THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 25, 2009
NEWS
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CULTURE
Photo illustration by Weston White
University art classes regularly employ models to pose nude for classes. Live models help students learn to accurately draw the human form, one of the most difficult figures in art.
Models enhance class experience
BY ABIGAIL BOLIN abolin@kansan.com
Standing completely naked in front of a classroom full of students is not a nightmare for Olivia Hernandez — it's her job.
Models like Hernandez, a junior from Baker University, pose nude for art students in three-hour life drawing classes each week.
"Here's my naked body!"
Hernandez explained of what she thinks while posing. "When you're naked in front of someone you're going to have sex with, they're judging your body. The students aren't thinking whether
"It's art, it's beautiful, and it should be celebrated."
OLIVIA HERNANDEZ Art class model
or not my boobs are big enough, they're observing line<sub>e</sub> tone and volume."
Art student Katherine Perez said the use of nude models is extremely important for the education of student because of the level of difficulty associated with the human form.
"They are an irreplaceable resource that is crucial to the process of creating art and learning technique," Perez, Wichita senior, said. "The human form is one of the most used subjects in the fine arts. If anything I respect them for their willingness to put themselves out there for the arts."
Lack of knowledge on the subject led to derogatory, lewd and immature actions by students outside the figure drawing classes trying to catch a peck of the nude models, an assistant professor of a life drawing class said.
Nude modeling is not synonymous with pornography, which is a common misconception according to Hernandez — it's about art.
"At first my mom just thought I just took my clothes of for money," Hernandez said. "After seeing
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some of the artwork done of me, her whole mindset changed. It's art, it's beautiful and it should be celebrated."
Since the human form varies from person to person, many different models are employed to expose the artists to all forms.
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A person must be naked to see the differences in muscle tone and bone structure, said Kent Van Dusseldorp, a 55-year-old model
from Kansas City.
"Because the human body is one of the hardest things to draw." Dusseldorp clarified, "if you can draw it, you can draw most anything else."
Shannon Bybee, the assistant to the chairman of the visual art department, expressed the importance of using live models as opposed to other mediums for art classes.
She said a live person must be used in order to capture the true form of the human body mannequins and dolls are not an option.
"Well Barbie is definitely not in proportion," Bybee said.
"I am extremely comfortable with my body now; you kind of have to be," Hernandez said.
Posing nude has helped Hernandez learn some life lessons and grow as a person.
One incident in Hernandez's posing career helped her get over any insecurses she may have had. After going in to work not feeling well, Hernandez passed out in the middle of posing.
"Once I blacked out and woke up butt-ass naked with my head in some random student's lap." Hernandez said. The paramedics were taking my blood pressure with my vagina in their face. That taught me to be able to laugh at myself real quick."
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He's not allowed to discuss what Alvarez was asked, but said she was cooperative and gave testimony willingly.
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BLOOD DRIVE Two students pass out after donating blood
A woman who could not be identified was taken by ambulance for medical care after she fell off of a sidewalk near Eaton Hall just after 3 p.m. Thursday. Witnesses say she had just given blood.
"She landed on the concrete and hit her head," Samantha Strobing, St. Louis graduate student, said.
"She passed out and fell into the bus lane," George Magnuson, Topeka senior said. "She was just standing there. She turned towards the engineering complex and just fell over backwards."
Samantha Strobing, St. Louis senior, said she and other students called 911 after she hit her head.
A bus driver who could not be identified said he pulled up to the bus stop and could not see the woman on the ground.
BLOOD DONATION TIPS
Drink extra water and fluids to replace the volume you will donate (avoid tea, coffee, or other beverages with caffeine)
Before Donating
- Get a good night's sleep
- Have a good breakfast or lunch
Eat iron-rich foods-red meat,fish, poultry or liver, beans, iron-fortified cereals, raisins and prunes
materials — lipids — that appear in your blood for several hours after eating fatty foods. When this occurs and required testing cannot be performed, the blood may need to be discarded.
- Avoid fatty foods, such as hamburgers, fries, or ice cream before donating. Tests for infections done on all donated blood can be affected by fatty
During the Donation
Wear clothing with sleeves that can be raised above the elbow
- Rehydrate by drinking plenty of fluids over the next 24-48 hours
During the Donation
Relax
- Show the staff any "good veins" that have been used successfully in the past to draw blood
If you feel light headed, lie down, preferably with feet elevated, until the feeling passes
- Avoid strenuous physical activity or heavy lifting for about five hours after donation
- Take the time to enjoy a snack and a drink in the refreshments area immediately after donating
- In rare cases when bleeding occurs after removing the bandage, apply pressure to the site and raise your arm for 3-5 minutes; if bleeding or bruising occurs under the skin, apply a cold pack to the area periodically during the first 24 hours
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class at Mallott Hall about 3:30 p.m.
After Donation
Jana Hodges, De Soto freshman, also passed out Thursday afternoon while in a chemistry
However, students were surrounding her and made sure the bus driver stopped within a safe distance.
but did not take her for further medical care. Despite the incident, she said she had donated before and would still recommend giving blood.
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Municipal Judge Brooke Peterson told the dog's owner, Melinda Goldrich, that if the dog is seen again in Aspen, it will be rounded up by animal control officers and put to death. Goldrich was in court Wednesday on a charge of keeping a vicious dog.
An out-of-town friend has offered to take the dog.
Goldrich had been under a court order to not leave Gizmo unattended after the dog bit another person in February. She also was cited in 2006 for the animal's bad behavior.
An Aspen fitness club employee says the Pomeranian, named Gizmo, bit her in August while it was tied to a fence. The dog served 10 days in an animal shelter.
Pomeranians are long-haired and small, typically 3 to 7 pounds.
She said she thought it was triggered by her walk from the blood drive in the Kansas Union to Mallott Hall. Hodges said paramedics gave her fluids,
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POLITICS
Schwarzenegger runs into party issues
BY JASON DEAREN Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO — At a third anniversary celebration of the state's ambitious climate change law, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday found himself fending off barbs by a member of his own party — former eBay CEO and Republican candidate for governor Meg Whitman.
Schwarzenegger, speaking to the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, dismissed Whitman's recent statements that, if elected governor, she would suspend the California Global Warming Solutions Act until its effects on the economy are better understood.
"I would pay no attention to this kind of rhetoric and look toward the substance. ... This is not a political issue," the governor said in response to Whitman's statement.
Immediately after the speech, Whitman issued a statement again slamming the law, referred to as AB32, calling it a "job-killing regulation." She previously made criti-
ical comments in Orange County on Tuesday, when she formally announced her campaign for the GOP nomination next year.
The global warming law, that Schwarzenegger signed in 2006, mandates that the state cut its emissions of greenhouse gases 25 percent by 2020.
"I reject radical environmental policies that do little for the environment and devastate California's economic future," she said. "Liberal environmentalists may not like jobs or people, but California needs both."
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