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After an hour-long public hearing, the Elbert County Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved a special use permit application filed by Mustang Creek LLC for an exploratory well the company wants to drill on Prescott Ranches near …
After an hour-long public hearing, the Elbert County Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved a special use permit application filed by Mustang Creek LLC for an exploratory well the company wants to drill on Prescott Ranches near Simla.
The permit, approved March 12, was the first to be granted under the county's newly revised oil and gas regulations, passed by the BOCC earlier this year after nearly three years of debate and controversy.
The county's Planning and Zoning Commission reviewed and approved Mustang Creek's application earlier this year.
Mustang Creek is a subsidiary of Greenwood Village-based NexGen Oil and Gas.
Three company representatives attended the March 12 BOCC meeting, making a short presentation and answering a number of questions from commissioners.
Bob Davis, a vice president for Mustang, told commissioners the company is "anxiously waiting for results" from an exploratory well currently being drilled in El Paso County near the proposed Prescott Ranches well site.
Positive results from the El Paso well would bode well for the company's proposed project in Elbert County, Davis told commissioners.
The county's newly revised land-use regulations pertaining to oil and gas development dramatically decrease the time it takes county officials to approve new "minor facility" oil and gas permits.
At the March 12 meeting, County Planner Carolyn Parkinson gave a presentation to commissioners regarding the details of the Mustang Creek project.
The proposed well site, about two miles from the nearest public road, is located on about 4,000 acres of pastureland.
Exploratory activity, which will be conducted 24 hours a day, seven days a week, is expected to last between 30 and 120 days, Parkinson told the BOCC.
Davis told commissioners his company likely will not begin drilling activity until "the late third or early fourth quarter" of this year.
No one from the audience spoke during the public comment part of the hearing.
During her presentation, Parkinson told commissioners, "The applicant proposes to use the most efficient traffic routes through the county and minimally impact surrounding property owners."
There is no surface water within 1,000 feet of the well site and no encroachment on area wetlands, Parkinson reported.
"Mustang Creek has implemented a number of good housekeeping practices," Parkinson told commissioners. "The applicant has also agreed to use fresh water only" to mitigate dust created by the exploratory activity.
Water will be trucked into the well site from El Paso County, Parkinson said.
"The well site is very remote so noise mitigation" will not be an issue, she added, while saying that "wildlife permanently or temporarily living in the area will likely relocate" as a result of the well site activity.
Local fire officials met with the developers and identified six "fire protection and safety issues," Parkinson said. "The applicant is currently in contact with Simla Fire District and a meeting will be scheduled between all parties as soon as possible."
"When they are drilling the well, is water expected to be produced?" Commissioner Larry Ross asked Parkinson.
"No," Parkinson answered. "The applicant is not even sure at this point if they will be fracturing the well."
If fracturing takes place, Davis said the source of water used for the process will be trucked in and then recycled on-site for re-use.
A Storm Water Management Plan filed by the company insures that all storm water runoff "will be contained" within the well site, Davis told Ross when asked about Mustang Creek's plan to protect the surrounding watershed.
"I want to give kudos to the staff," said Davis. "We've been involved in this process for about six months now and the level of professionalism on the part of the county staff has been wonderful."
This WAS NOT the first application to use the newly approved regulations. This application was approved under the Use by Special Review process which is Section 17 of the Elbert County Zoning Regulations. Section 17 has been in place for at least the last three years; any operator could have applied for a permit AT ANY TIME in the last three years and used this process to acquire it. The administrative review process (Section 27) had NOTHING to do with this application. Given the contentious nature of this issue, it is deceitful that you did not even report the main point of this article correctly. I am disappointed that the residents of Elbert County cannot rely on their news sources for accurate information.
It is true that this particular permit was in fact processed and approved under the Use by Special Review process. However, the final approval of the process that will provide expedited processing has signaled to the industry that the majority of residents in Elbert County do in fact welcome responsible activity in our county. The constant negative ranting that seems to come with anything that is done in a positive direction on this important issue simply reaffirms that the small minority that opposes any and all progress is just that, the minority. This article, while technically flawed, was not done with malice, but simply was an attempt to give the majority of our citizens the information that the obstructionist minority would like to like to keep from the rest of us.
