Ohio State Buckeyes: Girls of OSU and Men of OSU Calendars

Since 1982, Girls of OSU and Men of OSU calendars have been making history. More than a dozen versions of OSU calendars have appeared in the last quarter century, featuring Ohio State students - and some professional models - in various states of dress (and undress).



More than other universities, Ohio State University seems to be an attractive place for publishing pinup calendars. If South Bend is known for gold domes and Gainesville is famous for funny mushrooms, then college calendars (and controversies surrounding them) have put Columbus on the map. OSU's thousands of loyal alumni are a network of ready customers spread across the country, eager to relive their college days with fun-oriented calendars.



Sean Ashbrook, who published several calendars featuring students of both sexes, gives insight to the marketability of calendars: To make a profit with a calendar of female Ohio State students, you must appeal to Ohio State Alumni. Alumni men are eager to buy calendars featuring college girls - harking back to fun days on the Ohio State campus ...carefree times before paying bills and changing baby diapers. In contrast, Campus Men Calendars targeted fans of Abercrombie and Fitch male models - people nationwide - not just OSU alumni - who find college guys attractive.



Ashbrook said the male calendars' photos were always more provocative for several reasons: college males find it more acceptable to pose semi-nude and the market rewards risqu? photos with higher sales.



Moreover, parents are more comfortable with their sons disrobing, rather than daddy's little girl doing do, Ashbrook said.



He notes the irony and sexism in the naming of female versus male calendars. Females who appear in calendars are usually referred to as girls. However, males who appear are referred to as men. It says that when women pose for a calendar, they are being less mature than when males pose.



1982 - Calendar Men are Born

After years of OSU calendars published by Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, featuring female students and models, the first known calendar featuring males is published by Evelyn Moore of Groveport, a Columbus suburb. Moore was inspired to create The Men of OSU after viewing a P.M. Magazine television show about a University of Michigan-themed calendar, featuring male students. This first male calendar is strictly black and white and shirtless.



1983 - OSU Calendars Go To The Dogs

Inspired by the many students who exercise their canine companions on The Oval and in Mirror Lake, OSU students Cary Gregory, Jim Kargiotis and Tim Brown publish The Dogs Of OSU calendar.



1986 - OSU Calendars Come Of Age

Buckeye student entrepreneurs Scott Jordan, Tony Campagni and Ed Allen publish the Buckeye Men calendar in color with wholesome photos.



1987 - OSU Calendars Get Philanthropic

Ohio State's Alpha Gamma Delta sorority publishes Faces Of A Crowd black and white calendar, featuring fully clothed frat boy/students. Profits benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation.



1988 - America Wakes Up To OSU Calendars

OSU sophomore entrepreneur Sean Ashbrook releases Images: Men Of The Scarlet & Gray full-color calendar, featuring swimsuit-clad male students. Legal threats from the university administration draw national attention to Men of the Scarlet & Gray.



1989 - No Gender Bias In OSU Calendars

Publishers follow-up with two black and white OSU calendars: Women Of The Scarlet & Gray: Legends and Men Of The Scarlet & Gray: Legends. Each has an underwear model theme that pays homage to popular Calvin Klein underwear advertising.



June 1990 - OSU Calendars Become A Small Business

Success with the underwear theme causes the calendar operation to be expanded, producers travel with a company of photographers, models and assistants to Florida beaches to photograph Women of the Scarlet & Gray and Campus Men.



September 1990 - Where OSU Calendars Go, Scandal Follows

Publishers release the full-color Women of the Scarlet & Gray and Campus Men calendars amid published reports that several of the female models are not Ohio State Buckeyes, including two who are high school students. An uproar ensues. Publishers receive complaints form alumni and stores pull the calendars from store shelves.



1991- Even Playboy Appreciates OSU Calendar Females

Four students who appeared in the 1991 Women of the Scarlet & Gray calendar are selected by Playboy magazine to appear in its Girls of the Big Ten issue. Later in the year, publishers release the full-color 1992 Women of the Scarlet & Gray and Campus Men, featuring only Ohio State students. Cindy Cooper, daughter of OSU Head Football Coach John Cooper, is Miss July.



1992 - Is That Oprah Calling?

Publishers release the 1993 Women of the Scarlet & Gray and Campus Men calendars, both photographed in full color in Key West. Producers from the Oprah Winfrey Show take notice of the male calendar's more suggestive photos and invite a male model to appear on the air.



1993 - Campus Men and More Campus Men

Publishers release two OSU male calendars. One titled Cool: College Hunks shows students fully clothed in Miami Beach. The second, Hot: University Hunks depicts the same students in semi-nude photos in Key West. Not to be outdone, L'Esprit Models, a Columbus agency, publishes Scarlet & Gray Calendar: Ladies Edition, also photographed in Key West. After filing suit against the female models for showing up late at promotional events after the calendar was released, the court turn the tables and award judgments against the modeling agency for too harsh a contract.



