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Lines were drawn Monday night when clandestine footage of Brown University's annual "Sex Power God" party was aired on Fox's The O'Reilly Factor.

O'Reilly criticized Brown for allowing such "debauchery" to take place at the respected institution. He also condemned the use of university funds for such an event.

University representatives claimed that no school funds were used for the party. Michael Chapman, Vice President for Public Affairs and University Relations, criticized Fox for airing private footage without permission.

The Brown Daily Herald has more:

O'Reilly emphasized that he objected to Brown condoning the event, not students' behavior. "We don't care … what these kids do in their personal lives. Don't care. But, if the school's going to charge people 100 bucks and put that into a big fund and then use some of that money and a school building to have this kind of stuff, and then have all these kids get hurt 'cause a lot of them were taking ecstasy and those kinds of drugs … then the school bears responsibility," he said.

"I think the chancellor has to answer for it," he added. "Brown University needs to rethink the whole thing."Posted by Rhys Alexander

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