Thank you for agreeing with me that the article is factually inaccurate. A journalist's responsibility lies in reporting the truth; anything less is propaganda and should never be construed as fact. George Lurie was attempting to inform ALL citizens of Elbert County, both the majority and minority, about the approved permit; he just got the major facts wrong. This is not the first time Lurie has posted blatantly inaccurate information, especially when the subject matter pertains to the BOCC or oil and gas development within Elbert County. There is certainly nothing "obstructionist" about questioning his factual inaccuracies. I believe everyone in Elbert County deserves equal access to factual information. Don't you?
To schroyer39, the news media you refer to is a controlled establishment presstitute rag. They don't present 'news' that is unbiased but that is meant to sway and mold public opinion for ulterior purposes. So don't be 'surprised' by that. The 'News' has a decidedly leftist bent that is pro-corporate, pro-democrat, pro-big government and anti-constitution. I am not against oil and gas development in our county personally but am wary of the water grab that will be associated with it. Elbert has been financially ruined and indebted purposefully to bring us to the point of desperate measures to serve the corporations who want certain resources to use as they see fit. Almost all corporations are soul-less entities that are immoral. Gas and oil are useful resources but squandering water for them is a bad idea especially in our part of the country.
BTW, scientists have 'discovered' a vast reservoir of water 250-375 miles below the earth's surface that 'could' contain more water that all oceans combined! If that is true, then perhaps the oil and gas companies could drill into it for their supply of fracking water? Nah, that would cost too much right?
Yes, I agreed that the Elbert County News was factually incorrect on the process used to reach approval on this particular permit application. But I will disagree with you on the reporters overall approach to local issues here in Elbert County. I have 40 years in the Newspaper Business (non-editorial) and believe I have a pretty good idea of what constitutes responsible journalism. I have watched, worked with and discussed at great length this gentleman's desire to be a fair and balanced reporter, and while there may be occasional unintentional flaws in some issue reporting, I know that overall he has provided what I consider the most honest, unbiased reporting we have had in Elbert County in some time. If you want examples of your concerns, why do you not evaluate the reporting of the other outlets in Elbert County, that would be a fair and balance opinion. (in my opinion), as I see the slant much more pronounced, and obvious.
I made no assertions about the reporter's "overall approach to local issues here in Elbert County" other than the fact that he has an inability to report factual information with regards to the BOCC or oil and gas development. Review some of Lurie's recent articles; there are numerous examples where his 'reporting' has been called into question by many others besides myself. Anyone with a "pretty good idea of what constitutes responsible journalism" would not be defending Lurie's reporting, but would instead insist that he corrects his errors. By exhibiting such vehement support of his inaccurate reporting, one might conclude that you have something to gain.
My concern was with this article, written by this reporter, in this newspaper. Lurie's journalistic integrity has been called into question time and time and time again. If you have concerns about other newspapers' "slant", then by all means, question them about it, but don't use that as justification for this newspaper's inaccurate reporting practices.
If the BOCC has specifically chosen this newspaper to disseminate information to the public, then it is the BOCC's responsibility to ensure that the information reported is factually accurate.
Thank you, and well said. Accuracy first, which, one would think, is nonpartisan and a reasonable expectation in one's newspaper. The need to defend inaccurate reporting leaves the reasonable reader wondering WHY?


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Vietnam: Exploring Food
June 9-20, 2018
Food has a profound way of connecting people to culture.
It's not always about what we eat, although what we eat is typically pretty scrumptious!
Global Food Adventures are also about where the food comes from, who we prepare it with, and the ambiance (or lack there of) of the meal.
Journeys of Discovery Food Adventures will take you to the farmer's field and the local market. It will continue to the kitchen, where you will learn how to make authentic dishes. We'll savor food and beverages at street markets, private homes, and an assortment of local eateries. Along the way, we'll discover connections to people and culture, learning about ourselves and others, shifting the way we see (and taste!) the world.

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Fierce, tender 'Beasts of the Southern Wild' captures life off the grid
Independent films are frequently commercially successful. Experimental films are rarely so.
"Beasts of the Southern Wild" is both.
