Thursday, April 9,2009 8:20 p.m.
“Sami Drops a Deuce,” “John Put His Head in the Oven” and “The Man Who
Hasn’t Seen His Genitals in Years” are just some of the titles of
sculptures Bowling Green State University senior administrators deemed
“appropriate.” However, roughly two weeks ago, those administrators
removed a sculpture from an exhibit on the university’s Firelands
Campus titled “The Middle School Science Teacher Makes a Decision He’ll
Live to Regret,” sparking a heated controversy surrounding issues of
art censorship, freedom of expression and child pornography. According a news release from BGSU, the sculpture “graphically depicts
a female middle school student, on her knees, performing oral sex on a
standing male middle school science teacher.”