Political cartoons have been showing up around campus in bathroom stalls, by the quad and in classrooms.

One of the cartoons, a poster in room S-9, has a clearly political focus, and seems to serve no other purpose than to let the artist express his/her views. This poster shows a large wildcat clawing at a man. Underneath the drawing is the phrase, “The Federal Reserve—we care.”

The political message of this poster is unclear to some students. “I don’t understand it,” junior Laura Jefferson said. “Is the Federal Reserve represented by the cat or the man?”

There were several posters advertising “The Return of the Horse,” a band which participated in the battle of the bands at Mitchell Park on March 31. “Admission is two dollars, but the love is free,” the posters announced.

There were two versions of this poster. On one, a horse, standing up like a person and dressed in a suit was smoking a cigar. On another version of the poster was a cartoon showing a horse sitting on a man’s back.

This particular poster did not receive a warm welcome from the administration.

“It’s not appropriate for a school campus,” Dean of Students Kim Cowell said. “First of all, anything that will be posted must first be approved. I saw the one with the horse and the man, and it was sexually obscene. To me, it was unfair of the person to do that. What they don’t realize is that people have to stay here and look at that, and not everyone wants to. It’s wrong. Students are legally a ‘captive audience.’”

The creator of this poster, who wishes to remain anonymous, says that he is not aware of any political undertones, and simply drew what band a band member asked him to. After the battle of the bands at Mitchell Park, the posters were removed.

“The cartoons are weird,” sophomore Kevin Yao said. “I’m sort of surprised that the school allows them to be posted. The pictures didn’t look like they had anything to do with a concert.”

The cartoons certainly served their purpose of advertising the band. “I saw the picture and I thought, ‘that’s interesting,’” freshman Angela Chen said. “I didn’t really read it. They were ‘Wow,’ they really caught my attention.”