<P> Sagging clothing is a violation of some school dress codes, and the prohibition has been supported in the court system . </P> <P> Two weeks after the "Pants on the Ground" video became popular thanks to American Idol (see below), a billboard campaign against the style of sagging pants was launched in the Dallas, Texas, area . The billboards feature Big Mama Joseph from the 1997 film Soul Food saying, "Pull' Em Up!" and asks youngsters to "Keep it a secret!" The campaign is the brainchild of Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine R. Caraway, and uses advertising space donated by Clear Channel Outdoor . Another billboard campaign against sagging pants was launched in Brooklyn, New York by New York State Senator Eric Adams on March 28, 2010 . In May 2010 New York State Senate President Malcolm Smith used US $2,200 from his campaign fund to launch a similar campaign in Queens . </P> <P> At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Japanese snowboarder Kazuhiro Kokubo was barred from participating in the opening ceremonies due to dressing sloppily, including a loosened tie, shirt hanging out, and sagging pants . </P> <P> In the fall of 2010 at Westside Middle School in Memphis, Tennessee, the policy on handling sagging pants is for students to pull them up or get "Urkeled", a reference to the character Steve Urkel of the 1990s television show Family Matters . In this practice, teachers would pull their pants up and attach them there using zip ties . Students would also have their photo taken and posted on a board in the hallway, for all of their classmates to see . In an interview with WMC - TV, Principal Bobby White stated that the general idea is to fight pop culture with pop culture . One teacher at the school claimed to have "Urkeled" up to 80 students per week, although after five weeks students got the message, and the number dropped to 18 . </P>

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