A two-month university investigation into a campus bondage and sadomasochism club has concluded, but officials have yet to release their results.

Bethany Schuttinga, director of the university’s Office of Judicial Affairs, who is leading the investigation, contacted Harlan “Duane” Long Jr. Thursday to inform him the investigation was finished and to set up a meeting Monday, said Long, president of the campus BDSM group Cuffs.

The university launched an investigation to see if student disciplinary regulations were violated after a Dec. 15 Iowa State Daily article, “Pain and Pleasure: The stigma over Cuffs hurts community,” described a Nov. 10 meeting where Long flogged a clothed student during a demonstration on how to safely use sadomasochistic toys.

Schuttinga was unavailable for comment.

Vice President for Student Affairs Thomas Hill said talking about sanctions with any student or organization on campus is a “confidential matter with the judicial process.” He said the university allows the individual or group to decide whether to reveal information to the public.

Hill said the university had not investigated Cuffs in the past because they were assured by the group demonstrations were not taking place. He said he has not been informed of the investigation’s findings and cannot comment on what will happen to Cuffs.

In previous Daily reports, Hill said the university felt it was necessary to conduct the investigation because of liability concerns the demonstrations raise for Iowa State.

“If they beat someone in the Memorial Union in line of a demonstration, that person is injured. Who do you think that person will sue? Duane Long? No, he doesn’t have any money, but the university does,” Hill said in a Jan. 13 Daily article.

Long said he understands the university’s perspective despite frustration the investigation has caused for Cuffs.

“I thought it was a reasonable thing for the university to do because they have every right to be concerned with what appeared in the Daily,” he said. “Now, the administration can say they have actively looked into Cuffs and say they have an exact understanding of what happened and that nothing improper is happening.”

Chuck Hurley, president of the Iowa Family Policy Center, said he fully supports the university’s investigation.

“The club exists to promote physical violence against students, and we shouldn’t let such actions go unchecked. The investigation is definitely needed to see that student safety is preserved,” Hurley said. “Granted it is consensual, but consensual or not, it’s wrong, degrading and disrespectful.”

Long will make a presentation on BDSM at the American Civil Liberties Union meeting 7 p.m. Monday in the Regency Room of the Memorial Union. Long and Harris said there will be no flogging or any type of demonstration at the meeting.

“Fuck the university,” said Cara Harris, ACLU at ISU president. “This is our opportunity for free speech. Let the students decide what groups exist here and not the administration.”

Long’s presentation at the meeting will give Cuffs members a chance to meet publicly in light of the suspicion, because they are currently suspended from meeting during the investigation, Harris said.

“This is a way for us to prove a point to the university that it’s not a group that exists for its own sake — that it exists to serve a broad range of people,” she said.

Harris said the limitations the university has put on the group are uncalled for, but after all the attention Cuffs has received, it’s unrealistic to think the university will not put limits on the group.

“I think the main problem the university has had with the group has been the possibility of physical harm to students, but this group isn’t much different from a sports team where there’s physical violence,” she said.

Long said he doesn’t believe his presentation about BDSM at the ACLU meeting is a way to go around the group’s suspension.

“This is a perfectly reasonable topic for an ACLU meeting, because BDSM just isn’t a demographic that is given equal protection under the law in Iowa or any other state to my knowledge,” he said. “Sexuality, which includes BDSM, should be a protected characteristic, just as the same way race and religion are.”

Long said he thinks controversy will be lessened, not eliminated, when the investigation is over.