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From: edie pistolesi
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Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 4:02 PM
Subject: [csunupj] [Fwd: Peace Project letter to Colonel Buck]
I am forwarding the letter I sent to Colonal Buck, who is in charge of ROTC on
this campus and at UCLA.
Edie
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Peace Project letter to Colonel
BuckDate: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 15:56:47 -0700From: edie pistolesi <[EMAIL
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PROTECTED]>, "Toutant william.toutant", Dave Moon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
September 29, 2005Dear Colonel Buck,I had a lot of time to think about our 9/28
Wednesday morning phone conversation while I waited for you to arrive for our
scheduled meeting at the Peace Project installation site in front of the ROTC
building yesterday afternoon. The plan was to talk about the project, which was
featured in a Sundial article on 9/28. You told me that you would arrive around
1:30 to 1:45 pm for your 2 pm class. I waited from 1:30 until 3:15 when I had
to pick up my son from school.You said on the phone that you were not pleased
with our installation. Your concern was that your young cadets would be made
uncomfortable and demoralized by this project as they walked by and entered the
ROTC building. Colonel, these are tiny plastic toy army figures transformed
into non-military entities (such as pink bunnies) that have been placed in hand
built earthwork dwellings. They are not the mangled corpses of Iraqi babies
that your young cadets will see when they get to Iraq.You
also asked if students will be graded on this project, which you referred to
as political. The answer is, yes. Among other things, they are graded on the
formal concept of how well they achieved transformation of the army figures who
students imagined returning to peaceful jobs. You might be interested to know
that a recent trend in art education is called Issues Based Art Education.
Students are expected to include issues and ideas from culture as part of their
art experience. The first chapter in our textbook, Understanding Art, addresses
the many functions of art such as Art Stimulates the Intellect and Fires the
Emotions,(p.13) Art Reflects the Social and Cultural Context, (p.18) and
Art Protests Injustice and Raises Social Consciousness. (p. 19). I presume
what you teach is also political.You also told me on the phone that you were
considering your options which might include filing a complaint with the
administration. You also demanded to know exactly when the
installation would be removed. I realized later, as I was standing, waiting
for you in the hot sun, that you are not my boss. I do not answer to you.
However, I have decided to cc the people who are my bosses. While I may get a
reprimand or other consequences, I am hoping that my first amendment rights and
tenure will protect me from being sent to Guantanamo.Sincerely,Edie Pistolesi
"Be the change you would like to see in the world..." - Gandhi
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