NIU’s Advertising Club is sponsoring a search to select models for a 1991-92 Women of NIU Calendar.

The first of three contests is scheduled for Feb. 23 at 11 p.m. at The Jungle, 1027 W. Hillcrest Dr. The audience will choose the women who will appear in the calendar.

Sandy Hall, president of the Advertising Club, said there is no fee to enter the contest and T-shirts will be given to all contestants wearing skirts.

Each woman will be escorted onto the stage by a bouncer and they will be judged on the amount of applause received. There is no fee or deadline for entering the contest.

Hall said there might be more than 12 women selected for the “classy and art-centered calendar.” Each model will be photographed at an NIU location and will be in black and white for “a nicer effect.”

Other contest dates are March 1 at 11 p.m. at McCabe’s, 323 E. Lincoln Hwy., and March 22 at 10 p.m. as part of Northern Nite Life in the Holmes Student Center. Participants under 21 will be allowed to compete March 22.

“It’s (the calendar) not going to be anything like the DeKalb Nite Weekly,” Hall said, stressing that the Advertising Club does not want people to confuse the two.

Hall said the calendar will be marketed for NIU students. The Advertising Club is contracting with the University Bookstore and the Village Commons Bookstore, 901 Lucinda Ave., for the calendars to be ready by August.

In addition to the models, the calendar will feature important NIU dates, such as football games and final exams. Hall said that the calendars should cost no more than $12.

Photographer Bill Buchelt of Chicago will be photographing the models. Hall said Buchelt approached the club last semester with this project.

Although Buchelt is paying for expenses, the Advertising Club is providing its services for free and is not funded by the Student Association.

“The NIU Advertising Club operates as a small advertising agency,” Hall said. “Each semester, we market a small company from DeKalb.”

The Advertising Club has offered its services to other DeKalb businesses in the past.