And because it has earned rave reviews, it is likely to be seen by a wider audience than otherwise would be drawn to it.
What they will find, rather than the usual linear, easy-listening summer film fare, is a daring, lyrical and challenging piece of folk art that defies easy explanation.
The debut feature film by director Benh Zeitlin is a fierce but tender tale about an off-the-grid community squatting on a ramshackle island called the Bathtub. They exist outside society, without modern conveniences and by their own rules, until Hurricane Katrina capsizes their hardscrabble, free-range way of life and pollutes the natural world around them.
That synopsis doesn't do justice to the otherworldly quality of the events witnessed, explained and imagined by a wise-beyond-her-age girl, played with angelic perfection by Quvenzhané Wallis. Her first name is pronounced "quo venge anay."
She and her hard-drinking, volatile father, played by Dwight Henry - his name is Wink, hers is Hushpuppy - live like hoarders in a junkyard trailer overstuffed with found objects of personal significance, like a jersey belonging to her absent mother - who could "walk into the room and water starts to boil," says Wink - that the girl clutches like a security blanket.
There is an initially celebratory quality to their makeshift independence, and they share a spirited, Rabelaisian existence with like-minded neighbors. But then her father grows ill, Katrina swamps the Bathtub and poisons its water, forcing them to defend their way of life from "the dry world" and from assault by marauding boars, an odd metaphoric device that is literally portrayed.
"Strong animals know when your heart is weak," says Wallis' Hushpuppy, who often narrates what is occurring. "That's what makes 'em hungry, and that's when they start coming."
"Beasts" is many things. It is regional filmmaking by osmosis - Zeitlin is from New York but lived in New Orleans, and executive producer Michael Raisler is from Wauwatosa but moved to the Gulf during filming.
It is a graceful, perceptive and dog-eared work assembled out of passion, poetic license and spare parts.
It is a sad dream about how an apocalyptic environmental event diminishes us all. It is a fantastic journey through an invisible place called home, and a chronicle of things we know in our heart and soul that cannot be visually or literally portrayed.
And it is all made in the image of disenfranchised people who have so little, they have little to lose.
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Beasts of the Southern Wild *** 1/2
- Cast: Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry, Levy Easterly, Lowell Landes, Pamela Harper, Gina Montana, Amber Henry, Jonshel Alexander
- Behind the scenes: Produced by Michael Gottwald, Dan Janvey and Josh Penn. Written by Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin. Directed by Benh Zeitlin.
- Rated: PG-13; mature theme, child in jeopardy, disturbing images, language, brief sensuality
- Approximate running time: 93 minutes
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Bob Parkins
Many men in recovery find they need to set limits on their spending habits; often men will include financial accountability as part of their commitment to recovery in general. Although sexual addictions have dramatic effects on some men's finances, for many more its influence is more subtle and may lie 'under the radar.' For these men financial issues often surface when they begin to gain some control over their recovery by maintaining longer periods of sexual sobriety. While men begin to feel victorious over their addictions they will often increase their spending on gadgets, hobbies or other compulsive purchases. Not unlike their increased desire for sexual experiences outside biblical boundaries, they now find an increase in thirst for money or material goods that is unquenchable (Ecc 5:10).
When men enter recovery their relationship with God must become a primary focus in his life. If men have been pursuing materialism 'under the radar,' these financial idols will then come into conflict with their spiritual walk (Lk 16:13). As it did with lust or sexually acting out, these two passions cannot dwell together for long without consequences.
There are many emotional connections between sexual addictions and finances.
Just as in the manner people handle finances reveals their true values, so does it reveal how they manages their lives. I frequently speak about money with others in recovery as a 'secondary addiction.' Whether it is money, television, hobbies, alcohol, etc., there is almost always a secondary addiction underneath the more visible primary addiction. Sexually addicted men have not developed the same ability to tolerate frustration, other negative emotions, or delay gratification to the same degree as other adults. Sexually acting out is how men cope with the uncomfortable realities of life and resulting emotional pain.
Unfortunately, simply removing the method of coping [acting out sexually] does not give a person the necessary skills to cope in a fallen world. Not only does this make sexual sobriety increasingly difficult, it leaves a men feeling even more powerless and ultimately sets them up for relapse. Sexually acting out is not the only coping behavior addicts employ, there is a whole dynamic that drives many behaviors and the way they relate to others. For instance, these patterns may include avoidance, procrastination or explosive anger.
