Baylor University officials have threatened to discipline female students who pose for Playboy.
The school’s action comes after Playboy representatives arrived at the university to recruit students for its annual “Women of the Big 12” photo spread, according to the university’s student newspaper The Lariat.
Samuel W. Oliver, the school’s interim vice president for student life, said in an e-mail last week that the university opposes Playboy’s efforts to recruit students.
“Associating with a magazine that is clearly antithetical to Baylor’s mission would be considered a violation of the code of conduct as outlined in the Student Policies and Procedures.”
Oliver said those who violate the policy could face punishment ranging from a verbal warning up to expulsion.
The school, which calls itself the world’s largest Baptist college, is known for its conservatism. It had banned dancing on campus up until 10 years ago.
One Baylor alumnus, known only as April, said she posed in a bikini for the 2002 Big 12 layout and was not reprimanded.
At the time, the university did not warn students of any possible disciplinary action for participating.
But April did cite one Baylor student who posed nude for the issue, but was not disciplined since she had graduated by the time the magazine came out. Although some members of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity who posed with bikini-clad coeds in the issue, were sanctioned and were required to perform 20 hours of community work by the school.
