sentences:  Designed as a collaboration between the RIT faculty members Juan Carlos Caballero-Perez and Leonard Urso, the sculpture is visually similar to the logo used by GDT from 2000 to 2005 and has led to speculation that it was inspired by "GDT".Juan Carlos Caballero-Perez taught at RIT as an adjunct professor in the School of American Crafts within the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences(CIAS) starting in 1994--the year "GDT" began publishing on the RIT campus.At the time of its founding, two of the original three co-editors were in programs within CIAS, and "GDT" was involved in protests related to proposed budget cuts to the School of American Crafts and School of Art and Design in April 1996.