labels

Labeling people to process ‘complexity’ could cause problems

Amanda Jung/ Staff Writer We live in a society that is comfortable with the idea of labeling everyone. Whether it’s your gender, your religion or your sexuality, you are forced to fall under a certain category and we’re so used to this concept that most of us don’t mind answering these questions when we’re asked. When […]

Tunnel of Oppression demonstrates the power of labels

BBC Campus Life hosted The Tunnel of Oppression in the WUC Ballrooms with one goal in mind: to change the perspectives of those who enter. The Tunnel of Oppression is “an interactive campus-wide diversity program in which actors are put on scenarios for participants to experience.

Federal Food Fight: Congress Considers Mandatory GMO Labeling

Which is more surprising: that Washington wants to take back the damage done to the food industry by their biggest donors—or that Republicans introduced the measure?

Legally correct term coined for people with disabilities

The state of Florida has unanimously passed a law this summer changing the word “mental retardation” for “intellectual disability.” This means that government forms will now reflect such a shift.

Iftar brought together students of different cultures

The aroma of a multitude of dishes from as many cultures mingled in the air of the Graham Center Annex on Aug. 26 at the first event held this year by the newly re-established Muslim Law Student Association.
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