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...Owl...
Throughout the Owl's punch you were wise...
Clearly, the ad was a hideous example of poor taste, and the decision to run it displayed a total lack of tact on the part of The Owl, the paper at the center of this controversy. Nevertheless, the reaction of these students was unwarranted. First of all, in these socially aware times an ad as anachronistic as one for topless dancers should be a self-mockery, not deserving of attention from students who have better things...
...Nobody on the ed board had a problem with it," said Kevin Barnard, editor of The Owl. "In fact, the biggest supporter was the only female on the editorial board...
Students, however, continue to take offense atthe ad. In a letter to the editor of The Owl,Westfield student Owen Broadhurt compared thedecision to run the ad for female dancers toprinting an ad for "the Ku Klux Klan, AmericanNazi Party, D'Aubisson death squads, or similarhideous miscreants...