"It's not like this is Harvard. I can't see ASU students getting too upset about it."
These words spoken by ASASU Executive Vice President Brian Buck to The Arizona Republic in regards to a pornographic video filmed at ASU have caused uproar with University administration and a mass of others associated with the school.
President Michael Crow has shown concern that the movie may affect ASU's mission to shed its party image.
"These kinds of things have a negative impact on the university," Crow said. "They project a lack of seriousness."
"We all know this is a serious institution," he added. "I am not overly concerned with details of a specific incident."
In 1987, Playboy released its only ever party school rankings in which ASU was rated 13th. ASU has been trying to bounce its party school label ever since.
In the most recent party school rankings put out by The Princeton Review ASU didn't make the top 20, and many upperclassmen at ASU have taken notice to a diminished social life.
"People come here expecting parties 24 hours a day," said accounting senior Ilan Cooke. "I think the administration is going overboard in getting rid of their party image."
While some older students could see the change in the school's image, the message hasn't traveled far from Tempe as some incoming freshmen have always linked ASU with oodles of partying.
"All I heard about ASU is that it's a party school," business freshman Johnny Chew said. "I didn't know they were cracking down on partying."
Reach the reporter at andrew.bernick@asu.edu.
