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Turn on the Fox News Channel nearly any time of day, and you'll see it in big letters: "Fair and Balanced." It's their slogan, and whether they themselves live up to it is a point of contention, but the phrase itself exemplifies much of what is wrong with today's news.
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It has been two weeks since Penn announced that it would not be renewing the contract of women's squash coach Jim Martel, and it is still unclear why Martel was let go after three years with the Quakers.
Shippensburg University was required last week to change portions of its Student Conduct Code, as well as its Racism and Cultural Diversity Policy, after a judge ruled them unconstitutional.
Students won't be hearing cries of "sinners" and "whores" from Penn's most notorious preacher anytime soon.
What is wrong with these women? You know the ones I mean ... the wives whose public figure husbands philander, get caught, and then engage in a series of public humiliations that purport to be apologies. The women who permit themselves to be used as props, much like a flag, or a plant, or some other backdrop that the PR consultants believe enhances the mood, or the message.
As Rev. Stephen White, better known to Penn students as "Brother Stephen," awaits a November trial on charges of sex solicitation, police say they are continuing to investigate and believe that the campus fixture may have victimized more than one person.
In April of 1973, a determined group of female students, staff, faculty and community members staged a four-day sit-in inside College Hall, protesting the lack of support for women at Penn.
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the creation of the Penn Women's Center. Today, it plays a pivotal role on Penn's campus and, from its central location on Locust Walk, contributes a tremendous amount to this community.
"The brain's freaking out!" a group of Sayre Middle School students exclaimed as they tossed "neurotransmitters" -- represented by crumpled up pieces of paper -- through the air.
The Water Buffalo incident may be 10 years in the past, but the future of free speech remains hazy at colleges and universities from coast to coast.
Listen, I had a great time this weekend. I haven't felt this relaxed without protest signs or my Roland Barthes Reader in forever. Sure, SPEC turned off the sound equipment after only 12 minutes of For Sale's Quad performance. And yes, a creepy guy from Pi Lam sexually harassed me. And, as hard as it is to believe, I'm never very comfortable when frat boys take to the streets, their sense of entitlement swollen with booze. But despite all that, Saturday's weather was gorgeous, and it pains me to crawl back to my computer this morning.
Strings of T-shirts hang on clotheslines around the exterior of the Penn Women's Center. Adorned with slogans condemning violence toward women, they flap peacefully in the wind.
As I anticipated in my "welcome back" message last month, the tragic conflict in the Middle East has become a major subject of heated, often emotional debate within the Penn community, and I have been called upon to act on behalf of the University. Groups and individuals within and outside of the academic community, and on all sides of these questions, are organizing to advance their political viewpoints, to thwart what they see as threats of intimidation and bias, and to encourage colleges and universities, and their leaders, to add their moral authority and financial influence to these debates.
According to Mariah Burton Nelson, author of The Stronger Women Get, the More Men Love Football, "Feminism is about bodies: birth control, sexual harassment, child sexual abuse, pornography, rape, date rape, battering, breast cancer, breast enlargement, dieting, liposuction, abortion, anorexia, bulimia, sexuality. Sports."
Our generation has been written off as lazy, self-absorbed and apathetic. But given that our generation volunteers at higher levels than any generation before us, this characterization is unfair.
Upon reading Dan Fishback's column, "Create a dialogue: Reject fear, embrace discussion," last week, I couldn't help but to reflect on my own experiences at Penn. When I first arrived as a freshman I was very open about my sexuality and expected a certain degree of harassment to come my way. I got what I expected.
It's springtime. Well almost. And alcohol monitors follow the revelry. From what I understand, these beer bouncers -- trained under a regimen set-forth by the University -- are supposed to be like the Secret Service agents stationed at the periphery of the Superdome. With the Super Bowl and World Economic Forum out of the way, the agents are moving on to Salt Lake City for the Olympics, Senior Feb Club bar nights, Greek mixers and honor society inductions. Party people watch out.
I had the extreme pleasure of passing last summer right here in the City of Brotherly Love. The days were hot, and I dressed accordingly. On some of the hotter days, I wore especially short shorts.
Thirty years ago, there was no academic program at Penn to bring gender into academia. There was no central hub for women to congregate and seek counseling and support, and there were no services specifically devoted to women's security needs.
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