Kyle Woodley in the The Ohio State University Lantern, reveals that Pulled gentlemen's club ad costs university $8,000, many work hours:
University Relations has been making last-minute changes to the 2002-2003 Ohio State Faculty and Staff Directory since Nov. 8, removing by hand a strip-club advertisement from each of 10,700 directories which had not yet been distributed.Considering the characters that are almost certainly among OSU's "faculty and staff", I don't think a few strippers are going to cause much turmoil. Ooops, I forgot the feminazis - well, just tell 'em it's an ad for "Sex Workers" - that usually passes muster.
Dockside Dolls, a gentlemen's club, ran three advertisements in the directories. The removed ad was a stand-out page reading "Need Tuition?" at the top, with a picture of a blonde woman and employment information listed below.
OSU spokeswoman Elizabeth Conlisk said the advertisement "crossed the line."
"It invites our students to advance their college careers in a manner inconsistent with our mission," Conlisk said.
The two Dockside advertisements still included in the directory are located in the employment and consumer sections and have a pictures of a blonde and a brunette woman, as well as information on gimmick nights such as amateur night and lingerie night.
Johnny Basinger, director of operations for Dockside's 12-club chain, was upset at University Relations' move and defended the content of the retracted ad.
"The ad does not mention anything about dancing," Basinger said.
He said in addition to dancers, each club employs about 25 waitresses, a door woman and a hostess. Also, three-fourths of the bartending staff of each club is female.
I also think it is discriminatory to presume that only the students would be interested in the job. Aren't there any "hotties" on the faculty who could use some extra cash? Er, sorry - I need more coffee.
