October 28, 2005
U. of Iowa Course Examines the Impact of Pornography
When Jay R. Clarkson, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Iowa, created a course on pornography for this fall, he wasn't expecting political opposition, even if he put a mock CENSORED on the syllabus to spice things up a bit.
But last May, the Iowa Speaker of the House, Christopher Rants, said public funds should not go to that sort of course. Mr. Clarkson was interviewed on a number of local radio stations and received several offers from the pornography industry to send speakers
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