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Wic Recognizes Role Models, Elizabeth Beaulieu

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Every year, the Women in the Curriculum and the Women's Studies Program honor three women with the Maryann Hartman Award for contributions and accomplishments. It is the groups' intent that the recognized women serve as a source of inspiration for all women.

Women Gain Confidence Through Self-Defense Courses, Krista Marrs

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

With the ongoing concern for student safety on campus, two public safety officers are offering a women's self-defense class and both say participants are making great progress.

Umaine Commits To Classroom Equity, Andrea Page

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Several students addressed the Vision 2000 mission plan for changing gender equity at the University of Maine Thursday.

Title Ix Laziness, Maine Campus

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

The University of Maine's women's basketball team had an unbelievable season. It is undefeated in NAC Conference and is seated first going into the upcoming spring break playoffs. The attention that these women have received because of their achievements has not only moved UMaine into the national spotlight, it has [turned] the floodlights on Title IX.

Increased On-Campus Child Care Sought By Um Families, Svetlana Popova

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

On-campus child care at UMaine can be hard to get, forcing some students and staff with young children to make difficult choices bwteen working and child-raising, parents said.

Umaine Complying With Sexual Harassment Laws, Michal Reagan

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

While cases of sexual harassment may be getting more subtle or cannot be prosecuted under state law, the University of Maine conduct system is trying to keep up with the changes.

Sexual Harassment Cases Increasingly Prosecuted, Michael Reagan

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

"Sexual harassment isn't about morality and sex, it's about discrimination," said Sue Estler, director of the Equal Opportunity Office. The University of Maine has a policy prohibiting sexual harassment and there have been increasing numbers of such cases reported since they were first recorded.

Lick Responds To Task Force Report, Lisa Cline

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

University of Maine President Dale Lick said changing people's attitudes in the first step toward solving the problem of unequal treatment of women on campus. Lick, responding to the Report of the Task Force on the Status of Women, said one of the report's main objectives was to make people aware of the problem.

Panel: Women's Roles Changing In World, Christina Koliander

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

An international panel of four women discussed the changes women have made and still face in their own countries at a lecture Tuesday afternoon. Sponsored by Women in the Curriculum, the lecture focused on "Global Perspectives on Women and Social Change."

Task Force On Women Revives Old Concerns, Cynthia Beckwith

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Recommendations made 15 years ago on the status of women at the University of Maine have not been fulfilled, members of The Task Force on the Status of Women say. In fact, they say, many of the recommendations in the 1988 task force report resemble recommendations made in the first report.

Daily Maine Campus Survey Results: Student Not Offended By Sexist Language, Rhonda Morin

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

The majority of female students who responded to the recent Daily Maine Campus survey said they are not offended when sexist language is used in the classroom and they have not been the victims of sexual discrimination in class. Students from the departments of geology, forest biology, journalism, computer science, business, and philosophy participated in the survey.

Sexual Harassment Is Not A Laughing Matter, Student Names Withheld By Request

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Two letters to the Editor of The Daily Maine Campus from two female undergraduate students requesting to remain anonymous. The students report on a off-campus party where they allegedly experienced multiple incidents of sexual harassment and sexual assault.

Air Force Rotc Led By Woman, Lisa Cline

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Some people say the military is a man's world, but Corps Commander Bridget Gleason of the Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps has never found it difficult to pass muster.

Watkins First Woman Dean At University In Nine Years, Rhonda Morin

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Julia M. Watkins, the acting dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, has a history at the University of Maine that dates back to 1971… Watkins is the first woman in nine years to serve as a dean at the university, said Devon R. Storman, assistant to the vice president for Academic Affairs, John Hitt.

Appointments Reflect Status Results, Rhonda Morin

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

The appointment of the first female acting dean at the University of Maine in nine years may be an indication that an investigation of the status of women on campus prompted the administration to act immediately. In addition to Julia M. Watkins as an actin dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, two more women were selected in July and August to serve as assistant vice presidents in separate departments.

Task Force Finds Women In Lesser Roles At Umaine, Cynthia Beckwith

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Many women at the university find themselves in inferior roles in both the workplace and the classroom, according to a report that has received much attention since its release last month. The Task Force on the Status of Women studied the roles of females at the university for more than six months. The group concluded that the university parallels society when it comes to the treatment of women, said Marisue Pickering, executive assistant to UMaine President Dale Lick.

