Malone Filter

There has been a discussion going on in my sculpting class about Malone's policy on nudity in art. One of my classmates made several sculpted reliefs of the female figure to display in her Senior art show, but she has been told by the president and the provost that she is not allowed to show them, because it goes against the policy. Many of the students including myself disagree with their decision, because the pieces of art though they allude to a nude figure they are not detailed nor are they offensive in any way. In class we were having trouble understanding why her artwork is unable to be shown, because it is perfectly acceptable for the students to see nude paintings and sculptures in art history, and apparently though the figure drawing class is unable to use a nude model they are allowed to use nude figures drawn by the 'masters'. I understand that Malone is a Christian school from a Quaker heritage and they filter out certain things to keep Malone a clean controlled environment, but I do not believe that this student's artwork violates that. Some speculation has been going around that they are afraid of losing money if one of Malone's backers is offended by the artwork and decides to withdraw their money. I doubt that all of the administrations' reasons are as mercenary as that, but I think that they should be able to explain to the artist exactly why her art has been rejected so she can accept their ruling.
I think that Malone should take a more creative approach to the fear of nudity, because it seems like they are equating nudity with sexual perversion. This is really a reflection on our culture, that we are embarassed by the bodies of the opposite sex. Malone should teach its students to behave maturely toward the human body.