Eau Claire students featured in fundraiser
Calendar draws fire from WAGE
Trevor Kupfer
Issue date: 12/5/05 Section: Campus News
The wind gently blows as she sits in the heavy sand, and the waves slowly approach from behind. The photographer snaps shots one after another, taking breaks to resituate the model in different poses. The model's bathing suit and the grains of sand covering her body glisten in the bright summer sun.
The result isn't a Sports Illustrated issue or even the cover for Maxim, but instead the first-annual "Women of UWEC: The Real EC Swimsuit Calendar." For a price of $10, the 12-month calendar includes eight UW-Eau Claire students in bikinis, with proceeds benefitting two student organizations - Students In Free Enterprise and Colleges Against Cancer.
While some students and faculty are excited about the calendar, others are skeptical of the implications.
"The goal was to design a calendar that promotes cancer awareness and the excellence of students at UWEC," calendar creator and SIFE member Andy Landgraf said.
Senior Linda Hurd, CAC president, said the effort SIFE put into making the calendar and giving half of the proceeds to cancer research was a generous offer. "All the money (CAC) raises goes to the American Cancer Society and goes to cancer research."
Within the calendar - beside the pictures - the academic achievements and personal information of each model are listed, as well as the several sponsors' coupons and events.
"I appreciated what they were doing and wanted to help out the organization," Cold Stone Creamery Co-Owner Scott Knepper said. "It's giving back to the college, which is a huge part of our business."
Others, however, don't think the calendar is such a fantastic idea.
Coordinated by Erin Polnaszek and Traci Thomas-Card, the Women's And Gender Equity Center has set up an exploitation awareness campaign booth alongside the calendar sales in Hibbard Hall. They plan to distribute information on the objectification of women in society and offer a contribution fundraiser for cancer awareness in which 100 percent of the proceeds go to the American Cancer Society.
The result isn't a Sports Illustrated issue or even the cover for Maxim, but instead the first-annual "Women of UWEC: The Real EC Swimsuit Calendar." For a price of $10, the 12-month calendar includes eight UW-Eau Claire students in bikinis, with proceeds benefitting two student organizations - Students In Free Enterprise and Colleges Against Cancer.
While some students and faculty are excited about the calendar, others are skeptical of the implications.
"The goal was to design a calendar that promotes cancer awareness and the excellence of students at UWEC," calendar creator and SIFE member Andy Landgraf said.
Senior Linda Hurd, CAC president, said the effort SIFE put into making the calendar and giving half of the proceeds to cancer research was a generous offer. "All the money (CAC) raises goes to the American Cancer Society and goes to cancer research."
Within the calendar - beside the pictures - the academic achievements and personal information of each model are listed, as well as the several sponsors' coupons and events.
"I appreciated what they were doing and wanted to help out the organization," Cold Stone Creamery Co-Owner Scott Knepper said. "It's giving back to the college, which is a huge part of our business."
Others, however, don't think the calendar is such a fantastic idea.
Coordinated by Erin Polnaszek and Traci Thomas-Card, the Women's And Gender Equity Center has set up an exploitation awareness campaign booth alongside the calendar sales in Hibbard Hall. They plan to distribute information on the objectification of women in society and offer a contribution fundraiser for cancer awareness in which 100 percent of the proceeds go to the American Cancer Society.
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