Rather than being nervous about being seen naked by millions of readers, Wisper encouraged her friends to stop by her autograph session. Even her mother approved of her topless fame.

“My mom said, ‘Go for it,’” Wisper said. “She said, ‘How many people can say their daughters were in Playboy?’”

Forty-eight college women from the Big Ten are featured in the magazine. MSU and Indiana University each have seven girls — the most of all Big Ten schools — featured in the issue.

Wisper and accounting senior Elle Stamos attended the signing.

Normally, Big Ten East receives about 15 copies of Playboy. But this month, more than 500 copies spilled into the liquor store.

Operations manager Rick Squires said the Playboy signing is great for the store, but he isn’t sure if he’ll get a copy for himself.

“No, probably not,” he said. “OK. Maybe just a store copy.”

Boys just want to have fun

Men of all ages piled into the autograph session quickly after it began. Although most immediately ripped the magazine out of its plastic packaging, Lansing Community College music junior Nicholas Richard was a bit more timid.

“I’m not opening it,” he said. “I don’t want to be like ‘Oh, there’s you naked.’ I’m excited to go out in the car and open it.”

Not all Playboy fans were impressed with the signing. Applied engineering sciences senior Shawn Adams wanted more of the MSU girls to make an appearance.

“I thought they’d all be here,” he said. “I was disappointed.”

It’s such male adoration that fuels women to pose nude, Jayne Schuiteman said. Schuiteman, an associate professor in women, gender and social justice, has worked in women’s studies at MSU for 18 years.

“We know that most purchasers of those magazines are men,” she said.

“If men say ‘We’re not going to value women as parts and pieces anymore,’ Playboy would cease to exist in a capitalist society.”

Schuiteman said she doesn’t disrespect the women who choose to pose nude.

“I don’t look down on the women for the choices that they’ve made,” she said. “I can be disappointed that there’s people out there who pay for it. If nobody wanted to buy them, then why would women say ‘Let me pose for that.’ There would be no market.”

Alias: Playboy

With her long blonde hair and hot pink shirt, it’s hard to miss Stamos. As an accounting senior, she calls herself “brains and beauty.”

All of the models were paid to be in the magazine shoot. And although Stamos wouldn’t say the price, she did say it was substantial.

“A model never reveals her fee,” she said. “But definitely, as a college student, I used it to pay bills and get some nice things.”

Neither Stamos nor Wisper used their real names in the magazine. “Wisper” is actually her mother’s maiden name, and “Lynn” is her nickname. Stamos, however, has a more unique story.

“It’s a nickname my ex-boyfriend called me,” she said. “It’s kind of an in-your-face thing. That’s what you get for breaking my heart.”