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40 Years Later, The War on Drugs Must End

Published: June 14, 2011

This month commemorates the 40th anniversary of President Richard Nixon’s declaration of a “War on Drugs,” marking a concurrent increase in the number of Americans in U.S. prisons. According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the War on Drugs, while costing the country roughly a trillion dollars over since its inception, has produced little […]

LaGaurd and the IMF: Does a Woman in Charge Change an Anti-Woman Organization?

Published: May 27, 2011

Following the resignation of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former managing director of the International Monetary Fund with sexual assault charges pending, news has begun to focus on his successor. At this point, it appears that the most likely candidate is French Finance Minister Christine LaGuard. The news of the first female director of the IMF could not come […]

Happy Birthday Harvey, Your Victory Was Ours

Published: May 23, 2011

Yesterday marked the 2nd anniversary of Harvey Milk Day, and what would have been the 81st birthday of our country’s first openly gay politician. As a city supervisor for San Francisco, Milk successfully passed a gay rights ordinance that outlawed discrimination based on sexual orientation, the first of its kind and a signifier of change […]

We’ve Got a New Blog!

Published: May 20, 2011

Good news campus blog readers – we’ve got our new blog site up and running! Our posts here begin with 2011, but if you’re looking for an older post you can still find them on our old blog. We’re excited to have this new space for our campus feminist activist blog posts. We’ll be posting […]

Gender Equity Deception Discovered in Athletic Programs

Published: April 29, 2011

A New York Times report released earlier this week uncovered the deception of many athletic programs in schools regarding gender equity in sports, distorting the numbers in order to comply with the requirements of Title IX. Title IX, which bans sex discrimination in any federally-financed education program, has largely drawn attention to and been labeled […]

Getting Past “Buy Green” on Earth Day

Published: April 22, 2011

On Earth Day, it’s not uncommon to see “Go Green” posters and signs around town, but it feels like more and more we are seeing this slogan in stores, with “green” products or all kinds being sold everywhere you look. Consumerism-masked-as-environmentalism seems to be at an all-time high, where the word green is no longer […]

Living Within Our Means: Obama Addresses Students at NOVA

Published: April 20, 2011

“There’s no such thing as a free lunch,” President Barack Obama began in a speech addressed to students at Northern Virginia Community College on Tuesday. In a town hall format in the school’s gymnasium, the President spoke about what’s been on everyone’s minds: the current state of the economy and the resulting budget cuts. Relating […]