Good afternoon, cpac. My name is bryan bernys. We welcome you all to the panel today. I think weve got a very interesting panel. And a very interesting topic here. Our four guest panelists have a varying degree of backgrounds and different aspects they can bring to this topic. Im going to introduce them, let them each give a couple minutes on the topic, and then get right into it. I think this panel is especially interesting on what trigger warnings, and the current nanny state of the College Campus and what we can do to protect the snowflake generation from themselves. [ applause ] so my first guest, of the panel here is dr. Matthew spalding. Matthew spalding is the associate Vice President and dean at Educational Programs at Hillsdale College here in washington, d. C. He is also the best selling author of we still hold these truths. And in addition, he has taught at Hillsdale College as well as George Mason University and catholic university. Great to be with you. I see some of the h
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The figures’ bodies are defined by simple cylinders, topped by spheres for the heads, with no limbs. There’s no traditional setting, no wooden manger, no straw on the ground, just a
very minimalist empty space.
“It made me think of bowling pins with Baby Jesus as a ball,” one visitor told Reuters of the design.
Perhaps alluding to a landscape, a glowing light behind the figures makes it seem as though they’re being struck by lightning.
What attracts the most attention, however, is the figure who appears to be an astronaut, in a spacesuit, gripping the moon in his hands. There’s also a sinister-looking figure in a black helmet who many have compared perhaps on account of the space theme to Darth Vader from