The American Association of University Women came to the Career Center at CSUSM to host a negotiation skill-based workshop that aimed to teach women how to overcome the gender-based wage gap.
The Start Smart Salary Negotiation event, held on March 16, focused on two things: empowering...
Student Health and Counselling Services presented a Ted Talk by Tony Porter that addressed the topic of ending violence against women and changing societal ideas of masculinity.
The #ManUp Ted Talk, part of CSUSM’s NO More campaign within the NO More Week of Action, was held on March...
By Kat Diltz
Staff Writer
Innovative, strong, brave and unique. These are the words that come to mind when I think of the American women of today.
Women are fighting for equality among men, joining the military and fighting social stigmas, proving that everyone is beautiful in their own way....
By Gabri Provencio
Contributor
As many of you young women reading this may know, being a woman in today’s contemporary American society is difficult. We beat ourselves up frequently because of messages society portrays to us.
Daily, we women face a typical battle when we see the most perfect...
By Shakara Thompson
Contributor
“Don’t be a woman that needs a man, be the woman a man needs.” - Anonymous
In my 20 years of life, I have only been in two serious relationships, including the one I am in right now, and I must say that never have I needed a man.
Growing up, I was raised...
By Karri Kirby
Contributor
How can we empower women at CSUSM, or how do we even define empowerment? Does empowerment mean feeling safe, or do we even know how to use this empowerment?
Many people have different opinions about how they feel empowered or safe on campus; therefore each person’s...
By Charla Lopez
Contributor
Women’s roles across cultures and across time have been transformed and adapted. Before the masculine structure of society and religion, there was a sacred powerful role that women held and ruled from.
Shamanism is regarded by various sources to be the original...
By Jordan Taylor Waechter
Contributor
Oppression can be thought of as unjust treatment or control, mainly based on race, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexuality, class and dis/ability. Oh no! The crowd gasps, not another woman rambling on, but hear me out.
Each "status" is a lens used psychologically...
By Tiffany Trent
Staff Writer
Feminism is a word that typically evokes a lot of emotion and opinions in people. Whether those emotions are positive or negative depends on the person and their views.
Even in today’s progressive society sometimes people are embarrassed to identify themselves...
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By Nicole Holman
Assistant News Editor
CSUSM recently hosted a lecture event that provided students with insight to important social issues and emphasized the need for students to take action.
On Wednesday, Feb. 18, the Arts and Lecture event...
