Friday, September 17, 1965 University Daily Kansan
Cheesecake AND Pigskin?
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Those chosen as cover girls are:
Diane Green, Abilene senior;
Cherie Lodge, Olathe junior; Jill Marsh, Leawood sophomore; Connie Myers, Newton junior; Linda Paradise, Shawnee mission senior;
and Karen Renstrom, Omaha, Neb., sophomore.
Beauty, as well as brawn, will highlight the 1965 KU football season. And as spectators root for their favorite players, they will also have a chance to vote for their favorite football cover girl.
"We were looking for wholesome girls representative of the coeds people see every day. The girls we have chosen are the types people recognize as their neighbors and friends." Dynan said.
Phil Dynan, KU sports publicity director, explained that cover girls were chosen this year to spark student interest in buying the programs and to distinguish KU's football program from others in the Big Eight conference. Dynan said the KU program is different from any other published in the country for varsity football games.
THE COVER GIRLS were chosen last spring by the sports information department, with Dynan presiding as judge. "You notice they're all brunettes," he quipped. The girls chosen were also approved by Emily Taylor, dean of women, on the basis of scholastic qualification.
An official "cover girl ballot" will be enclosed in each program and fans may vote for the girl of
tner choice. During halftime of the first home basketball game on December 1st, the winning candidate will be announced as the first "KU Football Cover Girl," Dynan said.
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Two national magazines are planning photographic layouts of the cover girls. Coach and Athlete magazine is planning a layout featuring all six girls, and Sport magazine plans to use Miss Myers in a photo feature, Dynan said.
LAWRENCE MERCHANTS have offered to give prizes to the winner, including a complete wardrobe, Dynan said.
"The response has been overwhelmingly in favor of our idea." Dynan said. "The only question seemed to be why we were promoting such an expensive proposition. But the department feels the venture will be worth it."
For the homecoming game, the girls posed in short formals around the Chancellor's fountain.
Lance Gilmore, assistant city editor of the Wichita Eagle, has joined the staff of KU University Relations as a special writer of Centennial materials.
The cover girls are portrayed as game spectators on the first program cover. Surrounding Bob Skahan, Columbus junior and varsity quarterback, the girls are dressed in winter outfits with mum corsages as accessories.
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