Nobody is responsible. This summer, a Miami U. governor's drama workshop mailed an obscene play to high school students. When a few parents complained and the governor threatened to cancel funding, Miami officials quickly promised to apologize and kill the play. But the apology was more of an insult, insinuating that narrow-minded prudes ruined the workshop. And in defiance of Ohio Department of Education orders to remove the play, parts of it were performed anyway.
Nobody is responsible.
I believe students should be free to explore almost any frontiers of knowledge they choose. The same day Mr. Walton called to justify mailing an obscene play to high school students, the Ohio Department of Education announced it would investigate a high school coach in London, Ohio, who is suspected of encouraging religion. He's right, it is strange. Faith is stamped out like a hate crime, but obscenity and political brainwashing are no big deal. The Ohio Department of Education is not likely to investigate the Miami U. summer workshop.