The Department of Multicultural Affairs & Student Success at the University of Arizona sent me a copy of the latest issue of their bi-annual newsletter - Praxis [pdf].
Topics in this edition include:
Why we still need programs for students who are ethnic minorities
Exploring power, privilege and oppression with college students
Dry cleaner parents: hands off, not […]
I would like to introduce Wells Fargo Financial to my favorite web browser - Firefox. Apparently, the uber high tech features of the Wells Fargo Financial website are only accessible to Internet Explorer (note, they only list versions 5 and 6!), Netscape Navigator (is it 1999?), and the ever popular America Online browser!
Firefox users […]
Oberlin College in Ohio was featured in this month’s issue of Vegetarian Times. Oberlin’s Office of Environmental Sustainability is working on a system to monitor water and energy use in Oberlin’s residence halls. It’s brilliant. The site, “Dorm Energy“, shows electricity usage for 18 Oberlin residence halls.
In 2007, Oberlin held a competition to see […]
The University of Iowa has announced that it will become smoke-free by July 1, 2009. I was born in Iowa. Most of my family lives there, so I am thrilled to hear any news on tobacco cessation programs, smoke-free campuses, etc. The last time I went back for a visit I almost choked to […]
San Jose State University has banned campus blood drives to protest the FDA policy that prohibits gay men from donating blood. I hope this type of campus action takes place nationwide and that the FDA will eliminate this homophobic policy. I am not an ethicist, but I do feel that unjustly harming the […]
There are currently 7 comments in my moderation queue. Most of them have been submitted by someone who is a frequent poster to a white supremacist website. Some of the other comments have similar, racism does not exist vibes. Normally I would approve them and then respond to each comment. However, I have been […]
A federal court has ruled that Oregon’s domestic partnership law should go into effect, as it was originally scheduled to do on January 2, 2008. via Basic Rights Oregon.
Judge Michael Mosman ruled at 4:25 PM today that opponents of domestic partnership did, indeed, fail to gather the necessary signatures to place the law on […]