GOOD MORNING, everyone!
Why am I in such a good mood this morning? I'm filled with so much caffeine goodness. That's why. Woo-hoo, so I'm bouncing off the walls. It also helps that my boss is out of the office for a couple days, and I can focus on project deadlines and publication releases. Thank God for peaceful Mondays. Admittedly, my co-workers can tell when I'm on a caffeine rush. So, I'm trying to act calm. We'll see how long I can act it out.
BTW, I read another Inside Higher Ed piece today. This one is about a student cartoon, "Christ on Campus", hosted by the Radford University student Whim newspaper. Interestingly, the student cartoonist, college sophomore Christian Keesee, is a Pentecostal believer, says the IHE article. Obviously, the range of cartoons link from the blasphemous to the profound. Subject matter include examples where Jesus is making out with a co-ed on Valentine's Day to a knife fight scene where Jesus is stabbed by Santa Claus.
I think they are quite funny. Very interesting are the student comments referring to the individual cartoons.
Admittedly, these cartoons are provocative.
They challenge our conceptions about who Jesus is. Christian (the cartoonist) attempts to show that Jesus led a regular life as a man, while he was here for ministry. It seems the cartoon brings up commentary by his fellow students.
Since you, the reader, tolerated this posting, I'll share a few links to the cartoons. Caution: some are quite brilliant, while others may offend you. In the end, it will make you react or think.
Jesus on Hurricane Katrina cartoon
At the time of the article release, it appears that the school administration will want to talk to the cartoonist and the newspaper staff, as the school administrators have received feedback about the cartoons.
With much of the recent hoopla about drawings of religious idols in newspapers, this particular piece could be another topic for a "Freedom of Speech" kind of thing, eh? I suspect when they do meet, the administration will probably not censor the cartoon due to the recent media publicity, but they will ask the newspaper to tone down the content. Most school administrators are ever so sensitive to parent/student feedback. Please note that Radford is a public institution.
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