Students punished for having stripper pole in on-campus apartment

By The Associated Press

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About a dozen women competed for a $100 Victoria's Secret gift certificate Sept. 11, said James Foster, 20, who hosted the party. No women disrobed.

The men bought the steel pole, bolted it to the ceiling and attached the bottom to a plywood stage covered in red felt.

"Honestly, we just wanted to say we had a stripper pole," Foster said. "We never actually expected girls to dance on it."

When university officials ordered the men to remove the pole, they complied, but not before building a huge party around it.

Signs reading "Pole Dancers Wanted" were posted around campus and the men bought large quantities of beer. Friends were enlisted to check identifications and manage security. They charged $5 for men; women were let in free. The party ended after the beer ran out.

A school spokesman said the party's hosts may have violated the university's alcohol policy and broken rules against indecent behavior and the making of unapproved changes to university property.

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