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Apologize for 'vulgar, tasteless' Family Weekend supplement cover
To the editor, I have been a member of the UA Community as a student and faculty member. I have an open mind. When "CURVING ARCADES" was put on the mall and the campus community objected, I did not write a letter. When a black-spiked "boxing ring" displaced flowerbeds on the mall and the community again objected, I did not write a letter. Recently, when GROTESQUE, sickeningly disfigured statues were placed on campus, I still did not write a letter. These examples show how respect for the image of the UA has deteriorated. I love art, and I respect some artists need to shock audiences, however we need limits on how far over the line demarcating decency from indecency we allow them to proceed. Now I am compelled write a letter, because you have crossed this line and taken indecency, lack of respect, and inappropriateness to a new height. I am writing in response to the Family Weekend Supplement. The title "Campus of Earthly Delights" is inappropriate and highly offensive. It portrays naked students drinking excessively and engaging in sexual acts in a phone booth, with a dog, and in the World War II Memorial fountain. It also shows a giant bong, a keg of beer, as well as students throwing up and sitting in trash cans. I did not miss the logos for McDonalds, PepsiCo, and Nike and it might be argued that this is trying to make a statement about the new deals with these firms. However, I know there are better ways to express one's disagreement with administration corporate sponsorship decisions than with this disgusting, tasteless and vulgar display for Family Weekend. Is this truly the image you want to portray to the parents coming for "FAMILY" Weekend? I think that the Arizona Daily Wildcat and its editors have ignored common decency and lost site of their responsibilities as publishers and journalists. I suggest an apology is in order to the entire UA community. Please respect the standards of decency that the campus community expects and deserves.
Nicholas C. Romano, Jr.
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