The Compass Wednesday. April29,1992 19
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Nude models, topless dancers: the same thing?
By DeAima Rudisill
Is Donatdlo's nude tnaslerpieoe Z>az«f
a pieoe of perverted trash?
The controversy over nudity and art
hasbeenaddressed tune and time again,
and the same answer has always
emaged; The human body is not some
thing to be ashamed of; it is a beautiful
and con^^ex subject that many great art
ists have studied and g^tHified in their
woiksw Study of the human f^;ure in art
education is omsidered fundamental to
artistic development smd has been since
^ time of the early Gred(&
Althou^ nude models are now an
accepted and common practice in all of
die art instituti(His and most universities,
EC5U does not currently sanction the
practice. Dr. jenny Macintosh, head of
ECSU's art department said, 'There re-
aOy isn't a poticy against havtt^ nude
modds in the art department, but we
have just been leery in the past It's kind
of a ticklish situaticm," she said, " and I
personally do not like the idea."
Macintosh did say that she m^ht permit
leotards or bathii^ suitsy but that nude
models would not be allowed on this
campus.
W»en reminded that several erf the
department's art students wanted to
study the human fomi and that an art
instructor already en^pdoyed here at
ECSU would not be squeamish about
teadtii^ t)« class with live modds,
Macintosh said that if CharKdior Jenkins
were to approve of such activitiesy tiien,"
weattheartdepartmentwould definitely
not stand in hi^ way."
When the Chancellor was asked abou t
this matter, he respwided with, "If I let
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has emfdoyed, that's all in his im^jna-
ticm. We have been trying to adiieve our
goals through peaceful demmstrations,
petitions,andinfbrmii^thestudentbody.
Where is the heavy handness or siege
mentality in tfiat? As iong as there are
students at ECSU who are concerned
about tfie state of emergency tfiat the
Afncan American community is in, there
will be a CBAC fightii^ for the liberation
of the African American.
Tarik Scott
Columnist responds;
Mr. Scott feds free to ascribe to me ffce
‘Attitudes of a bigot. He^toulddo his home-
^">''^ltwouldtdlldm,forexampie,1hatlwas
‘OiactiDememberoftheGanitcampbefdrethe
P'o>i^,ortiudIrecentfyioonasmiUvkionf
for dvO ri^tts when 1 introduced, and saw
Possed, a resolution forming a redistricting
o>mmiltee in Gates Counties Democratic
He migfit also hope found tint I am-
^‘‘deitiieju^ice Dept months ago seekir^ a
Voting Rig^ Act agreement in Gates
County. He zoould know that Jim HuTtt and I
Toeretheonlywhitesinarecentmeetmg(^the
First District Black Caucus. And ontyoneof
us was seddng office.
lam sure that Mr. Scott, ^ he toereeoer to
knowme,TPOuIdknowlfi^t forwhatIbeiia»
in,epenat great personalrisk-For example, I
rode on thebowofafreepientiyattad(ed ferry
ontiieRioEscondidoinNican^ua,iohenthat
country uxis still under US embargo and still
farfd a us war-byproxy from the Contras.
But then, Mr. Scott doesn't know me.
Europe has a centuries dd history of cru-
dtyandoppression.ThosetTttitsarefoundon
every continent, but the Europeans Toere the
best at it. 1 can't dur^Uut. But I am stand
in the trendies loiA you when you f^fit
todai^sbatties.
IhopethdvMitimeMr.ScottvnSlrettlize
that not everyone idho ^tisagrees roith his
tactics islns enemy. And 1 an sureldsdders
uMteOMmtiutnoonezomswhenheiOtacks
tiuse whites willing to tafce a stand,—tiiose
whites,liceme,whodreamofadaywhenall
men and toomen are viewed as etpud.
J.GafyBrinn
Compass’n&\N format praised
To The Editor
^^fT^KCompass fcrajobtrutynveldoneiThe
Cwtaiual issue was an etceplion^ oc-
of gpod layout and ODnfcnt It's no
tfiat ttis piAiication has been ac-
by tfieCohmnbia Scholastic ftess
^®ociation! I was most particular^ im-
P’^sed by your new format, which I
SPWMndyfaeiievelenJsunSmitBdopporlu-
for creativity-^very a^jpaient in d«s
issue:
Wsperha^jsunfoitunalediartieinajDrity
of our studenis and faculty members are
unaUe Id grasp tfie amount of pre-pbn-
late rigjit hours and pfean oki Tjack-
breakit^ hard woric that went into this
adievement; I do; aid I fii^ appred^
yoiH'efliDrts.Youcanbejustifiijfypro^It
Bwitfi pleasure tfatl my proJessional
hat” to you and your staff.
Wift reg?Ki io the Lhnveisity's continu
ity quest for exceBenoe, aOow me to
reifcrate->VfeBdonef
Diane Patterson
Diiecta> IMvosify G^hks
nude modds in the art department, then
I'd have to allow to]Mes6 dancers in the
cafeteria."
Some ECSU art students say they are
fiedii^ shortchanged by not having ac
cess to drawing dasses witft nude mod
els.
"Havii^ ti>e experience wift the hu
man form would putusinbettercon^Teti-
tive standing," said ECSU art major Alec
Hardily" and if we do have a dass with
nude mo(^Sy then we will be kx^i^ at
the subjects from the mature point of
view of art majors."
Jim Sanders, Chainnan of the Board of
the Sawtooth Center for Visual Arts in
Winston Salem, said that not allowir^
students to draw nude modds is detri
mental to the art student's career. "You
can't teach life drawii^ widiout beii^
at^ to see the human form," he said.
"And you can't understand the human
form when it is dothed."
In a recent interview. The ChanceUor,
ak>i^ with several other administrators,
commented ttwt ECSU is set in "a conser
vative community," in exf^ainir^ their
oppoation to classes that allow nude
mode) S-TheChancellor said thatthc cam
pus needed to reflect the same moral code
as taxpayers, and he argued thatalkjwir^
the dasses could jeopardize govemmen-
talfundii^oftheUniversity. "Jesse Hdms
is against nudity in art," he said.
Well, for all our sakes, 1 really hope we
didn't elect someone to serve as our US
Senator who might do somethir^ as po-
Uticallydisastrousaspunishir^BISUfor
adding some new dasses to our curricu-
hmt diatarecurrendy in practice at UNC-
Chapd Hin and othCT universities in ttie
UNC system.
Ironically, a fraternity on campi» al
lowed members to strip down to ttieir g-
string^and "attiletic supporters" to strut
their stuff for a screamir^ crowd of titil
lated female Vikii^ This liberal form (rf
expression has happened every fall se
mester for ttte past fiWyearson our "con
servative can^pus."
When informed that this activity toc^
plarr :hi campus, the Chancellor said,
le University does not condone tfiis
typecrfactivity." Headded Aat thefiater-
nity had rented out Moore Hall under the
mi^eadii^ title of talent show.
'Talent shows usually con^ of sing-
ii^ dandi^ and other such perfw-
mances,"said one administrator, "and if
there had been a strip show, then some
one would have tcdd us."
The fact that the University would al
low students to have a con^etdy non-
censored "talent show" on campus for
entertainment but not give the art ciepart-
ment the same respect for education's
sake seems tike an unjust douUe stan
dard.
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