GGBB On Campus!
Why Are Women's Right Eroding in This Day and Age?
When it comes to civil rights in the US right now there seems to be a counterintuitive movement between various factions. For LGBT, marriage equality is in a positive upswing and acceptance; for women's reproductive rights it is, sadly, eroding day by day despite the fact that Roe v. Wade was 50 years ago. Even the legalization of pot is getting better approval and results than abortion... The question is, why is this? Jay Michaelson offers a few interesting theories.
First Women to Assistant Coach in NBA History
Becky Hammon, 37, a six-time All-Star with the WNBA's has just been hired as a full time assistant coach to the Antonio Stars. She will be the first women ever in NBA history to be hired as any type of coach in the NBA period (and the first in all of the NFL and MLB). If the glass backboard behind the hoop is women's proverbial NBA glass ceiling, Hammon just shattered it in an awesome slam dunk.
GAZA
above photo citation: Rescue workers search for victims as Palestinians gather around the wreckage of a house destroyed in an Israeli airstrike that killed at least nine members from the al-Ghoul family, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Aug. 3, 2014. (photo by REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa) Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/08/rafah-gaza-war-hospitals-filled-bodies-palestinians.html##ixzz39SOyWL8Z
sexual assault bill raised in the senate
we are pleased that awareness and activism around sexual assault on college campuses has not been swept under the rug during the summer recess. this issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education included an informative article on the Senate bill that would obligate colleges to provide greater resources for victims of sexual assault and greater cooperation with law enforcement.