University of MD Porno Controversy
 

Students Plan Again To
Show Porn Film
Last Edited: Monday, 06 Apr 2009, 10:15 AM EDT
Created On: Monday, 06 Apr 2009, 6:37 AM EDT

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - University of Maryland students said they plan to screen a pornographic movie that was canceled after state lawmakers threatened to withhold funding, prompting another funding threat from one legislator.

Students at the university's flagship College Park campus have reserved a campus facility to show the film Monday night, while students at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County said they also hoped to show the film -- "Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge."

Kenton Stalder, a College Park junior who is organizing the screening, said he was inviting professors to moderate a discussion on free speech issues before the screening.

"We're trying to be really careful with how we present it because it's such a contentious issue," Stalder said. "We want to have the faculty behind us and have the message shaped in a way the administration can embrace it instead of having it squashed."


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