Mountmonk College has always held very high standards for students and staff.
             Mountmonk likes to consider itself better than the "other" schools at maintaining
             principles of traditional values as the alumni have done in the past. As the school nears
             its alumni weekend, we must take into consideration these values, as well as changes
             in the times as we decide about the use of the auditorium for the weekend. Last semester
             there was an art contest held for the students. All ribbon-winning art is scheduled to be
             displayed in the auditorium during the alumni weekend. One of our students is a photographer and is planning to show one of her photographs in the auditorium over the weekend. Her photograph
             is of a naked woman kneeling on the ground with a man in a suit kicking her while a naked man watches. We have objections to the display of her art from both the Women's Center and the Director of
             Alumni Relations. They feel her art is repugnant due to its explicit sexual content and
             fear that the alumni may withdraw contributions.
             The photographer argues in her own defense that her photograph is artwork and
             should be exhibited. She entered this and several other photographs in the Student Art
             Contest last semester and won a ribbon for "honorable mention." She feels that her art
             deserves to be displayed with the rest of the ribbon winners. The photographer has been
             unfairly singled out. She insists that she has the right to free speech under the First
             Amendment and her artwork is a form of protected speech. She should not be, and
             cannot be, denied the right to freedom of expression even if her expressions are
             Although we can immediately see that some of the alumni might be offended by
             the nature of the photos, we must look beyond that to the bigger and more important
             issues. Among these issues is of course her First Amendment right to freedom of
             expression. In the case of Memoirs versu...