Airan ScrubyStaff Writer In 1996, at the Phoenix Art Museum, a Kate Millet exhibit called “America Goes to Pot” displayed the American flag in the toilet, surrounded by iron bars, as if in a jail cell. In the same museum, “What is the Proper Way to Display the American Flag” consists of a flag draped on the floor. Viewers were invited to stand on the flag, and write comments … [Read more...] about Post-modern art originates from deep meaning
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Internet smut has its place, just not in my e-mail inbox
Daniel JohnsonArt Editor The Internet is an amazing thing. I would like to personally thank Al Gore for his accomplishment, if I weren’t afraid that this invention would open the floodgates to ads trying to sell me a penis pump and suggest I need implants, which brings me to my topic. I just got an e-mail with a proposition. Apparently there are a slew of sexually crazed … [Read more...] about Internet smut has its place, just not in my e-mail inbox
Letter to the Editor: Perspectives needs progressive reporting
Mike Mirliss I expect conservativism at Pepperdine, but when the student newspaper becomes an extended White House press release, I am obliged to object. These journalists are under the false impression that the right-wing needs their help to succeed. What happened to using college newspapers to investigate the system and criticize flaws? It seems that this semester’s Graphic … [Read more...] about Letter to the Editor: Perspectives needs progressive reporting
Motorcyclist turned revolutionary
Jon HamlinContributing Writer Too often we forget what really happened in history. Instead, we romanticize it and cling to it as if it were something sacred. This is what has occurred concerning the legacy of Che Guevara. For evidence, you need only watch the movie “The Motorcycle Diaries.” The Robert Redford-produced film, which is to be shown in Elkins tonight, depicts the … [Read more...] about Motorcyclist turned revolutionary
MLK Jr. Day postpones KKK auction
Chris SegalAssistant Perspectives Editor The Ku Klux Klan terrorized black and white Americans who disagreed with their notions of white power. Last week an auction house in Howell, Mich., turned KKK memorabilia into $24,000 in profits. There is something disturbing about museum curators and swastika-wearing attendees getting into a bidding war over white robes. There were 12 … [Read more...] about MLK Jr. Day postpones KKK auction