The Student Assembly debated Resolution 77, which would require student organizations to make their events accessible to people with disabilities.

On Nov. 4, Roots and Shoots – a student group that centered on environmental education – hosted a lecture on the interconnections between climate change, women’s rights and political issues as part of their Environmental Justice and Film Speaker Series. 

Pandering for votes seems to be an inevitable part of politics. However, Hamid Karzai, the current President of Afghanistan up for reelection this coming fall, has crossed the line from political ingenuity to violating human rights.

Last month, Karzai signed a Shi’ite Personal Status Law, which the United Nations Development Fund for Women has interpreted as legalizing marital rape. Moreover, the law — which has yet to be publicly released — includes a provision that requires a woman to gain permission from her husband to work outside the home or to go to school. Thus, this law, approved by Karzai and both houses of Parliament, significantly endangers the gains Afghan women have made since the Taliban were ousted in 2001.

To the Editor:

Re: “Strings Attached,” Comics, March 4

Exactly 100 years ago 15,000 women marched through the streets of New York City demanding shorter working hours, better pay and voting rights. They were a group of individuals tired of being discriminated against due to their gender and undermined solely because they were women. That day in 1908 now continues to be acknowledged as International Women’s Day on March 8th around the world.

Feminism — the F-word that makes more men and women cringe than the infamous four-letter word we use all too frequently. But why? At the core of the matter is not opposition to women’s equality, but rather, the stigma attached to the term “feminist.” According to a CBS News poll conducted in May 2005, only 24 percent of American women consider themselves feminists. However, when the dictionary definition of a feminist was included in the poll question — someone who believes in the social, political and economic equality of the sexes — 65 percent of women said that they considered themselves feminists. Therefore, it seems as if most American women oppose the stereotype associated with the feminist label, not what feminism actually represents.