Episode Four:
Housetraining Your Dog
Featuring:
Megan Scarborough
Guests from Colorado College
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George Washington High School
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Press Coverage
Notre Dame University
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Twitter buzz on Notre Dame
See Also
University of New Mexico
More Depression-Era Mural Controversy
Flier about a Call to Action at The University of New Mexico regarding changing the school seal which depicted a Spanish conquistador
Several schools are having the same debates as George Washington High School about their own Depression-Era murals, whether or not they're appropriate for public school.
Princeton University
University of Kentucky
The University of Kentucky commissioned contemporary artist Karyn Olivier to do a response to murals at the institution.
Artist Mario Moore painted blue collar workers for Princeton University to hang with the rest of their art.
References
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Colorado Springs Fine Art Center at Colorado College. (2019). Restaurant murals in context [Posted sign]. 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903.
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Danny Glover on the Victor Arnautoff Murals at George Washington High, laborvideo, 2019. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f08n-7GnuzQ
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DidntUsed2. (2019, Jan 22). Fahrenheit 451 [Tweet]. Retrieved from: https://twitter.com/DidntUsed2/status/1087758606160801798
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Dr. Rebecca Tucker, PhD. and undergraduate students at Colorado College. (2020, Feb 3), telephone interview
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Education4libs. (2019, May 2). A high school in Northern California is thinking about removing the George Washington murals for ‘traumatizing students’ if your kids are traumatized by a mural you have completely failed as a parent [Tweet, since been deleted]. Retrieved from: https://twitter.com/Education4Libs/status/1124023097370259463
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Jenkins, J. I., C.S.C. (2019, January 20). Feast of Basil Moreau, C.S.C., founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross [Letter to Members of the Notre Dame Community]. Retrieved from: https://president.nd.edu/homilies-writings-addresses/letter-to-campus-regarding-columbus-murals
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JimmyDivots. (2019, Jan 22). Are they now going to eliminate the Old Testament because of all the violence?!? [Tweet]. Retrieved from: https://twitter.com/JimmyDivots/status/1087758279802060800
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Jones, L., Strobl, G. (2019). Petition to uncover the Notre Dame Columbus murals [Google Form]. Retrieved from: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd-Y_HJ_NbxLgzcfa9UreO7z4lmZa7cT2QIyILnOWXYCZyA1w/viewform
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MADmagazine. (2019, Jan 23). The University of Notre Dame has promised to cover up its murals that illustrate the life of Christopher Columbus. Well, if there's one thing that Catholic institutions are good at, it's covering things up [Tweet]. Retrieved from: https://twitter.com/MADmagazine/status/1088092257956159492
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MW_Unrest. (2017, Dec 11). Banner dropped at U of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana against murals heroically depicting Columbus "These murals are symbols of oppression that do not represent local Native Americans—but yet Notre Dame calls the location ‘A Potawatomi Place.’" Julie Dye, Potawatomi Elder [Twitter thread, since been deleted]. Retrieved from: https://twitter.com/MW_Unrest/status/940362412498268165
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Pogash, C. (2019, Aug 10). San Francisco school board may save controversial George Washington mural. The New York Times. Retrieved from: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/10/arts/san-francisco-murals.html
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SicilianGirl208. (2019, Jan 23). I'm sooo disappointed in Notre Dame for doing this! It's obvious that liberalism is even creeping into the Catholic/Christian schools & colleges. Shame on Notre Dame! Bad decision! [Tweet]. Retrieved from: https://twitter.com/SicilianGirl208/status/1088122480424861696
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Teachers 4 Social Justice. (2019). Educator statement in solidarity with Black and Native students calling for painting over the Life of Washington murals [Google form]. Retrieved from: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdEnBtw_htBGGG6NKwUqDkvWWHQBcSpCp-Rc0w-xuRJ9iBg9w/viewform?fbclid=IwAR13YQC7Rb3uZN-pGYs6xsBgUOjpyKnahXjrIFwmna-GJaGh_rYoBvk2YZU
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Teachers 4 Social Justice (2020). T4SJ Freedom Talk- Life of Washington Murals GWHS [Video file]. Retrieved from: https://www.facebook.com/pg/t4sjsf/posts/