December 7, 2001
Campaign Goes Bust
It started as a publicity stunt, but now the bloom is off the rose. In her bid to become the University of Pittsburgh's homecoming queen this year, Mindy Peskie handed out pictures of herself topless, with the critical parts covered by roses. Three hundred copies were snapped up within a few minutes.
Within a few days, however, the image was all over the Internet -- sans the roses. Friends in California, strangers at the local 7-Eleven, and even Ms. Peskie's sister told her that they
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