The controversy concerning the art department’s protest against the taking down of an art project because of a single complaint has sparked a statement from President Richard Rhodes.
On Oct. 30, a collage was ordered taken down after a student’s second complaint that the work offended her.
In response to the order by an assistant to the VV dean, art faculty members took down the entire exhibition in protest. 
In an e-mailed statement to the EPCC community by Rhodes, the taking down of the work was contrary to the college’s policy of free expression and the exchange of ideas.