More on Yale Student

The Yale student's project--see yesterday's comments--has created quite a controversy. See more at The Washington Post of May 3. Charles Lane, in his op-ed piece--The Art of Folly at Yale--speaks of "The politicized obsession with race, gender and sexuality; the denigration of canonical works by "dead white males"; the callow mocking of convention; the notion that truth itself is merely a construct of power and self-interest -- all characterize the study of art and literature in America's colleges and universities. All were reflected in Shvarts's rationale for her 'installation.'"