PSU (Penn State) censors exhibit

The Daily Collegian ^ | 4/21/2006 | Jessica Remitz

[Sam Cree]

"the college library where I had done work-study for four years (and two summers) gave me exclusive use of it's prime exhibit space for the duration"

:-)

[eskimo]

Penn State, home of the Nittany Kittens, is one of the most PC places around.

How so?

[Sam Cree]

I recently took a few art classes at FIU.

There was in fact a portrait painting class given there by a qualified instructor, but only at night and not for the full semester, and only for the art education students, not the actual art students, who had no access whatsoever to that kind of thing.

I believe the instructor was, as you say, an adjunct.

[Calvin Locke]

I was under the impression that "Penn" ==> U. of Penn (Ivy League), and Penn State, aka Nittany Lions, state school...

[napscoordinator]

My brother and sister-in-law's alma mater and they always seem to think it is better than mine (Florida State). Now I have something to retort on their continued "greatness" of PSU.

[Republicanprofessor]

I'd actually like to see the paintings. I'm not thrilled with the one in the illustration, but it would be interesting to see more of them.

I wonder if, in time, someone like Josh Stulman could send images to be posted on an alternative web site (like a thread a FR?). That way more people would be able to see his pieces than might just at Penn. And more discussion would ensue.

Actually, we don't know if he is indeed a conservative. But it is somewhat interesting that this is the second story in a day or two whereby the ruckus is over non-liberal views in art. I'm thinking, of course, of the "right wing attack chair" by another young art student (a blonde bombshell). It would be nice if the truly rebellious became conservatives, in the long-overdue swinging right of the pendulum.

[Rembrandt_fan]

I sympathize with the kid's disappointment, and detest the shambles of academe, which seems to have been completely suborned by the Left, but frankly, the judges of the exhibition could've excluded his work on solely aesthetic grounds. From what I can tell, he simply isn't very good. Granted, the only piece I can see is "Our Greatest Hero", and that from a photograph, so my judgment of his work is necessarily qualified and narrow, but his draughtsmanship, composition, handling of materials, and use of color and form--at least in "Our Greatest Hero"--demonstrate an earnestness that simply doesn't translate to artistic merit. I don't doubt his sincerity or his convictions--which puts him head and shoulders above the postmodernists, in my view, but I don't think earnestness and sincerity are substitutes for talent.

Politically oriented stuff isn't usually very good, anyway, either left or right. (I must admit, though, that I've been sorely tempted to 'do' Mohammad in a particularly scathing and blasphemous way, but resist the urge as a waste of time--life's too short to spend any part of it showing the founder of Islam canoodling a pig.)

[Sam Cree]

I guess the odds are that the guy is a "liberal." After all, Israel itself is more or less socialist, I believe.

Yes, agreed that the Right, to the extent that there even is such a thing as "the Right," is the counterculture these days in America, at least in Academia.

[PV2Sheppard]

If you believe that you are an ignoramus. I believe that everyone should have the right to express themselves freely and without retribution. That is why I have joined the U.S. Army, so I can defend people's rights, not crush them as our enemies do.

[cricket]

Looks like political correctness is alive and well at in Happy Valley. God save JoePa.

Amen. . .

Are we as doomed as we appear by this cultural mind control? Is our 'frog cooked'?

PC continues with little resistance, it's pathetic and dangerous trail of erosion. . .

[Sisku Hanne]

Your rather strong reaction is confusing. Whose rights would be crushed if this particular student sued to allow his artistic voice to be heard? If you believe everyone has a right to express themselves, then why do you feel they wouldn't have a right to sue for their right to free speech?

BTW, welcome to FR.

[Dante3]

Outrageous. However, no doubt an anti Jewish display would be okay, even applauded.

[Tribune7]

ping

[torchthemummy]

"You want me to give you instructions on how to perceive what I say?"

No. It's just common courtesy. So since there is no sarcasm tag and the subject was Palestinian terrorism and you seem to be implying that it is a strictly religious exhibit and you seem to agree that exhibits should be banned because of the potential of a violent response THEN I "perceive" your comments as idiotic.

/no sarcasm

[eskimo]

Perhaps there is something wrong with your "perceiver".

[Ciexyz]

Sad news for this PSU grad to read.

[Buck W.]

You are correct.

[ncountylee]

president@psu.edu

[ncountylee]

Disappointed class of 66.

[Crispus Attucks Patriot]

"If you believe that you are an ignoramus"


Believe what? That the FIRST AMENDMENT means exactly what it says? You do do remember that pesky lil' part of the very same Constitution you swore an oath to preserve, protect, and defend, don't you?

So you believe, (and will defend with your life I presume), a university that receives federal funds, (making it a legally quasi-governmental institution), has the right to censor and ban free speech, huh? All under the, (typically liberal), misnomers of "tolerance" and "diversity"?

In all honesty I believe that you simply misunderstood me. Re-read what I said and you might discover that you and I are in complete concordance on this one......and one more thing, soldier,

THANKS!

:-)