It’s Time to Take Back The Night

You might not believe it, but you know someone who has been sexually assaulted. In fact, you probably know more than one person that has been sexually assaulted. These statistics from the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN) may convince you that sexual...

Not Your Average Spring Break

While some people may have been wearing flip-flops and shorts over spring break, I was donning a hair cap and some plastic gloves.  And even if I wasn’t laying on a beach towel soaking up the sun, I was standing on my feet, hands deep in rice and loving every minute...

Help Your Community One Can at a Time

The month of February is National Canned Food Month! So, why canned food? Well, I don’t know about you, but when I think of canned food I think of the mushy peas and creamed corn my grandparents used to make me eat. But, it turns out that canned food is much more than...

A is for Advocacy

You may be shocked to learn 1 in 4 women will be sexually assaulted in her lifetime 1 out of every 33 American men has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape in his lifetime Approximately 50% of transgender people experience sexual violence at some point in...

(Un)Fashioning Power

“Style is Political” –Cynthia Enloe in Globalization and Militarism On December 4th the Women’s and Gender Studies 220: Power, Privilege and Gender class presented their final projects in the Kryzsko Student Activities Center. These projects examined the role of...