ALLMANN: The importance of gender studies
By Alexa Allmann | March 5, 2014The Women, Gender & Sexuality major is essential to understanding societal inequality
The Women, Gender & Sexuality major is essential to understanding societal inequality
J-terms offer students the opportunity to earn more credits, learn about subjects they wouldn’t otherwise learn and study abroad for shorter periods of time.
The WGS major has social value, but also deserves respect as a legitimate academic pursuit
The University must prioritize its need-based aid programs over instituting more merit-based scholarships
The Idaho legislature should not ignore university communities’ concerns regarding a bill allowing guns on campus
The economic and social costs of holding the Olympics far outweigh the benefits
The Opinion editors do not decline to publish writers’ viewpoints merely because they might be deemed unpopular
Senator Martin misspoke in calling women “hosts,” but his views on abortion have merit
Limited action by student governance organizations could cause voter apathy
My advice to the first-, second- and third-year classes is this: create your own path at the University.
The Cavalier Daily has recently published some articles that have garnered an abnormally high number of responses.
Opinion columnists incorporate more accurate factual evidence in their columns
Being beautiful is not a bad thing, but when it becomes everyone’s primary fixation and it starts to subsume an entire career and achievements, well then it’s a beast of its own.
Many times I have kept my mouth shut, not because I “shy away” or because I am not knowledgeable, but because I know the man talking would not respect my opinion regardless.
Though MOOCs represent an ideal of free education, they likely don’t offer it to the people who need it most
Courses that deal with women or include women in the title (as many WGS classes do) compromise the integrity of calls for equality in education because they necessarily place emphasis on a single gender’s achievements or role in history at the expense of the other.
Dad said he didn’t want to celebrate his birthday by wasting money on “this idiot establishment,” but Mom dragged us all here anyway because it was her favorite place and I’m pretty sure her birthday isn’t for another few months.
You’ve bestowed upon me a temporary responsibility over your future by reading this article, and because of this I must tell you that you can do better.
During the 2014 Super Bowl, Coca-Cola aired an advertisement that sparked significant outrage and controversy across America.
A group like QUAA can serve as a good resource for other organizations who seek to accomplish change through action.