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Posted on 04/01/2021 6:12:37 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
A life-sized bronze statue of Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg installed at a United Kingdom university has sparked a backlash among students and critics who argue the money could have been better spent.
The sculpture -- with a price tag of £24,000 (roughly $33,000) -- was unveiled at the University of Winchester in southern England on Tuesday. The university, in a statement, noted it was a symbol of its "ongoing commitment to sustainability and social justice."
The Winchester University and College Union (UCU) branch criticized the statute's high price tag during the coronavirus pandemic and described it as a "vanity project."
"We're in a Covid year, lots of students haven't really had access to campus, lots of them are trying to study online and are in dire need of support," said Winchester UCU president Megan Ball, according to the BBC. "We are calling on the university to match the statue cost by committing £23,760 in additional funding to student support services across campus."
"We urge them to publicly face the critical issues which students are highlighting and provide a transparent breakdown of additional and existing financial support," she continued.
Ball noted that the union could not support the sculpture, despite Thunberg, 18, being a "fantastic role model to everyone, as someone who speaks loudly and proudly about important global issues."
A tweet from Winchester University's UCU branch added: "The university’s distinctive approach to commissioning pieces of art is to do so in unminuted meetings and/or avoid any committee scrutiny. Not the ideal approach when spending university money."
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They got took. And now they are embarrassed.
Was it forged with a wind powered Kiln?
as usual in GB these days, the issue is really that the opposes didn’t get their due. GB people really really think that other moneys belong to them.
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On top of everything else, the poor thing is ugly...and her statue is even uglier.
: ) even willie looks better than the dog-faced, pig-tailed pony soldier, ‘girl
Wouldnt it have been a better gesture to have offered her $33,000 worth of free education ???
The poor thing could never pass college they will give her some phoney ass Doctor degree like Jill Biden has.
The statute is called “The Thong”.
Where’s her vagina hat?
I say we rip it down
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