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The Indiana Daily Student

Student Ethics to review dorm porn site

McKaig to discuss whether action can be taken by University

Dean of Students Richard McKaig will meet with the Office of Student Ethics later today to determine if there are grounds to pursue an investigation into unauthorized use of the University's name or space by the adult Web site www.teenkeira.com.\nThe site features topless and semi-nude pictures of IU freshman Keira in her dorm room and the shower of Briscoe-Shoemaker.\nKeira's real name is not being used because the investigation has not gone public.\n"We will determine if there are grounds to believe that University space was used," McKaig said. "And if so, we can move forward in the standard way through the campus judicial system."\nMcKaig said he has not been contacted by any students or parents with concerns about the site.\nKeira claims she has done nothing wrong since her site is actually run by Orange Image, a webmaster located in Raleigh, N.C.\n"I think things have been blown way out of proportion," Keira said. "(The administration) wants to say I'm running the site out of my dorm room. It's not run here. We just take pictures here."\nKeira said she has not received any negative feedback since news of her site broke.\nThis is a similar reaction to that received by Mandy, a senior who has been featured on the hardcore pornographic Web site www.midwestmandy.com since Dec. 2003. The site, which charges $19.99 a month for a membership, has since received more than one million hits.\nMandy requested her last name not be used.\n"People recognize me, and I get e-mails, but I haven't had any stalkers or anything like that," Mandy said. "I have had marriage proposals. Most people are just curious about the site, though."\nUnlike Keira's site, Mandy's site does not feature any pictures taken on campus property.\nMandy claims Orange Image contacted her own employers for information on putting together Keira's site but the request was not met.\nIn the meantime, Keira is preparing herself for the University investigation into her site. \nShe contends her site is not nearly as hardcore as "Shane's World Vol. 32: Campus Invasion," the adult film shot by Shane Enterprises in Oct. 2002 that featured a student in Teter Quad receiving oral sex.\n"I don't feel it's porn," Keira said. "You can call it an adult site, but there's no intercourse or oral sex. There's not anyone else in the pictures with me. I'm not even fully nude."\n-- Contact senior writer Chris Freiberg at wfreiber@indiana.edu.

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