"There are some tensions about academic freedom," he said.

Student Alan Stoffer held a sign saying, "While you are at it . . . Let that girl from 'The Real World ' back in."

Stoffer was referencing his older sister, Julie Stoffer, who was disciplined by the school for appearing on the MTV reality show "The Real World."

Stoffer was issued a one-year suspension from BYU for living with members of the opposite sex while filming the unscripted show. Although university administrators indicated she could reapply to BYU, she never returned.

She is now married and attends a community college in Oceanside, Calif., her brother said.

"I thought it to be funny," Alan Stoffer said about Hendricks' situation. "It's the same thing. It's still happening."

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