Yale Daily News

To The Dean:

So that you may better understand my point of view, you should know that my wife and I lost a perfectly healthy, unborn child at 22.5 weeks - just days before he could have survived - due to a placental abruption caused by a blood condition called factor five liden. October 30th, 2005 was the worst day of our lives and we will never stop hurting from our loss.

I am sure you have guessed by now that I am writing to you in regard to your student, Aliza Shvarts' "art" project. I want you to know that my heart sank and my stomach wrenched when reading about what Ms. Shvarts claimed to have done. You should know that it doesn't make any difference what is true and what is not true about how she created her project. It doesn't matter if she made the whole thing up.

We as a society now have a prolific and horrifying example of how people like your student trivialize human life to the point that a sick project like Ms. Shvarts is considered to be "art." This societal attitude of life being a cheap commidity is part of the reason so many young people have no concerns about hurting and killing others.

This project is one of the single most disturbing acts I have ever heard of. Nothing about it has anything to do with art. As a human being with feelings and an apprecation for the gift of life, I implore you to stop this project from being displayed. Instead of being celebrated at a reception, Ms. Shvarts should be referred to a psychiatrist and to a person who can teach her about the dignity of human life.