December 1, 2000
Body-Part Art Splits College
When Northwestern Connecticut Community-Technical College opened an art exhibit this fall that included detailed sculptures of human body parts, including genitalia, it didn't cause much of a stir. That is, until college officials ordered its removal in October.
Students and faculty members cried censorship, and now they're circulating petitions to keep the exhibit open.
"Our feeling as an art department is that to remove [the exhibit] goes against the education philosophy of
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