Word: lewd
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...answer, it seems, involves former U.S. President George H.W. Bush’s February speech at Tufts. A group including Monnin protested his speech, and the protestors’ behavior—which allegedly included shouting over Bush and making lewd gestures—was deemed “not consistent with the traditional Tufts courtesy” by Alumni Association officials. On the basis of the protest and the accusation that she made a rude gesture towards former President Bush, Monnin’s not-yet-awarded award was pre-emptively revoked...
...even if she did make the lewd gesture, Tufts’ Alumni Association is still not off the hook for withdrawing the award. Its rather difficult to take seriously the claim of the Alumni Association that they were unaware of Monnin’s history of transgressive and brash methods of making her voice heard given the prominence of that history. Three years ago, Monnin was involved in the controversial student takeover of a University building; “I don’t try to hide my actions,” she told the Tufts Daily when asked about...
...Crimson Staff is entirely correct when it says that etiquette is not leadership. But it is ludicrously off-base in suggesting that not making a lewd gesture at a public event is “one of the finest points of social politesse.” Demonstrating a lack of common decency is not the same as carrying out valuable social protest. Publicly showing opposition to George H.W. Bush is understandable, and maybe even laudable. But making lewd gestures at him is not courageous—it is infantile. If Elizabeth Monnin cannot understand this, she should be receiving...
...students chuckled at the lewd humor as they read. But they said they did not lose track of the play’s political message...
...suspect this behavior is sickening to many people. It is safe to say that this sculpture has not inspired our community to act virtuously—another of my motivations for dismantling the sculpture. As we lurked in the distance waiting for the crowds to dissipate, we witnessed the lewd acts that the presence of the sculpture inspired in our peers. There were the typical photos taken of climbers, huggers and lickers, and one young man went so far as to disrobe and mimic a sexual act against the statue as his friends snapped pictures. There were no two ways...