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-12 posts tagged "Discrimination"
Letter to the Editor | Tuesday, December 3, 2019
For the past two weeks, saying that it happened hasn’t been enough. For some people involved in the dialogue surrounding recent protests, my personal experience is no justification for any proposed structural change at Notre Dame. In airing out the details of what happened leading to the End Hate at ND movement, I hope our
Diversity Council | Thursday, November 21, 2019
Something I have mulled over for a significant part of the past year, and I have been presented with many times over the course of my past (almost) three-and-a-half years here, is the issue of lack of compassion. Compassion, according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, is “sympathetic consciousness of others’ distress together with a desire to
BridgeND | Thursday, October 31, 2019
The Eighth Amendment, which prohibits “cruel and unusual punishment,” has always given constitutional scholars some difficulty regarding who is the proper actor to determine its meaning. The task of interpreting the Constitution traditionally falls to the courts, but for judges to apply their personal analysis of “cruel and unusual” seems arbitrary and more than a
Sara Schlecht | Wednesday, April 25, 2018
One of a series of workshops on sexual harassment in the workplace was held in Saint Mary’s student center on Tuesday. Entitled “What is Sexual Harassment: Looking Through Multiple Lenses,” the workshop included interactive case studies and a panel discussion moderated by WNDU anchor Tricia Sloma. Sloma introduced case studies for attendees to review and
Jordan Cockrum | Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Saint Mary’s hosted the first of a series of workshops addressing sexual harassment in the workplace Monday in Rice Commons. The workshop, “Leading by Example: The Impact of Change,” featured six community leaders: South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg; College President Jan Cervelli; Scott Ford, associate president for economic development at the University of Notre Dame;
Observer Staff Report | Tuesday, November 28, 2017
After race-related graffiti was found on campus, Saint Mary’s affirmed its mission to foster an inclusive atmosphere, according to an email College President Jan Cervelli sent to the community Nov. 21. In the email, Cervelli said students should vocalize opposition to injustice they may encounter on campus. “Hate- and bias-related incidents, including race-related graffiti that
Letter to the Editor | Thursday, September 21, 2017
We know this might shock you, but we have a gender problem here at Notre Dame. This problem presents itself most apparently through the dorm system. Though the dorms do have many positive attributes and we both still have a lot of love for and loyalty to our dorms, we must not sit complacently by
Selena Ponio | Wednesday, February 8, 2017
Journalist Jelani Cobb explored America’s history of racism as well as its present existence Tuesday night. Cobb, a professor in the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, has been published in The Washington Post and has written a series of articles centered on race, the police and injustice for The New Yorker. His lecture, titled “The Half-Life
Elizabeth Hascher | Thursday, April 14, 2016
In 1972, the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was passed by Congress. After being introduced in every session since 1923, it finally saw progress, due in large part to the second wave of the women’s movement. As the campaign to ratify the ERA in the states waged on, however, opposing groups began to coalesce in a countermovement characterized by
Jennifer Vosters | Thursday, March 3, 2016
I love Saint Mary’s. I love the campus, the professors and the alumnae. I love the empowerment of a women’s education, of having a women’s space: I love going to Mass with female lectors and acolytes and ministers, prayer services presided over by women and classes full of women raising their hands to discuss. I love feeling safe