PLEASE only Ball State students, faculty, staff or residents of Muncie who access Ball State University sign! Thank you.
In the 2nd floor hall connecting the Atrium to the David Letterman Building there is an area allotted for student work. This hall is a very busy public traffic area through which both Ball State students and younger Burris Laboratory School students pass. Currently featured is a picture of a very explicit sexual act that the Department of Art refuses to remove. There are student showcases available on the 3rd and 4th floors that could be used for more graphic images so that its not in the direct view of the general public .
"Any artwork that could endanger the lives or well being of the artist, viewers, or passers-by, by its being exhibited under reasonable circumstances, is considered dangerous."- Display policy at Ball State
"Researcher Victor Cline (University of Utah) has documented in his research how men become addicted to pornographic materials, begin to desire more explicit or deviant material, and end up acting out what they have seen."
"According to Charles Keating of Citizens for Decency Through Law, research reveals that 77 percent of child molesters of boys and 87 percent of child molesters of girls admitted imitating the sexual behavior they had seen modeled in pornography."
- http://forerunner.com/forerunner/X0388_Effects_of_Pornograp.html
We the undersigned ask that any and all explicit sexual artwork be moved to the 3rd or 4th floor of the AJ building so that we can choose whether or not to view such material rather than be caught by surprise while enjoying other student work. Thanks for your time, and we hope to see a change made soon!
