THE PARTY’S OVER
FOR PL4YBOrS LIST
"MV sort oj laughed it off five years ago and we shouldn't hair."
Playboy ( ailed it an honor of soi is.
and in some wavs, ii prnbabh v\.iv
()f the buntlreds ol (olleges and
universities across the rountrv,
onl\ Id made the magazine's ldH7 list of
top pai t\ s< bools.
1 his was to lx* the* vr.it for the* updated list, thr new vt
• it honors, to hung uillcgr student* up to date* on tin* top
pain s< hooh, pu tot tal inhiilr not to lx* <*\t hide d
1 licit* will lx* ik » he>n«»rs this vrai
“I was undrt the* impression we* writ killing the* ton
e e*pt savs a some r in fHtnboy s l os \ngrlcs office* "Ms
iinde istanding was that Hr! lexikrd it «»\ri and saiel thr
|M»int is that relut anon is thr thrust in the* nine tie s It s tun
to sav vou ie* a palls m hool. hut thrtr s mote* to it than
that \\ e de i i<Ic ei to ir e valuate* this
l hats tfoenl news tot « olle^e* ad mill 1st t ate»f s like* Kn k
Mi Hue*, diirt loi o| « dininuim at ion at San |)k 40 State l
thr \o S paitv s4 hex»l in M? vvhrir stuelrnts and umve tsi
tv of!it ials fought against tiring on the* mill h antic ipatret
list
last tall, whe n (hr maga/mc started congratulating the*
nation's e arnpiisrs that hael tnadr (hr stirairihnrd paitv
rollrgr list, stuelrnts and aehnimstiatofs at some of the
i Ik »m*u 1 e illc-grs startr*el fighting hae k
( mdv Kakov.it/ s vkc* pte sidrnt ot pnhlie irla
lions anel pioinutton*. savs the* magazine* wasn 1 trs|*M»d
iii),* to i ampus administrators hv m altng •!« »wn its parts list
*ll has nothing i<> do with {cainpiis] administration, shr
savs \ m.i|'.i/ine that s hrrn sut e rsslul loi P* vears
deK-sn t get mptxd m thr hud socasrlv
What il t amr down lu, though. ioi siucUuis anti atiinin
istratms .il ilir newlv honored "good lime si hools" was
ih.il i r* ogm/.iiion 111mi lhr i i>nttmrrst.il pu bln at ion
linin'! quite lit min u i hanging i .uii|>tis i Innate-. wheie
he.ilth oilti la Is continue thru h.iille against .ill nhol abuse
.mil women on i am pus light Ini rqu.il lights
"We suit ul laughed it nil live veals ago and we
shouldn't have," Mooie savs "I is.is not aware id the
in11>di t it would have on out Jiuhlii image
lh.it |ml>1 ii image, allei all. has lirtomr veis iui|jurlaill
In i olleges and umvelMlles It a v hool develops a tcput.e
lion that it isn't ilmiig enough in lake a stand nn liehall oi
vsiunen til that it siqqxuts the |xIpul.u ullage nl excessive
til inking, then it lai rs a lough tune atti at ting potential
students and lai uliv and suppressing publii nun iv
"It dors give us a skewed repulaiion. saw 11VIIV krulik,
a si-nint at the l ul Miami, named the No. ‘J pattv m linol
in 1987.
"Ill ihr Sou ill Florida .lira, I'M is a lughlv iesp«-i table
uiuveisilv In olhei pails nl the countrv. a lot ul |>eoplr
have that vievs that l M is Suntan l It at11a* ts a Ini nl high
si hi Mil students who want logo to a pat tv '< hool
Mill that, saw Rae (addsmith. dim lot ul puhlit tela
lions at (initial Mu higan I . is ihr ptuhlrm
’Wr don't think it represents us at i utatelv. savs
(•uldsnuth. whose umveisitv was rankeit No. lt> in *7
"Me leel that it exploits the lauipux. but we know who wr
air and will continue to protnntr the image we know
just makes th.it more «!itti< ult Hut thru again.
IHdiybtn makes n<»e\< uses
“Wr will i ontinuc to Ik the hw us ol intellr* tual drlwtr
on campuses. sass l*Unhir\ s Rakowit/ It s a kes to out
sellahiltts
Haybtff earrlulh avoids am tomial affiliation with a t ol
lege and keeps i ampus t otitat t d<»wn to Users and nrwspa
jx*i advertisements
\nd alter all. sass Hol> l’eni/et. a s|*»krstnan lot public
relations at ( alilorma State I t hito. the No I parts
s< 11<mi| m l‘»s7. Hmbtn doesn't do min h lot a univetsits
that alteads has a pat ts m h«M>l image
-It s an image that’s lx*en .tiuuiul lor awhile, IVnt/ei
sass «i| < hi( n’s reputation "I don't think thrv slat ted it all.
M >ut t vs SH\
When IUayh<ry named the I of \ eiinorii a top party
N4 lioi)l again this vr.it after Ms No I tanking til l*W7 the
student government then det tiled i« * light hat k I he asst ►
< lation voted last tali on a tevolution pun iaimmg an oil)
t lal t ntit Nil of the maga/me s at tiuties
"We wanted |>eople to know that the women who did
t hoove to pose don t net essaiilv represent l \ M, sa\s
juiuoi Mexandet Wilt ox. vn e president of the Student
(»o\ei nine nt \vmm lation “ I hex tan t sjnak ft w all of us
l AM students piotestetl with an elaboiate the.Kitt al
presentation featuring a group of hare « hesietf women
with gi04 eiv hags on then heads Vftei thethiee houi
i ally, neat Iv a hunched people matt her l to the lot a I
B\ Marshall I’iri'i v, Irniiont ( . <>l \ rnnont
Student demonstrator* at the U. of Vermont protect Playboy’* upcoming pictorial tribute featuring college women.
it’s .1 (mits limn
Students wlu» rrali/r lli.it have less of problem with
l'hnhtr,\ miv.lii uni .ivuk i.iii<iii with thru « hooh
"I don't think it's as big of a snuggle as (icoplr think it
is," saw Mark I honivm, a (iinioi at thr l ol Nevada His
univeisits w as named thr No I I parts lollrgr “I don t see
mu students all up in anus "
f vrn il si hools i an get around thr dubious honor ot
bring noted lot thr drinking stamina ol us students,
though, dine s the little inaUrr <>! 1‘iaybay* most nintro
srisial nature using partiallv nude or nude female stu
dents who supposedly represent the top pans schools
Ihat pail of the April issue won't 1m- snapped. Playboy
llnlul.iv Inn to disrupt ihr iwmirw
l.i/ Kuhen. .1 sennit at Mount Holyoke College in
Mavui liturttv. vaw I’laybuy tan avoid ihrw protest* liv
making sure die i olk'ges dies t hoove wall! to In-1 lioven
"II lliev asked us tl we wanted [them 1 tor ome and even
one said no.’ then we wouldn’t have to go through 1111%,"
KuIk-ii vivs
But that doesn't netrssartlv mean universities should
stop 1‘1/nlxrt horn r outing on r ampus. savv 1 erlrlv Ket/er, a
Blown l junior.
“No matter hi>w thev go alxnit r outing to Blown, lliev te
going to misrepresent the university." he *avs 'But thev
i an do whatever thev want.” U
magazine that's been successful for 40 years doesn't get nipped in the hud so easily.’'