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'''The Incident:''' The day after ''Mute/Off'' was distributed, the administration at the Art Institute of California confiscated all copies of the publication. A spokeswoman for the school stated that the magazine produced as a final project for Prof. Ovetz's class was confiscated because it had been distributed without first being submited it to the administration for review. <P> | '''The Incident:''' The day after ''Mute/Off'' was distributed, the administration at the Art Institute of California confiscated all copies of the publication. A spokeswoman for the school stated that the magazine produced as a final project for Prof. Ovetz's class was confiscated because it had been distributed without first being submited it to the administration for review. <P> | ||
'''Results of Incident:''' After objecting to the administration's confiscation of the provocative and controversial student magazine, Prof. Ovetz was fired from his teaching position. Ovetz and the students claim that administration | '''Results of Incident:''' After objecting to the administration's confiscation of the provocative and controversial student magazine, Prof. Ovetz was fired from his teaching position. Ovetz and the students claim that the administration had violated the First Amendment, as well as a state law protecting student publication from censorship by confiscating nearly all 500 copies of the magazine. In addition, Ovetz and the students say this is not the first time the Art Institute has censored students work restricting freedom of speech and expression. One student's project was banned in December from a student exhibition on "taboos", and in 2005 a student's alien sculpture was removed from the campus gallery after complaints that it looked like a vagina. <P> | ||
The magazine was re-distributed in its entirety in mid-January after what the administration says was a 'review process.' Mitchell transferred to another school. <P> | The magazine was re-distributed in its entirety in mid-January after what the administration says was a 'review process.' Mitchell transferred to another school. <P> | ||