Thursday, May 04, 2006

Footloose and (Not So) Fancy Free

"Chapman University in Orange County is home to the 'Shirtless Guy,' who wears nothing above the waist except sunglasses and black paint on his nipples.
"In the 1990s, the 'Naked Guy,' a student who created quite a stir by baring all at UC Berkeley, was expelled."

The Los Angeles Times boldly investigates the long-standing epidemic of bare feet at the California Institute of Technology.


Postscript: Sad news as the San Francisco Chronicle reports the death of Andrew Martinez, UC Berkeley's famous "Naked Guy" from the early 1990s, in an apparent suicide.

In December, The New York Times includes Martinez in its Sunday Magazine "The Lives They Led" year-end feature.

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