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Graffiti wall project encouraged by students
By Lexxie Shiring
Rocket Contributor
Issue date: 11/9/07 Section: News
A campus graffiti wall is not out of the question, Slippery Rock University President Robert Smith.
"The wall is a title for something, it is not about graffiti," Smith said.
"It is a method of communication and students getting the message out to other students and I do not have any problem with it."
Administration has actually offered to build walls for commuter senator Evan Matthews, who brought up pursuing a graffiti wall during the Student Government Association meeting on Oct. 18.
"We offered to build walls for him, but he did not like the idea," Smith said,
"So I do not know why he is coming to meet me other than to explain what he did not like about the idea."
Smith is not opposed to the graffiti wall, but does not want random defacing of facilities.
"You cannot just go up to any kind of wall, particularly one that can be damaged by paint or whatever people use," Smith said.
Smith does not know what the issue is.
"We are absolutely not against it," Smith said, "We told Matthews exactly how we would help him do it. We never said we were against it."
Senior psychology major Tasha Velazquez likes the idea as long as it has limitations.
"It would be cool but in a way it could be dangerous," Velazquez said, "People could write offensive remarks that could potentially hurt others, so they would have to have some sort of censorship."
Cory Smith, sophomore biology major, thinks that the wall would be a good way for students to express themselves.
"It would be pretty cool," Cory Smith said. "The color would bring character to the Slippery Rock University campus."
Administration thinks that Matthews wants to turn the wall between Weisenfluh Dining Hall and Morrow Field House into a graffiti wall.
"We have spent a lot of money repairing the damage that was done to fix the wall that used to be a painted mural," Robert Smith said. "It was awful, it was an embarrassment to the university."
Robert Smith told Matthews that he does not want to damage that wall again.
"We never said that we were opposed to having a graffiti wall," Robert Smith said. "We told him that we would build large billboard-type walls in multiple locations for students to expresses their messages to each other."
"The wall is a title for something, it is not about graffiti," Smith said.
"It is a method of communication and students getting the message out to other students and I do not have any problem with it."
Administration has actually offered to build walls for commuter senator Evan Matthews, who brought up pursuing a graffiti wall during the Student Government Association meeting on Oct. 18.
"We offered to build walls for him, but he did not like the idea," Smith said,
"So I do not know why he is coming to meet me other than to explain what he did not like about the idea."
Smith is not opposed to the graffiti wall, but does not want random defacing of facilities.
"You cannot just go up to any kind of wall, particularly one that can be damaged by paint or whatever people use," Smith said.
Smith does not know what the issue is.
"We are absolutely not against it," Smith said, "We told Matthews exactly how we would help him do it. We never said we were against it."
Senior psychology major Tasha Velazquez likes the idea as long as it has limitations.
"It would be cool but in a way it could be dangerous," Velazquez said, "People could write offensive remarks that could potentially hurt others, so they would have to have some sort of censorship."
Cory Smith, sophomore biology major, thinks that the wall would be a good way for students to express themselves.
"It would be pretty cool," Cory Smith said. "The color would bring character to the Slippery Rock University campus."
Administration thinks that Matthews wants to turn the wall between Weisenfluh Dining Hall and Morrow Field House into a graffiti wall.
"We have spent a lot of money repairing the damage that was done to fix the wall that used to be a painted mural," Robert Smith said. "It was awful, it was an embarrassment to the university."
Robert Smith told Matthews that he does not want to damage that wall again.
"We never said that we were opposed to having a graffiti wall," Robert Smith said. "We told him that we would build large billboard-type walls in multiple locations for students to expresses their messages to each other."
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Susan Kelley-Stamerra
posted 11/11/07 @ 11:10 PM EST
Step carefully, students and President Smith. A graffiti wall is a splendid idea, and it can bring about a wealth of ideas, communications, exchanges, and more. (Continued…)
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