Men who systematically avoid pain may not only do so by acting out, but avoid conflict in general. Behind virtually every decision they make is the mantra of 'avoid pain at all cost.' If a man's primary defense has been sexually acting out and that is no longer an option he will continue to seek avenues of avoidance. It is this dynamic that is often referred to by the term 'dry addict.' The 'drug' may not be there but the life patterns remain. In the absence of sex, he may act out with money.
Recovery is not just about abstaining from sexually acting out; it is a complete healing of the heart. Not only do men need to learn sobriety, they also needs to learn to cope with old triggers in healthy ways. Knowing this makes facing recovery more manageable as it helps to refocus on the actual issues. It empowers by causing men to seek new ways of relating. These changes are best made through 'baby steps.'
In my own recovery I started practicing assertiveness with the phone company. It is too overwhelming to tackle some issues head-on without first preparing, practicing and gaining confidence in new skills. I gained new skills at confrontation by fighting to have bogus charges removed from my phone bill. When I began to curb my spending habits I began to closer assess my motivation for spending each time I made a compulsive purchase. Soon I began to feel uncomfortable with purchases I knew where compulsive. The first day I returned a compulsive purchase I began to feel a bit of power over it.
Ultimately men must address the triggering needs or emotions. When they can refocus on the actual problem they regain power and may no longer feel the need to spend or engage in other unhealthy secondary coping behaviors. I encourage you to own your choices, choose to view pain as an opportunity for growth and enter into the uncomfortable realms that you have avoided for years. You will slowly feel your heart stretching as you begin to tolerate more and more of what once felt intolerable. In retrospect, you may someday be amazed at the men you have grown up to be.
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U.S. Cancels Military Exercise In Uganda, Imposes Visa Restrictions
Uganda's ruler Gen. Yoweri Museveni
(Reuters) - The United States on Thursday canceled a regional military exercise in Uganda, imposed visa restrictions, diverted funds for a health institute to another country and cut funding for a Ugandan police program in response to a law that imposes harsh penalties for homosexuality.
Senior U.S. administration officials, speaking before the announcement by the White House, said the stepped up measures were carefully targeted at those responsible for abuses related to implementation of the anti-gay law and involved in corruption.
The officials said the steps would not directly impact HIV/AIDS and food programs that benefit ordinary Ugandans.
For more please see Reuters
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PARRAGA, Diana et al. Characterization of fishing tactics in the demersal crustacean multispecies fishery off Chile. Lat. Am. J. Aquat. Res. [online]. 2012, vol.40, n.1, pp.30-41. ISSN 0718-560X. http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0718-560X2012000100004.
In multispecies fisheries, each fishing operation can be described by analyzing the catch composition, fishing location, and fishing gear used. Sets of fishing operations with similar characteristics have been usually defined as fishing tactics. The present work defines fishing tactics for the crustacean multispecies fishery (CMF) developed between 26°03'S and 38°28'S off Chile. The catch composition per fishing haul, as recorded by scientific observers in fishing a logbooks from 2007 to 2009, was used. During this period, 1599 fishing hauls containing 57 species were registered in total. After employing a principal component analysis to reduce the species composition dimension, an agglomerative hierarchical analysis was carried out over the retained components. Four fishing tactics were identified and analyzed: 1) effort directed to Heterocarpus reedi (red shrimp) over a wide latitudinal range, 2) effort focused on Cervimunida johni (yellow squat lobster) in a narrow latitude range and at shallower depths, 3) effort directed to Haliporoides diomedeae (red royal shrimp), with the deepest hauls, and 4) effort focused on Pleuroncodes monodon (red squat lobster) in shallower waters close to the coast. In the case of the CMF, the identification of fishing tactics is important for indicating catch intention and for constructing abundance indices using data derived from fishing a logbooks. The results are discussed in terms of characterizing the fishing tactics and how their designation allows obtaining less biased abundance indices.
Palabras clave : demersal crustaceans; species composition; multivariate analysis; Chile.


