Mountmonk College has always held very high standards for students and staff.

Mountmonk likes to consider themselves better than the "other" schools at maintaining

principles of traditional values as the alumni has done in the past. As the school nears

its alumni weekend, we must take into consideration these values, as well as changes

in the times as we decide about use of the auditorium for the weekend. Last semester

there was an art contest held for the students. All ribbon winning art is scheduled to be

displayed in the auditorium during the alumni weekend. One of our students, Grace

Dawson, is a photographer and is planning to show one of her photographs in the

auditorium over the weekend. Her photograph is of a naked woman kneeling on the

ground with a man in a suit kicking her while a naked man watches. We have

objections to the display of her art from both the Women's Center and the Director of

Alumni Relations . They feel her art is repugnant due to its explicit sexual content and

fear that the alumni may withdraw contributions.

Grace Dawson argues in her own defense that her photograph is artwork and

should be exhibited. She entered this and several othe

I feel we must also analyze why we should ban this photo. Are we banning it

cannot be, denied the right to freedom of expression even if her expressions are

the nature of the photos, we must look beyond that to the bigger and more important

paintings, sculptures, and photos in the world are of nude models. In Ginzberg versus

that this college operates on the generous contributions of alumni, but can we sacrifice

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