Ivy League schools are known for their strenuous academics, scholarly professors, and now, partying in the buff.

Naked parties have become a novelty for college students at many Ivy Leagues along the East Coast. Yale, Brown, Columbia Massachusetts Institute of Technology and have all been linked to having parties where scores of people come to socialize in nothing but scarves, shoes and birthday suits, according to recent headlines from The New York Times and CBS News.

These parties, dating back to the early '80s, have earned more media exposure in recent months as the curiosity from outsiders increases.

But the appeal of throwing back some beers in one’s bare necessities has failed to catch on at SF State.

“I’m comfortable with myself and sexuality,” said 27-year-old Irene Tjokro. “But I don’t feel it necessary to expose everything.”

Tjokro felt that the idea of naked parties was as absurd as building a Playboy mansion on campus.

“I don’t need to show vagina,” laughed the marketing student. “And I don’t need to see ding dong sweeping the floor either.”

The majority of the students interviewed had not heard about the nudie trend and all agreed they would eagerly pass up such an invitation, including Shannon Keeler. Keeler, a 21-year-old sophomore, said she had only heard of these kind of parties but has never personally attended one.

“The idea of it is creepy to me,” said the pre-nursing major. “It’s probably just a bunch of guys trying to get hot girls to take their clothes off.”

Other students shed light on why naked parties are a hit with the arduous academia in the East Coast, but not here on their own campus.

English literature major Joanne Gothard, 20, thought that, being a commuter school, SF State doesn’t have enough of a community atmosphere to have such organized parties like those at Yale or Brown. And even if students here were able to throw a successful naked party, she wouldn’t attend.

Sebastian Vermette, a 20-year-old philosophy major, thought it had more to do with the academics than the commute.

“[Ivy Leagues] are pretty repressive schools and [the students] need a way to blow off steam,” said Vermette. “Here we can hang out naked whenever we want.”

Yet another view was that of 19-year-old art major, Perle Crownover, who brought it closest to home, holding the students themselves responsible.

“We’re all too pretentious here to hang out naked,” said Crownover.

A student who wasn’t at all pretentious was SF State alumnus, Joe Matarrese. Before graduating in December, Matarrese threw an underwear party for his roommate’s birthday. He said that an underwear party, more recognizable to SF State students than naked parties, is not as exposing but seemed just as fun.

“These parties aren’t quite as extreme but still have alluring risks,” said Matarrese. “Plus ladies in lingerie is always good.”

However, he did admit that by the end of the night his underwear party had become nothing but a regular party with himself and a couple of others being the only ones in their undies.

"People just weren't in to it," said Matarrese.