In an email to The Detroit News, Guthrie, whose biography on the university's website says he has been a faculty member there for 13 years, declined an interview and wrote: "It is not a great climate for being edgy in the area of sexuality." An email seeking comment from Guthrie was sent Wednesday by The Associated Press. The school has determined there's a protocol in place so students do not feel pressured to participate, Heather Swain, interim vice president for university relations, said in a statement. Spiral Video and Dance Bar featured several fully nude dancers on Saturday. It was an event made possible by a late-2012 ruling from a federal judge in Detroit that, in conjunction with another court decision, effectively lifted Michigan's ban on full nudity at alcohol-serving establishments. But Spiral General Manager Daniel Young conferred with the Michigan Licensed Beverage Association, whose legal counsel pointed to the 2007 federal court ruling. For example, in Grand Rapids, only semi-nudity is allowed, meaning dancers must wear bottoms covering the genitals, rear, nipples and areolas. Years later, Hamilton's Bogarts Inc., which operated a strip club in Inkster, sued the state, challenging the constitutionality of its statute against full nudity and sexual acts at establishments with alcohol. Instead of challenging that ruling and fighting it at the U. Supreme Court, the state of Michigan relented, rescinding its statute against fully nude dancing and sex acts at alcohol-serving establishments."The Liquor Control Commission rescinded those rules.
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