Lowell to Release Swimsuit Calendar, Exclusive Interview with Model

UPDATE: Sept. 18, 2010. Photo added.

Lowell’s hottest men are going shirtless. A new calendar, set to be released towards the end of the semester, will feature Lowell’s sexiest in the first ever “Lowell Swimsuit Edition.”

Alex L.G. Hugon `11 masterminded the concept when he was looking to “give Lowell more of a personality and to do something funny,” he said. His inspiration was Sports Illustrated.

The swimsuit edition, though, is not simply for looks and laughs. Each calendar will cost between $5 and $10, and the proceeds of the sales will be given to a local charity.

The models for the calendar—men who weren’t afraid to show a little skin—were chosen first by Hugon through people he knew and then by Lowell house residents themselves.

“I started with a few of my friends that were roommates, and then I picked a bunch of athletic dudes that I knew through IMs,” Hugon said. “It was a self-selective process really. The guys we ended up with had to be people who were comfortable doing something kind of ridiculous like this.”

According to Hugon, roughly 15 individuals stepped forward to model.

One of these lucky guys is Michael K. Oberst `12, who answered some pressing questions for FlyBy about modeling, swimming, and life.

You're at the beach. Are you wearing: briefs, swim trunks, a straw hat and shirt, or nothing at all?

I would say a towel.

You’ve taken a girl to the beach as your first date. What would you buy her from the concession stand?

A Choco taco – possibly one of the greatest foods on earth.

If you had to name your best attributes, what would you say, and why?

I would say my best physical attribute is going to be my pale white skin because it enables me to cast light wherever I go, no matter the time of day. My other best attribute is blue steel, my look. I’ve gotten lots of compliments on it. [For those wondering, blue steel looks like this.]

You’re heading out for a swim. Would your destination be the beach, a pool, a Jacuzzi, a lake, or some other body of water? Why?

A Jacuzzi.  Because it’s hard for me to, you know, drown in one of those.

What’s your favorite month of the year?

February, because it’s my birthday. [Even though you can’t swim in February?] Yeah, because I’m turning 21 in February. I’m really, really excited.

If you had to be an aquatic animal, what kind would you be?

I’d be an 800-pound tuna. Or actually, no. I’m going to say a shark because if I stopped swimming I’d die.

Are you single?

Yes, I am.

Photo courtesy of Alex Hugon '11.