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Missouri Football Team Sets New Precedent For College Athletes, Derek Douglass
Missouri Football Team Sets New Precedent For College Athletes, Derek Douglass
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Recent racial tensions at the University of Missouri have brought the Tigers football team even closer off the field.
Islamophobia Is Not The Answer, Alan Bennett
Islamophobia Is Not The Answer, Alan Bennett
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Members of a major world religion are required to register their affiliation and ordered to wear badges of identification. They are tracked. Their places of worship are put out of commission. They are shamed in public for being who they are, and no one offers them help in even the more dire situations. The year is 2015, and Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, has recently suggested all American Muslims should “absolutely” be required to register their identities in a database, for monitoring purposes because, in his words, “Our country has no management.”
Student Activism Involvement Increases As 2016 Election Moves Forward, Mary Celeste Floreani
Student Activism Involvement Increases As 2016 Election Moves Forward, Mary Celeste Floreani
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Despite the fact that the 2016 Election Day is still more than a year away, involvement and political activism among the student body has been strong. It’s hard to walk across campus without being asked to sign a petition for an added proposition to the statewide ballot. While neither of Maine’s senators are up for reelection this cycle, Maine’s Second Congressional District promises to be hotly contested after the district held for 20 years by Democrats was lost to Republican newcomer Rep. Bruce Poliquin in 2014. In addition to the statewide elections, 2016 is shaping up to be one of …
Rising Tide Internal Salary Equity Study For The University Of Maine, Laura Risler, Valerie Martin Conley, Robert K. Toutkoushian
Rising Tide Internal Salary Equity Study For The University Of Maine, Laura Risler, Valerie Martin Conley, Robert K. Toutkoushian
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Internal Salary Equity Study for the University of Maine Report that investigated whether there was evidence of gender discrimination in pay for faculty at the University of Maine in the 2011-12 academic year.