Then for it to be equal you'd have to take away funding from every institution of higher education in the country otherwise it would be unequal and a punishment on exercising free speech.No, it certainly wouldn't. The absence of Federal or State funding would not stop the artist from creating the work.
The absence of a government funded soapbox is not an infringement on free speech.
If any taxpayer money went to fund this artist's project then it's more accurate to say that coercing taxpayers into funding political speech in this manner is an infringement on their first amendment rights.
Just because you don't like the speech doesn't make it any less valid and deserving of protection. Would you making the same argument if a student had made an art project listing all the names of POWs and anti-war individuals were protesting it?
Nossir.No, that's merely a load of crap response form you. Show me the State University, which this one is, that receives even 60% of it's budget from student tuition. This STATE University is typical of most and receives most of its funding, including its Art Dept., from the State and Federal Government.
http://www.umaine.edu/admin_finance/FY07/UMS05_SRECNA.pdf
Net student fees 92,371
Federal, state, and private grants and contracts 58,729