From Rox and Amy’s live chat today:

Springfield, Va.: Has Catholic University released any statement on the Antonella Barba photos? if they are her, would the university take any action? wasn’t there something last year with photos of their girls lacrosse team?

First, our answer: Yes — to Big Head DC. Now Amy’s:

Amy Argetsinger: Catholic University has said, in effect, that this whole darn thing is sad. They also drew a distinction between the ordinary crazy-girl-spring-break photos (”Girls Gone Wild Lite,” Lisa de Moraes called them) and the X-rated ones. Of the first set of photos, CUA spokesman Victor Nakas said, “They’re not the most flattering but not the most earthshaking in their significance.”

Beyond that, he told de Moraes: “The second set of pictures, the ones that are more explicit — and I want to underscore that it has not been proved those are actually of Ms. Barba, the ones that are purported to be of her — are sad and unfortunate regardless of the person being depicted…. We’re saddened for Ms. Barba and her family and friends in these circumstances that have turned an exciting opportunity into an embarrassing moment in their lives.”

I think it’s apples/oranges with the girls lacrosse team photos, which, if I recall correctly, showed photos of the entire team whooping it up with male strippers, which got them into trouble because it appeared to be part of a team initiation, raising questions about hazing, etc., relevant to the school’s oversight of an official sanctioned activity. A world apart from what one student does in her personal life.

Related: Antonella Barba’s Alleged BJ Pics; The Sexy Side of the WWII Memorial; Catholic University’s Support for Antonella Barba; Antonella Barba’s Homemade Catholic University Calendar; Another Antonella Barba Secret; Do You Pinky Promise Not to Frolic in the WWII Memorial?; Barba Not Expected to be Expelled from Catholic U — Yet