Column: The war in the streets
By Beyond the Ivory Tower: Emily LaDue | December 3, 2003Two weeks ago in Miami at the FTAA ministerial, over 10,000 individuals came face to face with American democracy. Our freedoms were thrown in our faces.
Two weeks ago in Miami at the FTAA ministerial, over 10,000 individuals came face to face with American democracy. Our freedoms were thrown in our faces.
By now, it is becoming more and more common knowledge that one in six women at Duke is raped before graduation.
In two weeks, there will be an international convergence in Miami to protest the Free Trade Area of the Americas ministerial.
Before we can provide any kind of service to any outside community, we need to serve our own communities and human interactions.
Women's liberation and feminism are practically ancient terms, yet the words "Women's Initiative" show us just how much work needs to be done at Duke regarding gender.
The Duke mission statement discusses the University's "commitment to learning, freedom and truth" and "an intellectual environment built on a commitment to free and open inquiry.
We all know that there are eating disorders on campus. Watch girls stroll into the bathrooms in the Marketplace, Bryan Center, etc. after dinner, alone, making sure no one else is in there.