Miami of Ohio officials think there’s just too much of G. Roger Davis showing. The music professor says the university in Oxford violated his constitutional rights by forbidding him to wear a thong at the campus swimming pool.
G. Roger Davis sued the university’s board of trustees, asking U.S. District Judge Herman Weber to order the school to let him wear the swimsuit of his choice. He is seeking unspecified compensatory damages, plus attorney fees.
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https://www.chicagotribune.com/1999/03/03/ohio-professor-sues-for-right-to-wear-his-thong-at-pool/
Salon and The Michigan Daily also reported on this story.
Thong wars
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On March 1, G. Roger Davis sued officials at Miami University, claiming the school violated his constitutional rights by forbidding him to wear his thong swimsuit at the university pool. Davis, an associate professor of music at Miami, asked U.S. District Judge Herman Weber to order the university to allow him to wear his thong and to pay unspecified compensatory damages, plus attorney fees.
Davis began wearing his thong to the pool for workouts in the fall of 1996. The following November, Miami officials presented him with a dress code banning the skimpy suit at the school’s Recreational Sports Center. Davis kept on wearing a thong, so in December 1998 the university revoked his paid membership at the rec center.
Miami spokeswoman Holly Wissing said Davis’ bare bottom began drawing attention when “concerns were expressed by other users” of the pool. The new dress code states, in part, that “thongs and see-through swimwear” are strictly forbidden.
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https://www.salon.com/1999/03/08/acad/
No Moon Over Miami
What do you think of when you hear “Miami” and “thong” in the same sentence — your dream vacation? That might change after you hear this one. At Miami U. of Ohio, a music professor is suing the university because it won’t let him swim in the campus pool anymore. School officials say professor G. Roger Davis’ choice of swimwear, a not-so subtle thong bikini, violates the pool’s dress code. The prof says the university is violating his constitutional rights. We can only hope that if Davis wins, it doesn’t set a precedent for classroom attire.
https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/midaily/mdp.39015071755503/38