1993 - OSU Male Calendars Meet Racial Equality

African-American male students take center stage as OSU graduate student Jarralynne S. Fletcher publishes a full-color Black Men On Campus calendar for 1994.



1996 - Haven't We Seen These Guys Somewhere?

Hot: University Hunks, is re-released with new dates as a 1997 calendar and sold nationally through magazine ads.



August 1999 - See You In Court

The Ohio State University files a lawsuit in U.S. District Court to block publishers from distributing the already-printed 2000 version of Scarlet & Gray Girls. University lawyers claim the title infringes on an unregistered trademark belonging to OSU. They argue the decades-old fight song Buckeye Battle Cry contains the words scarlet and gray making this phrase the property of Ohio State. They also say calendar photos depict females in team-issued OSU athletic uniforms. Ashbrook knuckles under and allows the university to destroy all 10,000 copies of the female calendar.



September 1999 - Down But Not Out

Publishers re-shoot three photos from the Scarlet & Gray Girls calendar and release Campus Girls: Final Edition. It becomes his last calendar featuring female students.



October 1999 - Sean Ashbrook releases a version of the Campus Men calendar for 2000 that is photographed in Florida and sanitized of all OSU references. Producers from The Jenny Jones Show contact four of the male models to appear on air.



September 2000 - Sports theme

Sean Ashbrook publishes the 2001 edition of Campus Men with a new theme of titilating photos of college varsity athletes in various stage of undress. Producers chose black and grey athletic uniforms without obvious OSU connections.



September 2002 - Number 16 and Out!

Campus Men publishes the 2001 edition of Campus Men It is their 16th and last men of OSU calendar.



September 2003 - Angels fly across campus

Male calendar model John Wong publishes a female calendar with his roommates. Titled Campus Angels, each photo shows a campus coed wearing white angel wings in honor of Victoria Secret advertising.



September 2006 - Girls of OSU Back on the Beach

Company titled Student Body University shoots a swimsuit calendar of Ohio State Buckeye female students. In a twist, they title it Girls of OSU in contrast to the use of Scarlet & Gray for 14 years. Female calendars had not used OSU in the title since 1982.





Campus Men is credited with being the first to successfully market pinup calendars featuring OSU college guys & girls. Campus Men also offers modeling tips for college students. The most recent editions of calendar men and calendar girls is available.

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The Downside of Our Female Models & Behavior Today

Men, do you want a woman you just can't get enough of and look forward to seeing (without losing your power and natural authority in the relationship) or do you want a woman who either;a; owns youb; you just want to bang and then are tired of right afterwards and she feels usedYou see, we as men just don't know. We haven't found any women that we just want to keep seeing again or who we can trust to devote our heart to.If we show too much interest, the women in our reality just run the other direction or won't open up to us. This keeps us further closed in our shell while trying to figure out the behavior of our women.As men, we either think she's too sexy and hot and just want to 'bang her' and be over with it while not being interested in anything else about her or any 'lasting' attribute.OR, we 'think' she's a 'great catch' but in reality end up finding she takes over the marriage and relationship while you ending up sleeping on the couch in your own house.What we don't realize is that men can actually feel the same things women ideally do while getting the best of everything. We just don't find it within the women in our cultural reality.Yet this is the natural way of things and how it's always been up until recently.Social influence is the ONLY thing that said housewives weren't happy (for their own economic benefit) and soon these women started to believe it.Can man AND women find a perfect balancing ground? Can we as men have the best of everything while striving to be the best that we can be in our careers with a woman who is HAPPY ANDsupports us while putting the family first?Can we actually HAVE sex, power, minimal nagging and a lasting relationship with a woman who knows her role like you are doing your role?If the prada's and pricktease's don't fit the category, what is it then?It's the natural alpha women.

It's your chance to be caught up in love, romance, passion and devotion without ever giving up your own relational authority in the relationship. Why?Because it's the natural relational dynamic and she knows her role unlike the prada's and pricktease's.This option passed away a generation ago. Our grandmother's were the last remaining natural alpha women.Today, this is just not possible with the prickteases or prada's, but this is the way it's been throughout history. Your wife was more emotional and supportive yet you grew in devotion to her as she was the perfect wife and mother and you stuck together through the rough times.You took care of her and she took care of you and the kids. Men could just be themselves without getting criticized for every little thing and why? Because the women were being themselves too.Sure, many men took it for granted most of the time but that is the lasting beauty of women and after all that we've gone through I think millions of men would appreciate the power ofa natural alpha woman if they were even aware they still existed today.They empower a man to be the best he can be without cutting him down or nagging. They can work through issues.Men would appreciate the things she does without word because she knew her biological role. She doesn't want to take over the marriage and be the man. She respects her husband andallows him to grow and provide for the family without challenging him.And after what countless millions of men have been through, this simple, natural and traditional character of a woman would seem like a behavioral miracle. How could he even deserve such a perfect woman after putting up with the behavior and psychologicalabuse of prickteases, prada's and his ex-wife?A few men know what the secret is and they're keeping it a secret, but they had to step 'outside the box' to realize it.Unfortunately, independent women will put down natural women because they don't realize the more important attributes these women have that they're missing themselves. They'll view it as'repression' when it isn't at all; it's just representing the lack of necessity to take over the world and throw the dynamics off ending in divorce.Welcome back to nature my friend. It's what our grandmother's were like. It's the way it was meant to be biblically and historically. The strength of a natural woman to hold a family together, not to be a homewrecker.Now we have gender-role swapping that is driven by our social culture. Even GQ is slowly adapting towards 'gay' men as role models if you look at it; sad but true.It's up to you to know the truth and realize the understated and overlooked attributes of a natural alpha woman. When you find that woman I recommend that you love her forever because she will love you forever without wanting to steal your farm or take over the world.It will be ok to as a man to even be passionately in love without her leaving you. Why? Because she is natural; closest to her roots and not corrupted with social distortion and opportunistic programming.Rion Williams is one of the foremost experts in dating advice, personal power and social dynamics. By Rion Williams

