European students in crammed quarters

We have been talking in class about obscenity — how to define it, how to monitor it, how to regulate it, etc. I came across an article about students in Europe having to share tiny apartments, and a French student group satirized the situation with an edgy poster campaign.

The article in reference is from the May 23, 2008 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education, beginning on p. A1. Could you imagine such a poster being displayed on campus here?! Not in 1,000,000 years.

The following link is the source of the original poster. Disclaimer: The image might be considered obscene!

http://unef.fr/delia-CMS/index/article_id-2282/topic_id-216,,/construction-de-logements-pour-les-etudiants.html

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