporters Graduating students entered Michigan stadium this year wearing caps and gowns instead of maize and blue sweatshirts to hear President Bush give the 1991 spring commencement address. Bush landed at Ypsilanti's Willow Run Airport and travelled to the stadium via motorcade for the hour-long ceremony, which began at 11 a.m. He left immediately following the graduation exercises. Walter Harrison, executive director of University relations, said this is Bush's standard procedure for commencement speeches. In addressing the 8,300 graduates, Bush criticized the spread of "politically correct" speech on campuses across the nation. "Although the movement arises from the laudable desire to sweep away the debris of racism and hatred, it replaces old prejudice with new ones," Bush said. This year's unified graduation ceremony marked a change from the policy the University adopted last year when it divided commencement exercises into school or division. Harrison said, however, that the University will not continue to hold commencements in the stadium. "It's a one-year-only deal because President Bush is coming," Harrison said. "We intend to go back to indi- vidual schools and colleges next year." This year marked the second time Bush has visited the University in the past decade. He last appeared in 1985 to commemorate former President John ~F. Kennedy's unveiling of the Peace Corps. Bush and first lady Barbara Bush received honorary Doctor of Law degrees during the ceremony. In an introductory speech, Gov. John Engler praised Bush for his service to the American public and said, "Mr. President, I have a message for you to take back to Gen. Schwarzkopf and Gen. Powell: Hail to the Victors!" referring to Michigan's fight song. Barbara Bush was honored for her work at reducing Some students objected to Bush's presence. A group of several dozen students to the right of the platform stood up, holding red brochures as a symbol of blood- shed in the Persian Gulf War. The president's speech was also punctuated by anti- Bush cries from the bleachers. Many times, though, supporters of Bush began cheering to drown out the dissent. Members of the platform included University Pres- ident James Duderstadt, members of the University Board of Regents and presidents emeriti Harlan Hatcher, Robben Fleming, Allan Smith and Harold Shapiro. The University attempted to personalize the cere- mony by decorating the stage with the flags of the var- ious University schools. At the end of the ceremony, the dean of each school or division asked the respective graduates to stand. Graduates-to-be represented schools as small as Information and Library Studies and as large as LSA. The University also awarded honorary degrees to Seymour Kety, professor emeritus of neuroscience at Harvard University, for his research in the genetic as- pects of schizophrenia; Billy Frye, vice president for academic affairs and provost at Emory University; Ronald Sagdeev, head of the Theory Division at the In- stitute of Space Research in Moscow, for his role in ad- vocating international participation in space research; A. Alfred Taubman, founder and chair of the Taubman Co. Inc.; and Ta-You Wu, president of the Academia Sinica in Taiwan. 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