• women can go into trendy stores and find clothes in realistic sizes like 14 • rape no longer exists, at all, anywhere • baby girls are no longer murdered for being the “wrong” sex • magazines begin portraying real women and not computer-animated ones • women feel safe–in the home and in public •… Continue reading I’ll be a feminist until…
Month: March 2001
Revisiting a presumed-dead movement
When Susan Faludi described the concept of backlash in her 1991 book, she perhaps did not conceptualize how insidious it was and how far it would ultimately go. In the ’80s, backlash occurred as a direct counterattack on the forceful ’70s version of feminism. Faludi accurately described how the media paraded burned out, sterile career… Continue reading Revisiting a presumed-dead movement
Humanities students dangerous
In an excellent article two weeks ago Rhia Perkins asked: are there funding disparities between the arts and humanities faculties and the others? She found that yes, fewer government and corporate dollars find their way to the faculties of Social Sciences, Humanities and Communication and Culture. Some hypotheses were offered about why this might be.Here’s… Continue reading Humanities students dangerous
The sound of silent cells
By Rhia Perkins
I’ve finally succumbed, swallowed my pride, dropped my principles and joined the masses. That’s right, I bought a cell phone.For the longest time, I held out, disparaging the constantly-in-touch who have the spooky habit of appearing to be talking to themselves in public places.Cell phone users, on the whole, have appalling manners. In theatres, lectures,… Continue reading The sound of silent cells
Election farce
By Еvan Osentоn
I could have voted 10 times in the Students’ Union election. Did I? I’m not telling. But you should be aware that I–for that matter, any student–could have voted as many times as there are polling stations.If it’s Thursday or Friday when you read this, you still have the opportunity to vote 10 times. Am… Continue reading Election farce
Jed’s ascension to power
By Editorial
Do you want buck-toothed, redneck yokels running your Students’ Union? Then run in the SU general election, for damnation’s sake!We are convinced this SU advertising campaign is why so many unqualified candidates chose to run for the SU this year. Current SU executives and commissioners dressed up like hayseed-chewing idiots could only give the student… Continue reading Jed’s ascension to power
King Ralph’s graceless coronation
Drunk on power and high on his horse, Ralph Klein blissfully strode to the podium. As he spoke, all class and dignity people may have accorded him vanished in a flurry of slurs and insults.The now infamous "welcome to Ralph’s world" kicked off a 20-minute ramble that was at times incoherent and, between his giggles… Continue reading King Ralph’s graceless coronation
Linux at the U of C
By Вen Li
Linux, from a System Admin-istrator’s point of view, is a good thing according to Eric Williamsen, a U of C Computer Science system administrator responsible for one classroom of Linux PCs amidst a sea of Sun workstations.“Basically Linux is cheaper, which in a university with a budget is good,” says Williamsen. “The PCs that we… Continue reading Linux at the U of C
Linux at the U of C
By Вen Li
Linux has developed a very special niche in the research environment both because of its roots in research and because of its openness. For Computer Science Professor Jeff Boyd, Linux has become an essential part of his computer vision research.“The important thing about Linux as a research tool is that it is essentially a Unix… Continue reading Linux at the U of C
Linux at the U of C
By Вen Li
Linux was created by univer-sity student Linus Torvalds in 1991 and can be thought of a Unix work-alike for smaller personal computers. In a personal computer, Linux, like the Windows operating system found in most PCs, acts as the interface between software programs and computer hardware. That is, Linux is responsible for passing data back… Continue reading Linux at the U of C