HONOLULU -- A University of Hawaii student could face disciplinary action for taking nude and semi-nude photos and videos of himself in U.H. Manoa classrooms and posting them on the Internet.

His photos and his blog have been picked up by national websites like Huffington Post.

KITV has been unable to reach the student for comment, so we are not identifying him in this article. He's posted photos of himself posing in a Speedo bathing suit or nude in empty U.H. classrooms.

He even lists well-known U.H. buildings and classroom numbers where he took the shots, including Kuykendall Hall, Watanabe Hall, Webster Hall and Moore Hall.

“This is very viral. Like, everybody all over has seen these pictures and I don’t think it’s just U.H. that might be concerned about it,” said Jeannie Randall, a U.H. graduate student. “I think it’s funny.”

"It's not offensive to me, personally, but it's offensive to the society, and that's what he's gotta worry about,” said Will Massey, a U.H. Manoa senior.

Another U.H. senior, Ben Bangsberg, said, "He's just a dude in his underpants, chilling someplace. But since he's telling everybody where he's doing it, I think in a way, he might be challenging people to come find him."

The photos are posted on his blog in which he describes himself as a "gay college twink into Speedos and other hot stuff." He's also posted nude pictures and videos on a free porn website of himself masturbating in at least one U.H. classroom.

"It's kinda improper, what he's doing. It's kinda nasty,” said U.H. sophomore Art Laurel. "It kinda makes Hawaii look bad, the University of Hawaii."

On his blog, the student writes, "I have done nothing in any way immoral, unethical or illegal, and I stand by my actions as nothing to be ashamed of. I ask only that others extend to me the same toleration and acceptance I am willing to give them."

His story has generated lots of comments, positive and negative, on the Internet. “Those who have lashed out at me are uncomfortable because my actions do not adhere to their notions of proper behavior within society,” he wrote.

KITV sent the student e-mails at several addresses, but did not hear back from him for comment Wednesday night.

U.H. officials said they couldn't confirm if the student is being investigated, because of student privacy laws. But a U.H. spokeswoman said they’re "aware of the situation" and the classrooms where he took the photos "have been cleaned to ensure their sanitation and safety."

Sources tell KITV he could face discipline under the U.H. rules of conduct, possibly for unauthorized access to campus facilities. But that could be hard to prove, since many classrooms are open after hours for school events and cleaning crews.

Students say the photos raise questions about campus security.

"However he got into these rooms, that's a security issue, and he's obviously not being respectful to the university, 'cause his face is there and you could see who it is," said Randall, the graduate student who's getting a master’s degree in fine arts.

Other students worry this episode will hurt him in the future when he looks for a job. “Then it might come back to get him, unless he wants to be a model, and then it's fine, right," joked Brittany Burkholder, a U.H. junior.

Ka Leo O Hawaii, the U.H. student newspaper, posted an apology and retraction Wednesday of a story it ran March 4. The student who posed in the photos had threatened to sue the newspaper for libel, according to the paper’s Editor In Chief, Mark Brislin. While the paper did not name him, it listed the name of his blog, and he could have been identified from the article, Brislin said.

The article suggested anyone noticing what it called “sexually deviant and psychotic behavior” should call campus security. In its retraction, the newspaper said it has “no medical qualifications to make such a judgment.”

The retraction also said, “The placement of the article within the ‘Campus Beat’ section suggested that a crime was committed. Campus security is not investigating the action in question as a crime.”

“The paper expresses its regrets to both the student in question and to the campus community, which may have been unnecessarily alarmed by the report,” Ka Leo said in the retraction.