Students at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago are getting more attention than they expected. The school has hired a team of consultants who are scheduled to drop in on art classes and "assess student profiles," which the students suspect really means taking note of potentially offensive works in progress. School officials may not want to be burned again by their students' knack for controversy. In 1988 an exhibition featuring a portrayal of the late Mayor Harold Washington in women's underwear prompted enraged aldermen to take the painting off the wall in protest. A year later, veterans' groups went...
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