Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Mich., recently was forced to remove a pendulum statue—one that looked suspiciously like a wrecking ball—in the wake of Cyrus’ controversial music video in which she rides a wrecking ball in the nude.

While students always have ridden the pendulum, incidents have escalated since the video, with some students mimicking Cyrus’ unclothed antics. (Time)

Paul Asay has covered religion for The Washington Post, Christianity Today, Beliefnet.com and The (Colorado Springs) Gazette. He writes about culture for Plugged In and wrote the Batman book God on the Streets of Gotham (Tyndale). He lives in Colorado Springs with wife Wendy and his two children. Follow him on Twitter.