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Annual college issue-a long-time
■avorite of subscribers and casual
Auyers. This year’s edition is get-
Hng attention in Texas for its
'“Women of the Big 12” pictorial.
he section features girls from
|very school in the Big 12 athlet-
conference, including Texas
&M University.
Mary Beth Decker, a senior
lournalism major, was one of
Iwo A&M students to pose for
■he issue and said the experience
|tas been entirely positive for her.
“I’ve read the magazine for 2
>r 3 years, and 1 thought it
ould be really cool to do,”
ecker said. “I had a blast. The
hoot took about 3 hours, but
they made it really comfortable;
Ive did the shoot at The Tap here
|n College Station, and everyone
as really professional.”
Some might wonder how
ippearing in Playboy would
ffect someone at such a conser-
ative school as A&M, but
ecker said she hasn’t encoun-
ered any difficulties.
“Some of my friends from
ustin asked me if I’d had any
roblems here, but everyone I
now was really happy for me,”
cker said. “No one’s treated
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■to New York City after gradua-
Ition to pursue a career in film.
“I’ve been involved in the the-
I ater since I was 6-it’s always been
I my passion,” Decker said. “If I
I don’t end up acting I may end up
I writing for a magazine, but it
I would have to be real off-the-wall,
I like Maxim or Rolling Stone.”
Penny Drake, one of the
issue’s models from the
lUniversity of Texas, shared a
■ similar experience.
“My decision to pose was
I just a fluke,” said Drake, a sen-
1 ior photojournalism major. “I
saw the ad the day of the audi
tion and went.”
Drake said while her friends
have been supportive, she has
yet to speak to her family about
the matter.
“Since the issue has come out
I haven’t even heard from
them,” Drake said. “I’m assum
ing they know about it, but I’m
25, and I’m married, so it was
ultimately my decision.”
At a recent autograph sign
ing for the UT models, Drake
said everything went smoothly,
but other schools have not
experienced the same laid-
back atmosphere.
“At the Oklahoma signing one
of the girls’ mother showed up to
Some of my
friends from Austin
asked me if Vd had
any problems here y
but everyone i know
was really happy
for me. *
— Mary Beth Decker
my title goes here
the signing,” Drake said. “When
the girl said she was getting paid
$200 to be there, her mother told
her she’d give her $250 to walk
out, so the girl did.”
Decker had her own outlook
on posing.
“I don’t understand why
there should be any controver
sy,” Decker said. “If I were 21
and not in college I don’t think
anyone would care; people seem
more afraid of an educated
woman being nude. People just
need to relax and not take life so
seriously.”
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FBI searches for Baton Rouge serial killer
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The serial killer is likely white, social
ly inept with women and between 25 and 35 years old. He
seems like a nice guy, doesn't make much money and is strong
enough to lift 175 pounds.
Authorities hope that profile will jog someone's memory as
they investigate the slayings of three Baton Rouge women,
whose deaths within the past year have been linked by DNA evi
dence.
FBI experts and local police who created the profile released
details in segments Tuesday and Wednesday, along with images
of footprints the killer left behind. Police say the prints indicate
he probably spent lots of time watching women, including the
three victims, and at some point tried to approach them.
"However, his level of sophistication in interacting with
women, especially women who are above him in the social stra
ta, is low," the profile reads.
He blends in with the community and seems to be a nice guy,
but is impulsive and would have shown fits of anger and agita
tion when information about the murders was released, paying
special attention to media coverage, police said.
The profile included the image of an athletic shoe print
believed to belong to the killer, who wears a size 10 or 11.
Police wouldn't say whether he stalked the victims, but said he
likely learned their behavior patterns by observing them or casu
ally running into them, which would not have made the women
suspicious.
"'He may come across to some women as a nice guy who
might have tried to get a little too close to them too soon, but
otherwise is a non-threatening person," said police spokes
woman CpI. Mary Ann Godawa.
Charlotte Pace, 22, was stabbed to death May 31. Pam
Kinamore, 44, was abducted from her home July 12. Her throat
was slit and her body dumped about 30 miles away from Baton
Rouge. Gina Green, 41, was found strangled in her home Sept.
24, 2001.
Godawa said police had received more than 150 tips from the
public since Tuesday, though Police Chief Pat Englade wouldn't
comment on whether there were any suspects.
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online press release at Baylor
University, members of the
Sigma Phi Epsilon fraterni
ty posed in a photo with
several female stu
dents wearing bikinis.
The fraternity was
suspended and will not
be allowed to recruit
pledges this school year.
The students who posed in the
picture were required to write a
papier and do community serv
ice. One female student who
posed nude in a seperate photo
was suspended.
Eileen Hulme, Baylor
University’s vice president for
Student Affairs, said this was a
violation of the code of con
duct in the Student Handbook,
which states “personal mis
conduct either on or off cam
pus by anyone connected
with Baylor detracts from
the Christian witness
Baylor strives to present
to the world and hin
ders full accomplish
ment of the mission of
the university.”
In a prepared state
ment, Hulme says that
“aside from the fact
Playboy magazine
exploits women, the
publication clearly is
in business to sell sex
uality and does so in a
manner inconsistent
with the Christian
priniciples to which
Baylor seeks to
adhere. The object
of this feature in the
magazine was to
showcase students at
the Big 12 institu
tions, thereby bring
ing into their pres
entation the
Baylor name and
image. We could
not allow that to
happen without
consequences.”
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