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Time and cost overruns have delayed 850 infrastructure projects out of a 1,035 during the period between 1992 and 2009, says a study.
"Of the 1,035 infrastructure sector projects completed during April 1992-March 2009, 41 per cent faced cost overruns and 82 per cent witnessed time overruns," a joint study by professional services firm KPMG and Project Management Institute released here on Thursday said.
Inadequate design and planning coupled with material cost escalations were identified as the biggest reasons for schedule and budget overruns, while regulatory hurdles and land acquisition have been identified as the biggest external hurdle hurting the projects as per the study 'Drivers for Success in Infrastructure Projects 2010'.
Eighty-three per cent of the respondents felt that the primary reason for cost overruns was frequent design changes, while 75 per cent of the respondents felt that delays in regulatory approvals and land acquisition caused overall project delays.
The study claiming to have surveyed 100 top management personnel from leading infrastructure firms said, "Cost effective project designs emerge as one of the most efficient tool to control project costs...progress reports identified as most frequently used tool for project monitoring."
Companies surveyed include those in oil and gas, power, roads and bridges, ports and shipping, civil aviation, steel and telecom sectors. "...While infrastructure has been driving economic growth in India...on-ground delivery and extent of success achieved in terms of timely and within-budget completion sound a cautionary signal to the industry and the stakeholders," Global Head, Major Project Advisory Services, KPMG, Geno Armstrong said while releasing the survey.
The industry is marred by poor project management practices leading to cost overruns, time delays and resource shortages in most of the on-going projects. Earlier, the government too had admitted that almost half of 951 central sector projects are delayed in the country resulting in cost overrun to the tune of over Rs 40,000 crore. "...out of 951 central sector projects costing Rs 20 crore and above on the monitor of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation...474 projects have been delayed. The cost overrun...is of the order of Rs 42,014 crore," a recent government document had said.


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Dear Davis Museum and Cultural Center,
You probably don't remember me, but I worked for you during my time at Wellesley. I was in the technology department, if you can call one full-time employee and a work-study student a department. The bulk of my job consisted of a) importing digital photographs of artwork into your new database and b) updating your website, particularly whenever there was a new exhibition on. Because of these two activities, I am extensively acquainted with the vast majority of your 10,000+ works collection, and I am also pretty familiar with special exhibits you put on between 2005 and 2009. I remember some of these being more controversial than others—for instance, your "On The Edge" exhibit definitely sparked conversations around campus when you decided to advertise by sticking postcards of this guy in every mailbox:
And you know what? Good for you. Personally, I hated that piece because it involved me listening to Buddhist nuns singing on an endless loop for months and months, but, hey, at least you got people talking. I had to do some work on your promotional materials sometimes, and it usually felt like shouting into the void. Most of my closest friends never even set foot in the museum, even though I worked there for all of college. And you have some great pieces, like this little Rodin, a marble Eve, which was my favorite piece in the collection:
Or this de Kooning, which I always found equal parts terrifying and intriguing:
So I get it. You've got this great collection, but excepting the students pursuing art and art history academically, it's hard to get people out of the Science Library and into the museum. In part, that's what special exhibits help do; besides bringing different, relevant art to the museum to which you might not normally have access, it encourages students to see and talk about art in a way that does not happen if you never change things up.
Now, all that said, what the fuck were you thinking?
This morning, I woke up to an email from a friend, linking me to a Gawker article about Wellesley. Normally, when I get linked to articles about Wellesley, it's something like, "hey cool study!" or "I didn't know that song was written by a cool Wellesley lesbian lady!" But this email was different:
Now, seeing the URL of that article immediately made me think that The Fondler was back. For those of you that didn't attend Wellesley in 2008/2009, The Fondler was a man who would show up on east campus from time to time, and even in the depths of winter, fondle himself in front of unsuspecting students. It was a threat taken very seriously by the administration and campus police, who were always very cautious when it came to safety. Like many students, I found the whole situation to be a little laughable, but that was by and large because Wellesley always felt extremely safe to me. Looking back, I can't believe how cavalier we all were about the whole situation, but it never felt like a real threat to me because I had such implicit trust in Wellesley's ability to protect me. Sure enough, the guy was caught eventually, and we went on with our merry lives in the Wellesley Bubble.
