BIRD'S EYE VIEW
Offering a different perspective
Aug.23,1996
Page 10A
PLAYBOY
EXPOSES KU STUDENT'S BODY
by Ian Ritter
Anne McAlister appears to be a typical KU sophomore with only a few exceptions: she's a bit quiet and seems to be a trifle shy.
Oh yeah, she also appears nude in this month's Playboy.
This month's issue, called the Girls of the Big 12 issue, features girls from each school in the Big 12 Conference. McAlister is the only one that represents KU in the nude.
"It's one of the most tasteful and prestigious magazines that you could do that for," she said about posing nude. "You should be proud you were chosen to do something like that."
McAllister, a business administration major from Lawrence, said she mainly did the photo shoot for the money.
Though the $500 she received for the shoot may not seem like a lot, McAlister said that she needs all the money she can get because of her student loans and two jobs.
As far as the photo shoot went, McAllister said that the $500 was n't the easiest money that she's ever made in her life.
"It took all day," she said.
The shooting process took a total of nine hours to create one photo that was used the magazine.
"You had to hold certain poses—it was just work," McAllister said. "It wasn't as
glamorous as you think it would be."
Though she said posing nude for a photographer was weird, McAlister said that David Chan, the Playboy photographer, was very professional.
"He was nice and he really wanted his work to be perfect," she said. "It's not like a younger guy who I'd be intimidated to do that in front of."
The photo that made it in the magazine, which only subscribers have received so far, is of McAlister sitting upright wearing only an unbuttoned shirt and a holding a graphing calculator.
Biographical information about McAlister's major and job as a library aide was included. It also said that McAlister wasn't fond of calculus exams, snowy weather or frat bovs.
What's wrong with frat boys?
"Some of them make it out to be that school's all about just getting drunk and partying," she said.
But she said that she thinks some members of fraternities are decent people. In fact, her boyfriend is a fraternity member at Kansas State University.
McAlister, who had yet to see the new issue, said she was upset that Playboy used her quote about frat boys because she didn't think the magazine was going to use it.
Speaking of her boyfriend, McAlister said that he had few qualms about her posing nude for Playboy.
"At first he was like, 'Yeah, do it, why not,' but he didn't think I would actually do it."
she said. "But now he's ready to give them to his dad and his friends."
McAlister's mother, Pat McAlister, wasn't enthusiastic about the shoot, but doesn't hold the nude posing against her daughter.
"She's gonna have to live with whatever comes out of this," she said. "But what she wants to do is the important part and what makes her happy."
Pat said that she wasn't informed of the photo shoot until after it took place.
The Big 12 issue of Playboy comes out in stores next Tuesday, and McAlister will be sign issues on Aug. 29 at the EZ Shop on 1414 W 6th St
Susie Coleman, manager of area EZ Shops, said that she was certain that the turnout for the signing would be large, and she encouraged people to go to the store with their Playboy magazines.
McAlister was chosen to be in the magazine last semester when recruiters came to the KU campus.
Karen Ring, Playboy publicist, said more than 100 women from KU were in line for the position.
Even though most university students who pose in the magazine don't continue with careers in Playboy, Ring said, McAlister has a chance to do so.
McAlister said that she would take on a career in modeling if the money was right, but for now her future plans are to work as an accountant in Arizona.
Geoff Kreiger / KANSAN
Jack O'Neill
Cary Pierce
Contributed Photo
THE DALLAS BAND IS SLATED TO PLAY WITH THE BIG BOYS AT THE JAYHAWK MUSIC FESTIVAL
by Erin Rooney
This is not surprising since Pierce has been to Lawrence not only to play musical venues, such as at the Granada, 1020 Massachusetts St., but to drink beer at Free State Brewing Co., 636 Massachusetts St. and shop in the stores along Massachusetts St.
Cary Pierce often finds himself wearing a Sunflower Outdoor & Bike Shop T-shirt when touring with his band.
Pierce is a co-founder of the Dallas-based band Jackopierice. He and Jack O'Neill combined their names and formed their acoustic guitar and vocal group more than five years ago.
Jackopierie will be one of the bands featured on the main stage during Sundays' Jayhawk Music Festival. The band is scheduled to take the stage at 4:10 p.m.
The first time Jackopierce played in Lawrence was at Benchwarmers, a bar that has since gone out of business. Pierce and O'Neill jammed in front of a crowd of about 500 people, Pierce recalled in a recent phone interview.
Since that debut, Jackopierce has played to sold-out crowds
every time they have returned to the city.
Pierce and O'Neill met their first year of college at Southern Methodist University in Texas. Both were theater majors and knew that they really wanted to play music.
Freshmen at SMU have to complete an acting audition at the beginning of the year, Pierce explained. The arts department is invited. The first day they must perform a piece. The next day the heads of the department are allowed to present their criticisms.
"The band truly cherishes Lawrence; it is one of the most important places we play," Pierce said.
"They came to me and said, 'Cary Pierce, you're so arrogant up there, you should buy a bus ticket home,'" Pierce said. "As the professor was ripping me apart, Jack turned to me and just shook his head."
O'Neill then leaned over and wrote, "I'm next," in Pierce's notebook. O'Neill was the next to be scrutinized by the professor. The two did not know each other at the time, but have been friends ever since.
Jackopierce produced three albums independently before
Pierce claims that artists like Neil Diamond and Fleetwood Mac influenced his playing style.
signing with A&M Records in the summer of 1993. The band has since recorded two albums, the latest released earlier this summer, and added two more members to the band, drummer Earl Darling and bassist Clay Pendergrass. The two play on the most recent album Finest Hour and are touring with the band full time.
O'Neill gained influence from popular bands of the '60s such as Santana, Neil Young and Bob Dylan.
But the band is not stuck in the past musically or technically.
"Jackopierice has a page set up on the Internet where people can respond to questions asking, 'What do you like most about Jackopierce?'" Pierce said. "People have written in some great stuff. They discuss what our music has done for them. They say that we sing about the way things in life should be. how things could be.
"Personally, I like to know that I made peoples' lives better, that the music makes them happy."
Jayhawk Music Fest
11:15 Detar-X
Noon Sister 7
12:50 Shag
1:40 Self
2:30 Semisonic
3:20 Hum
4:10 Jackopierce
5:00 Poe
5:50 The Urge
6:45 The Violent
Femmes
Regional Stage
11:45 Means to an End
12:30 Danger Bob
1:15 Outhouse
2:00 Palomar
2:45 Skybopfly
3:30 Citizen King
4:15 MU330
5:00 Super 8
5:45 Tenderloin
5:45 Tenderloin