After students at Harvard University were led to believe that they would no longer have to venture off campus to seek salacious material in print, Harvard officials let them know this was not the case. Officials over-rode the decision made by the 14-member Committee on College Life (CCL), which approves all student activities at the University, to fund the sex magazine H-Bomb. Officials will reconsider the organization's status as a publication, according to The Harvard Crimson. "The proposal ... was approved ... based on the understanding that [the magazine] would not include material that would be considered pornographic," officials wrote in a press release. According to CNN.com, the committee approved the publication in a 12-0 vote, with two abstentions.

In the press release, officials wrote that the publication could receive no funding from the College, according to The Crimson.

According to The Crimson, the CCL will meet with Baldegg and Hrdy to ensure that the magazine is artistic and contains no pornographic material.

Although student responses to the publication varied greatly following the CCL's approval of the magazine, Undergraduate Council President Matthew Mahan told The Crimson that he believed the council would fund the magazine if the publishers are permitted to apply for funding. "These students are cognizant of the line that could be crossed. [H-Bomb] seems to be ... nonexploitive ... and have a productive purpose."

The proposed magazine would have featured art, sex advice, fiction and photos of stripped-down Harvard students.

Katharina Baldegg and Camilla Hrdy, the students who proposed the magazine, presented CCL members with copies of Squirm, the Vassar College magazine containing nude photographs, in order to give them an idea of what they hoped H-Bomb would look like when published.

Baldegg and Hrdy issued a statement to the CCL which indicated that the magazine was not pornographic and indicated that like Squirm, focused on artistic expression, according to The Crimson. "What we are proposing is an outlet for literary and artistic expression that is both desired and needed, not a pornographic magazine," the press release stated, according to CNN.com. However, Baldegg referred to the publication as pornography more than once, and told The Crimson that she did not mind if others classified the magazine as pornography.

According to CNN.com, the proposed publication had generated a great deal of controversy. "We are aware of the fact that some segments of the population would find the contents distasteful," said Associate Dean Judith H. Kidd, a member of the University's activities board. However, the CCL considered the production of the magazine to be a free speech issue.