So when I saw that e-mail, I thought, "oh no, not this again." But in fact, I was way, way off. No, instead, some genius(es) at the Davis Museum had the BRILLIANT FUCKING IDEA to install this creepy, lifelike statue of a man in his underwear in the middle of a women's college.
SERIOUSLY, WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU? The fact that I saw this headline and immediately thought that some pervert was jacking off in front of students again should be some indication that SOMETHING IS AMISS HERE.
There is already a student petition to take down the statue, to which the director of the museum seems to have responded, "Tee hee, isn't it great that we're all talking about art, LOL!" Fuck that shit. I'm not saying that art can't or shouldn't be difficult or controversial or thought provoking. By all means, we need art to be hard and scary and frustrating as much as we need it to be beautiful or interesting. Have a special exhibit that challenges everything we think we know about rape or gender or racism or a million other challenging topics. Or have an exhibit that does none of those things! Art doesn't need to have a political agenda. But what it must have is context.
Artists and museums and curators are only ever half the equation. The other half is the viewer and the milieu in which they perceive the art. As a curator, you can control the physical space in which someone views a work, but you cannot control the years and years of personal experiences and baggage that every one of us carries with us. And unfortunately, we live in a world where many young women have to carry around the specter of sexual assault and rape. In my case, given our culture and my personal history, I am never not going to view creepy, lifelike statues of men in their underwear, arms outstretched, in a way that doesn't feel threatening to me. This, in itself, is not necessarily a bad thing, if I were in a physical environment that separates the piece from my actual life—a dedicated art space, for instance. There is still a very important place in the world for art that makes us feel uncomfortable, or even anxious. But put it in the middle of my backyard, where I have no choice but to see it and interact with it on a daily basis, and then it becomes an unnecessarily aggressive act against my mental wellbeing.
Perhaps that sounds melodramatic, so let me offer a bit more context. That sculpture, placed in any vicinity of my living quarters, would give me nightmares. I know that sometimes we use hyperbole to make a point, as in, "oh this _______ is the stuff of nightmares," but we don't actually mean that given thing would be nightmare-inducing. No, I am saying that this sculpture would literally give me nightmares. I actively struggle with PTSD from several experiences with sexual assault, and one of my symptoms is vivid, recurring dreams wherein an unknown man chases me while I try to escape through various locked doors. There are weeks when I don't sleep for days at a time because I'm so afraid of my own subconscious, and I live in an extremely safe, extremely locked house, far, far away from any horrifying statues of men in their underwear.
My story is by no means unique. The commonly reported statistic is that 1 out of every 6 American women will be a victim of rape or attempted rape in her lifetime. Maybe that figure sounds high to a lot of people, but in my own experience, there is absolutely no way that number is not higher. It's not just that sexual assault and rape are under-reported; our culture is so fucked up that many women can't even acknowledge what are clearly non-consensual situations as rape, instead blaming themselves for having been too drunk, or simply being in the wrong place at the wrong time. I started sharing my own experiences for the first time about a year ago, and nearly every woman I've talked to has reciprocated with horrific stories about their own harassment, assault, or rape. As one of my good friends said the other day, "I feel so unbelievably lucky that I have made it to 28 without having anything worse happen than occasional harassment, because literally every other woman I know has had these terrible experiences [with rape and sexual assault]. Any woman I know who hasn't, I don't even know them well enough that they would have told me."
Like many others, some of my most traumatic assault experiences happened during college. I'm happy to say that none of them occurred at Wellesley, and that I was lucky to always feel like Wellesley was a safe place for me. Other students may not be so fortunate, but it is the college's responsibility to make every one of its students feel as safe as possible. Wellesley is many things to many people—a home, a place of learning, a place of work, even an art space. But first and foremost, it needs to be a place of trust, where its students, staff, and faculty feel secure. Any sort of art exhibit or academic venture that could compromise that trust needs to take a backseat to overall campus welfare.
Listen to the petition. This is not a handful of students being prude. This is not the eternal debate about what constitutes art. This is not fucking Mona Lisa Smile.
This is not a censorship issue. This is a safety issue. Move that shit inside.
Alix West, '09