Gavilan College interim president Marty Johnson this week
recommended that a controversial mural, which the creators wanted
to install in the student union, be sold.
Johnson told trustees that the mural had exhausted its
educational value, college public information officer Jan Bernstein
Chargin said. He said that property worth less than $2,500 could be
disposed of without an auction.
Gavilan College interim president Marty Johnson this week recommended that a controversial mural, which the creators wanted to install in the student union, be sold.
Johnson told trustees that the mural had exhausted its educational value, college public information officer Jan Bernstein Chargin said. He said that property worth less than $2,500 could be disposed of without an auction.
In the face of rejection by the Associated Student Body, art instructor R2row and his students withdrew their request that the 50-foot mural grace the south wall of the student union, Bernstein Chargin said.
The mural, begun more than a year ago, is titled Enduring Wage. It depicts members of the upper social class sitting on toilets over a mass of people struggling to join them. The work drew protests from the community and was rejected by student leaders.
