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Posted by G lib on 2006-05-11 13:42:35 +0000

This gives me the heebie jeebies

Brandeis Students Protest Removal of Palestinian Art So campus officials took it down. “This is outrageous,” countered Lior Halperin, the Brandeis student who organized the exhibit as the final project for the Brandeis course “The Arts of Building Peace.” She went on to assert that art by “12-year-olds from a Palestinian refugee camp [is] not going to be about flowers and balloons.”
Posted by tgl on 2006-05-11 14:54:41 +0000
I believe I saw that exhibit at the Cambridge Multicultural Center two summers ago. Disturbing work... maybe it was Iraqi schoolchildren art I saw. --- Your choice of "heebs" as short-hand for "heebie jeebies" is a bit unfortunate. Maybe not, what is the etymology of "heebie jeebie"?
Posted by cdubrocker on 2006-05-11 14:56:11 +0000
It was Iraqi schoolchildren art. Yep, disturbing.
Posted by G lib on 2006-05-11 15:09:52 +0000
This is a snopes.com discussion on how the term 'heebie-jeebies' is not an ethnic slur. However, I did intend the play on words, but not one meant in a derogatory way.
Posted by tgl on 2006-05-11 15:15:10 +0000
Your choice of "heebs" as shorthand for "heebie-jeebies" is excellent.
Posted by Miriam on 2006-05-11 15:43:23 +0000
Feel free to refer to me as a joob from now on.
Posted by Miriam on 2006-05-11 15:44:36 +0000
That's my alma mater. So sad. I led much more effective protests, and as a concentrator in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies and Studio Fine Arts, with a program in Peace and Conflict Studies, I am horrified at the administration there.
Posted by G lib on 2006-05-11 16:18:09 +0000
The administration were just reacting to the 100 students protesting. The protesting itself makes me feel the most ill.
Posted by Miriam on 2006-05-11 17:02:37 +0000
Good point. I hadn't read the article first...oops! I remember when there was a protest to get the Charlie Brown sized Christmas tree removed from the student center. My point is that Brandeisians sometimes have stupid protests. Then again, I don't think I ever had 100 people at one of my rallies. I did get 300 signatures on a petition in 3 hours, though!
Posted by cdubrocker on 2006-05-12 09:23:25 +0000
I wonder what the record is for a thing like that? I'm impressed!
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