Sexist Language Distracts, Demeans, Marcia Gauvin

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

The use of sexist language, both in the classroom and the textbook, often will distract female students and inhibit the learning process. That was a common sentiment expressed by students at the President's Task Force on the Status of Women Wednesday.

Student Urges Comments On Women's Hockey Team, Joan M. King

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Now that men's varsity hockey at the University of Maine is number one in the country…I am wondering why there is no women's ice hockey team at UMaine.

Screwballs Comic: "Pretty Kitty", Tom Higgins

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

A four-panel black and white comic strip drawn and authored by Tom Higgins expressing sexist gender stereotypes.

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Panel one depicts two white, men characters from the mid-chest up as they stand behind a brick wall. In the foreground, a young, white woman character with exaggeratedly large breasts and unrealistically small waist, strides past the two male figures with a purse over one shoulder. The woman is dressed in short-shorts and a tight tube-top that exposes her midriff and décolletage. The woman hair is styled in a short, 1980s punk pompadour.

Behind the wall, the two, college-age men lean …

Marriage Paradox, Jennifer Girr

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Marriage statistics may have left some women thinking the only license they will ever hole is a driver's license. For the past 12 months the airwaves and bookshelves have been innundated with "facts" about women and marriage. Last year, a sociologist named Neil Bennett from Yale, found a college woman who is still single by the time she was 30 would have only a 20-percent chance of ever tying the knot.

No Easy Answers, Liz Cash

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Searching for a method to effectively punish sex crime offenders, at least three judges have recently ordered convicted rapists and child molesters to take a drug that causes chemical castration in lieu of regular prison sentences.

Rapes Seldom Reported, Suzanna Mitchell, Ron Gabriel

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Statistics from the Rape Crisis Center in Bangor suggest that for every rape reported at UMO each year, 10 others have probably occurred, said UMO's assistant director of police services William Prosser. The Rape Crisis Center bases unreported rape figures "on calls [it] gets for assistance compared to the number of police reports generated due to rape," Prosser said.

Superior Court Dismisses Rape Case, Nancy Kaplan

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

The Penobscot County Superior Court Monday dismissed a charge of rape against a UMO student when a grand jury established there is insufficient cause to prosecute the case.

Sympathize For Both, Paul Pickering

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Rape is an ugly concept. Yet day after day I see articles in the Maine Campus of which the topic is none other than rape. I don't mean to discount the importance of addressing such an issue, but why can't we let the two involved in that unfortunate episode deal with the consequences by themselves?

"There She Is:" A Change For The Worse, Tom St. Amand

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

I suppose change in our culture is a must, else social critics soon would label ours a stagnant society. Ideals will change, attitudes should change and people change to adequately approach the problems and events of the future. Until Saturday the argument for change had my full support. My advocacy ebbed that weekend evening when I watched 45 minutes of the 57th Miss America Pageant and witnessed unimagined change.

Feminist Poet Kicks Off Lecture Series, Chris Bradley

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

The Distinguished Lecture Series began the year Tuesday night when 330 packed into 101 English/Math to hear feminist poet Adrienne Rich.

Gannett Hall Resident Charged With Rape, Mike Harman

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

A 20-year-old Gannett Hall resident was arrested in his room Tuesday on a charge of Class A rape by UMO police.

Professor Speaks On Sexism In Religion, Joe Ledo

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Feminists can fight sexism in religion without having to drop out of the church, said a UMO religious scholar Wednesday night. Professor Ralph Hjelm, chairman of the philosophy department, spoke on sexism in western religions before about 45 people in the English/Math building.

University Is Equitable To Women's Issues, Deanna Brooks

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

The Leadership in Educational Equity Project (LEEP) trains faculty and administrators at several universities to integrate the perspectives and research of women into their courses. The final goal of LEEP is to modify the curricula, administrative policies, classroom interactions and practices of the university.

Women In Curricula: Progress Has Been Made, But Some Departments Are Still Lacking, Kathy Holbrook

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

For students who enjoy taking new, innovative courses, two will be offered next semester. But in some departments, students may be disappointed by the lack of variety. Where certain courses were once available, there will be a black void.