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ASU coeds may pose nude, but not with university logo
Eugene Scott
The Arizona Republic
Nov. 29, 2005 11:55 AM
Arizona State University officials can't keep students from posing in pornographic magazines, but they can keep publications from using university logos.
After ASU women were featured in Playboy magazine's "Girls of the Pac-10" issue last month, ASU Student Body President Yaser Alamoodi suggested that the student code of conduct be used to prevent coeds from modeling for future issues.
"I'm not against people posing for this magazine by itself, but what I'm against is girls who pose with ASU running with a theme throughout the picture," he said. "It's a disservice to the students and an insult to all the effort we put in." advertisement
Administrators told him that they aren't fond of the issue either, Alamoodi said, but that the code cannot be used against consenting adults participating in off-campus photo shoots.
Nude pictorials and a recent ranking as one of the country's top party schools may prevent people from taking ASU seriously when it comes to academics, he said.
"We have more of an impact on our world than many other universities, because of the sheer size of ASU and sometimes its real hard to get the credit you deserve when you have that much of a stigma attached to your name," Almoodi said.
University officials said they encourage free speech, but they want to keep magazines from using ASU logos in sexually suggestive ways. Virgil Renzulli, ASU vice president of public affairs, said the university has successfully sent Playboy a cease-and-desist letter in the past to keep them from using ASU logos.
"Playboy understands that they may say that these girls are from ASU, but they can't make it look like it's an endorsement of the university," he said.
That understanding often leads the university to refrain from directly addressing the issue. Renzulli said responding to it could attract more attention than the issue would have normally garnered.
Instead of focusing on those that he thinks are defaming the university, Alamoodi plans to bring more positive attention to ASU by publicizing the university's academic successes.
"I'm still concerned and will always be concerned with our academic reputation," he said. "It's an ongoing concern. It's not something you initiate and stop. It's something that will always be of concern to student leaders."
Reach the reporter at eugene.scott@arizonarepublic.com
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ASU coeds may pose nude, but not with university logo
Eugene Scott
The Arizona Republic
Nov. 29, 2005 11:55 AM
Arizona State University officials can't keep students from posing in pornographic magazines, but they can keep publications from using university logos.
After ASU women were featured in Playboy magazine's "Girls of the Pac-10" issue last month, ASU Student Body President Yaser Alamoodi suggested that the student code of conduct be used to prevent coeds from modeling for future issues.
"I'm not against people posing for this magazine by itself, but what I'm against is girls who pose with ASU running with a theme throughout the picture," he said. "It's a disservice to the students and an insult to all the effort we put in." advertisement
Administrators told him that they aren't fond of the issue either, Alamoodi said, but that the code cannot be used against consenting adults participating in off-campus photo shoots.
Nude pictorials and a recent ranking as one of the country's top party schools may prevent people from taking ASU seriously when it comes to academics, he said.
"We have more of an impact on our world than many other universities, because of the sheer size of ASU and sometimes its real hard to get the credit you deserve when you have that much of a stigma attached to your name," Almoodi said.
University officials said they encourage free speech, but they want to keep magazines from using ASU logos in sexually suggestive ways. Virgil Renzulli, ASU vice president of public affairs, said the university has successfully sent Playboy a cease-and-desist letter in the past to keep them from using ASU logos.
"Playboy understands that they may say that these girls are from ASU, but they can't make it look like it's an endorsement of the university," he said.
That understanding often leads the university to refrain from directly addressing the issue. Renzulli said responding to it could attract more attention than the issue would have normally garnered.
Instead of focusing on those that he thinks are defaming the university, Alamoodi plans to bring more positive attention to ASU by publicizing the university's academic successes.
"I'm still concerned and will always be concerned with our academic reputation," he said. "It's an ongoing concern. It's not something you initiate and stop. It's something that will always be of concern to student leaders."
Reach the reporter at eugene.scott@arizonarepublic.com