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Either you already have a fitness model worthy body, or your looking to get one, I've listed a few valuable tips for those entering the female fitness model world. Becoming a model is challenging enough as it is, especially in the world of fitness. If you're looking to become a female fitness model, or you simply want to look like one, you have to accept that it is going to be a lot of work. You have to achieve a high standard of fitness that needs to be maintained. If you're still interested, read on.When you are starting out with a less than stellar body, prepare yourself for a lot of work ahead. You will need to get into great shape, and you need a find a program that will get your there quickly. If you don't have a lot of money right now, finding a personal trainer may or may not be an option for you. There are a few programs on the market, but the best one is Fitness Model Program, developed by world renown fitness model Jennifer Nicole Lee. This program will help you to achieve a trim, strong look in active and swim wear. Two of the most important categorizes. What you have to keep in mind, is that becoming a fitness model is different than becoming a muscle model. You will need to focus on becoming strong, and trim without bulking up. Your look needs to be pretty and feminine, allowing some body fat will help you to achieve this look.While you're shaping up, you should start saving a little money for a professional portfolio.

Finding a photographer that you are comfortable with is key, and one that has experience with portfolios can be just as important. If you have a photographer friend, even better, they may be able to provide you with a discount in turn for some word of mouth advertising.Once your body and portfolio are ready, you should start looking for an agent. Doing a little research and asking around in the female fitness model community could lead you to the right agent for you. They will review your portfolio and most likely ask you to come in for a test shoot.Once you've attained a reputable agent, they will start sending you out on go-sees, which in the modeling world is a job interview. The clients will look through your portfolio and its important to represent yourself in the best possible way when you are there. Let your personality shine through! Having a great body will get in the door, but a winning personality will keep you there. By Lucinda H. Becks

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Female Muscle Building - How to Look Like a Model

More and more women are waking up to the importance of bodybuilding. They too want to achieve perfect proportions for their body with attractive curves in all the right places. Body building workouts also tone one's muscles and firm the body making you look younger and fitter. And it's not just about looking good, you would also feel good, fitter and much stronger. It will also be good for your health and general level of fitness.Technically there is no strict distinction between body building workouts for men and women. Why should there be when they both have the same number and type of muscles and bones. The crucial difference between their bodies is that men have a concentration of testosterone in their bodies, which is the muscles-building hormone while the women have estrogen, which characteristically stores fat. This might or might not imply that women gain weight more easily. But the important thing to remember is that weight can be lost, with adequate exercising and diet control.Women often hesitate to enter a body building routine because they think that if they were to stop exercising that it will lead to excess fat deposition. But this can be safely branded as a myth. Muscles and fat are different tissues. They can't be converted into one another. Fat is formed in the body when all the calories that you consume are not burnt properly. The most common cause behind this is reduction in physical activity and exercise. This happens in everybody, even people who exercise regularly. When bodybuilders stop exercising or they retire they would inevitably gain weight because their metabolic rate goes down and physical activity is reduced too.If you are going to build your muscles you will have to make some changes in your diet. You might have a little difficulty in doing this but at the end of the day it is totally worth it.

Try eating small meals every two to three hours instead of eating big meals three times a day. You can easily fit these breaks into your schedule no matter how tight your workday is. The meal has to be small and healthy, so you won't need much time to finish it.If you want to build muscles you have build your workout with compound exercises. This way you can work on different muscle groups at one go. You can try deadlifts, bench presses or squats. There might be other options but these are the three most popular ones. So you should start your exercise routine with compound exercises. Then you can move on to various other kinds of exercising.But muscle building is not only about exercising. It's also about catching on your sleep on your regular basis. If you want to build your muscles you need to get at least 8 to 9 hours of sleep every night. When you are exercising vigorously your muscle tissues need time to build and repair. And this happens when you are sleeping. If you don't get enough sleep, your body's muscle building potential will deteriorate steadily.Bodybuilding can be of great advantage to women. The important thing to remember is that if you want that perfect shape for your body you need to work with great focus, determination and patience. You will need to put in a while lot of handwork to get desired results. By Ricardo D Argence

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