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UCLA studio art professors Chris Burden and Nancy Rubins have quit in protest over the university's inaction over a grad student performance that employed a gun, reports the LA Times. I'm sure there's more to the story, since their action seems a little drastic, particularly when you consider an action that brought Burden fame in the 1970s.

Burden says that the element of surprise is what distinguishes his work from the piece that frightened audiences. I've worked with a professor that encourages surprise performances intended to shock and frighten audiences, so this makes me wonder about the implications of work like this.