They're just guys catching some rays
Members of Delta Sigma Phi hit the tanning beds, confess to tanning sprees
Kat Timpf
Issue date: 3/12/09 Section: Focus
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"I like to be tan so when I walk by, people say, 'That guy is tan and jacked,'" said sophomore Delt Sig Ed Hojnacki.
Fellow Delt Sig and tan man Braden Russell said his entire house goes tanning, "except three people."
Russell, now a junior, said he started tanning in high school for spring break, then decided he wanted to be "tan all the time."
Russell said he and junior TJ Chapel, who first tanned to prepare for beach party freshman year, spurred the tanning craze in the Delt Sig house. Russell named several fraternity brothers he had "referred" to Tan-Fastic in Hillsdale, his and Chapel's salon of choice.
Russell said he believes men who judge other men for tanning are just jealous because they aren't tanning, too. He also felt that there were many other students' fashion to make fun of on campus.
"People wear top hats and kilts around this school," Russell said.
Chapel and Russell said they like to tan in level one tanning beds. Hojnacki, however, said he enjoys the occasional level four.
"It's very therapeutic to do the level four when it sprays you with the scent," Hojnacki said.
Russell said he and his brothers use code words to ask each other to go tanning.
"We call it 'camping,'" Russell said.
Code words or not, Russell and several other boys felt they had no reason to hide their trips to Tan-Fastic.
"It's more of a lifestyle than anything," Hojnacki said.
Apparently, Delta Sigma Phis aren't the only Hillsdale men catching rays.
Sophomores Shannon Bernardy and Ellen Schaffran said they see plenty of men in Jonesville's Malibu Tan, especially so close to spring break.
"We've seen groups of guys go in," Bernardy said.
Schaffran said she even saw a "father-son" pair once.
Bernardy said she "appreciates" men who tan. Schaffran said she agreed, "as long as they're not tanner than us."
"Good for you for taking care of yourself and for not looking like a ghost," she said.
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DSP lover
posted 3/13/09 @ 12:27 PM EST
hahahahahahahahahahahahahah.
"wow that guy is tan and jacked." ohhh ed.
inflated ego much??
Delta Tau Delta Luver
posted 3/17/09 @ 6:46 PM EST
You don't see the Delts tanning to maintain their desirable status among women...
Even though a lot of them are paler than the arctic snow, they're by far the hottest guys on campus. (Continued…)
Pale
posted 3/25/09 @ 3:11 PM EST
""Good for you for taking care of yourself and for not looking like a ghost," she said."
This is impressive idiocy. Since when is looking pale unhealthy? Pale skin simply indicates that someone is taking care of themselves. (Continued…)
Skylar
posted 3/25/09 @ 7:30 PM EST
No, I think, "what an idiot" anytime I see someone who fake-n-bakes.
1) If you want to be tan all the time, why do you live in Michigan?
2) An honest tan shows you're working out in the sun. (Continued…)
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