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Last week, a group of white lacrosse players at Duke University were accused of raping, sodomizing, robbing, kidnapping, and strangling a local African-American college student who had been hired as a dancer at one of their parties. In the following days, several national media outlets covered the story, and Duke turned into a full-fledged circus. Reporters swarmed Durham, N.C., articles flooded newspapers, the region was blanketed in extensive television coverage, and vigils and protests abound in the state. District Attorney Michael Nifong has not helped the situation and has exacerbated the atmosphere by making public inflammatory remarks about...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, | Title: Media Circus Goes Wild | 4/5/2006 | See Source »

...black bra under the thin yellow kebaya, a close-fitting blouse, leaves little to the imagination. Even more suggestive are the flittering eyes and gyrating hips of the dancer, who chases young men to pull them up on stage. One accepts the offer and makes a grab for her large posterior as she beckons with welcoming eyes. Another makes a gesture at her breasts and then stuffs cash into her hands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Indonesia's Skin Wars | 4/3/2006 | See Source »

...constitution. Current President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, a moderate Muslim who advocates religious tolerance, has given no clear indication of where he stands on the bill. Last week, however, he appeared to be trying to burnish his Islamic credentials when he mentioned an occasion on which a dancer bearing her midriff was invited to the presidential palace. "I was really disturbed," Yudhoyono told reporters. "I told the singer to go home even before she performed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Indonesia's Skin Wars | 4/3/2006 | See Source »

...joged bumbung dance comes to a close in the tiny Balinese village of Tegalcangkring, no one in the audience appears overly excited. The men begin to file out while several women and children applaud and compliment the dancer on her performance. One mother proffers a small donation, but then pulls her hand back in jest. "Oops, I better be careful," she says with a smile. "If the new anti-pornography law gets passed I could be arrested." The Balinese are still able to joke, but they worry that if the law goes through unamended, smiles will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Indonesia's Skin Wars | 4/3/2006 | See Source »

...Under no circumstances would I ever have anyone fired for having breasts that were too large." BILLY JOEL, pop singer, responding to accusations from a dancer in a production of his hit Broadway show Movin' Out that she was fired because of her ample bosom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim: Apr. 3, 2006 | 3/26/2006 | See Source »

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