Struggle to gain university support for Gender Resource Center

Just a quick hit to divert people’s attention to the piece in the trib today covering what went down last Thursday when MUSG presented a recommendation calling for the creation of a Gender Resource Center. Long story short, the resolution did not pass. Perhaps it can be agreed that more background information needs [...]

The Quest for a Gender Relations Center Continues . . .

In a previous post, we mentioned the need for a Resource Center on this campus.  We think it would be a good idea to investigate other universities to see what ideas they have had to make their campuses safer and more empowering to all men and women.  Here is some information, courtesy of our enthusiastic [...]

1000 hits!

Hello all,We have reached our first milestone! After two weeks of blogging, we have now reached 1,000 hits, which is terribly exciting.We would like to thank all our readers thus far, and to encourage our new readers to get involved in our discussions of feminism, sexual violence, politics, and Marquette policy. (Please click [...]

Profiling a resource center: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

We mentioned earlier that we would be doing a series of posts on various colleges’ women and gender resource centers.  This is a way for us to showcase what is out there in terms of resource centers–how they differ, what’s good and bad about each, and how Marquette can take some pointers from other pioneering schools on [...]

Some Questions about the Resource Center

The other day, I wrote a post about the need for a Women’s Resource Center. A few fellow feminists (dig the alliteration?) brought up the very valid viewpoint (okay–that was the final bit of alliteration, I swear) that a Resource Center does not–and in fact should not–only cater to the interests of women. [...]

The Need for a Women’s Resource Center

If you or a friend were sexually assaulted, where would you go?If you are a student on Marquette’s campus, chances are you do not know the answer to this question. The reason? Marquette does not have a safe place for women to seek help after a traumatic event such as a sexual assault.This [...]