Student Govt. Says Black Icon ‘Serves To Further Divide’ Campus

The Catholic University of America in Washingtong, D.C. on July 11 2019. Photo: Mehdi Kasumov / Shutterstock.com

In the wake of controversy surrounding an icon at the Catholic University of America’s Columbus Law School, the school’s undergraduate student government passed a resolution Monday requesting university officials replace the painting with art that is “non-political and uncontroversial.”

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