Honors College students, from left, Zane Jobe, Denis Gjoni and Marshall "Red" Harkins painted their bodies to promote the Residential Mentor Program during the annual Activities Fair Day/Maverick Cookout.

The program provides free tutoring for studens living in residence halls. "Mostly shock" is how ringleader Jobe describes the reaction they received from fellow students.

"The get-up did attract people though," said the senior geology major." And I think the Honors College benefited from our outlandishness, which was the whole point of the deal."