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MARS HILL PROFESSOR RESIGNS AFTER STUDENT UNDRESSES IN CLASS

By Clarke Morrison, Asheville Citizen-Times Staff Writer

Feb. 18, 2004 10:51 p.m.

MARS HILL - Mars Hill College has accepted the resignation of a longtime professor after he challenged students to disrobe in exchange for an A in his sociology class and one of them took him up on the offer.

College President Dan Lunsford said the professor didn't expect the student would actually take off his clothes during the class last Thursday evening.

The instructor's offer was intended to illustrate cultural differences and that public nudity is unacceptable in American society, he said.

"He did not expect it to happen," Lunsford said. "The professor realized that this had gone much beyond what he ever anticipated, and he was shocked and dismayed."

Lunsford said he would not release the name of the professor or student because of privacy concerns. The student will not be punished, he said.

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