Picked This Article Up This Morning.

The news of this movie screening was publicized this morning on the web. I'm thankful that the University changed their plans.

Porn Flick At University Of Maryland Is Cancelled

Thursday, April 02, 2009
WBAL Radio as reported by Steve Fermier and Scott Wykoff

Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge, a a hard-core pornographic film scheduled to be shown this weekend at the Hoff Theatre at the University of Maryland in College park, has now been cancelled.

The campus theatre had scheduled a screening this weekend of the triple-x rated film.

C.D. Mote Jr., President of the University of Maryland in College Park, decided to cancel the midnight screening in the campus theatre at the Stamp Student Union.

His decision came today after state lawmakers took to the floor of the Senate and threatened to cut funding to the university of the film was screened this weekend.

Prior to that, university officials at College Park were justifying the showing at midnight on Saturday at the Hoff Theatre as a way to offer an alternative to late night drinking.

The Hoff Theatre director said that it would be "something fun for the students to do."

Dozens of advanced tickets had been sold by the middle of the week.

One campus chaplain described the movie as "degrading."