UPDATE: Here is an editorial from the student paper at the University of Wisconsin, written by someone who is familiar with a similar incident at UW.
So Playboy took some pictures. And (Gasp!) they were at a fraternity house.
IU officials plan on looking into potential trademark infringement as nine female IU students posed nude next to IU logos in Playboy's "Girls of the Top Ten Party Schools" -- the magazine's most recent issue. Four of the girls were photographed at the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house, according to several ATO members.Heh. Ain't nobody talkin' to nobody 'bout nuttin'. I am sure campus officials have been examining the pictures very carefully though.
Dean of Students Dick McKaig said he has not seen the issue and had not heard of any IU logos in photos, but would be contacting University Counsel and Jenny McDaniel, vice president of licensing and trademarks with the IU Research and Technology Corp.
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There is also the potential for controversy with ATO. Sophomore Brad Blinn, president of ATO, said he would not confirm or deny whether the photographs were taken in the house.
"I was not president at the time and we're not going to support it," he said.
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Officials at the national chapter of ATO said they were unaware of the issue and did not return subsequent phone calls. Members of the Interfraternity Council also did not return multiple phone calls.
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