Don’t you have better things to do than try to create an issue about some DVD? Seriously? If you don;t like it, don’t check it out. WHo cares whether someone requested it as part of an academic project or not.

You’re talking about college. If you found this in a public elementary school or even high school I could understand the concern, but we’re talking about a library for adult students who are in college for christsake! You worry about some stupid gory picture on the back of the package when the average person witnesses hundreds of thousands of violent acts/murders in TV and in movies by the time they become an adult.

All of this talk about censorship and keping it behind the counter…What happened to people being able to decide what they want to see? They can go right online and find this and metric shit-tonnes of porn to watch, but you’re concerned about a black “street knowledge about the criminal justice system” DVD….

Incoming Carnivals Dr. Sanity very kindly included me in the latest edition of Carnival of the Insanities, not only giving me top billing, but having me share it with Israel Matzav. The latest J-Pix is up as the home of its founder Mr. Bagel. I especi…

T Paine: I am interested specifically in whether it was purchased through the library budget, through an academic department’s budget or if it was purchased using Student Government funding. All of those matter to me – especially if it was SGA funded since those funds are used to buy movies for students to watch for pleasure. I also want to know if it was purchased from the website given on the box which is no longer active or if the criminals who produced the DVD were otherwise contacted in order to purchase it.