"chapter-11" Articles & Blogs:
Steps toward a better philanthropy
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As one of their cornerstone objectives, many sororities focus on philanthropy, which is the desire to improve the material, social and spiritual welfare of humanity. Different sororities have certain causes that they’re passionate about and raise money ...[Read on] |
Death of two troubled stars hits LA hard - A Tribute to Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson
| I don't usually comment on the life - or death - of celebrities. It's really not my thing. But our store, Wine Valet is in the heart/center of Beverly Hills and for the last hour you can see the stunned faces after the shocking news of the death of Michae...[Read on] |
So you think you want to be a Rodeo Cowgirl
| Another chapter in the "So you think you want to be a Rodeo Cowgirl" saga...
Last night we were at Gladewater, TX, right in the heart of the severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings. It was hot, and the clouds starting coming in from the north and...[Read on] |
A Title IX Must-Read: Getting In the Game
| Hot off the press! Getting In the Game is a new book by Title IX expert Professor Debbie Brake from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. In the book, Brake examines how Title IX has affected and continues to affect many facets of college and scho...[Read on] |
Exclusive: Leaked Excerpt from Christine O’Donnell’s Book, You’re You Too
| December 7 was a sorrowful date for a variety of reasons, a fact not lost upon Christine O’Donnell, a failed Senatorial candidate upon whom facts are often lost. “Today marks a lot of tragedy,” O’Donnell said last night at some event or another. ...[Read on] |
'Sex and The City 2' World Premiere (Photos)
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Those fabulous four women are at it again, at the world premiere of ‘Sex and the City 2’Culture | Today 12:00 pmThe world premiere of "Sex and the City 2" was held on May 24, 2010, at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. If you th...[Read on] |
Book Review: Compromising Positions
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Author: Jenna Bayley-Burke
Pages: 248
Date Started: 9/28/10
Date Finished: 9/30/10
Simple Summary: David’s a playboy. Sohpie’s a virgin. They both will be teaching a couples’ Karma Sutra yoga class.
Rating: ★★☆☆☆ My Review: While I love...[Read on] |
Mexican women directors get some notice
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Patricia Riggen
Cool piece in Newsweek about women directors gaining prominence in Mexico.
They may live in the shadows of their more famous male countrymates like Guillermo del Toro, Alejandro Iñárritu, and Alfonso Cuarón, but women directors like E...[Read on] |
Chicago, America’s Next Surf City?
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The Windy City is one of America’s sports meccas: home to the Bears and the Bulls, the Sox and the Cubs, and but can it become Surf City, U.S.A.? Technically no, since that name belongs to Huntington Beach, California but this week Chicago city offici...[Read on] |
How does your insurance company value your totalled vehicle?
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By Adam Piper, FCC Collision Centers Have you ever wondered how the insurance company decides whether to repair your vehicle or just write it off as a total loss? Here at FCC Collision Centers, we see a broad variety of damaged vehicles, and often ...[Read on] |
Venus Williams offers girls advice on tennis and life
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Tennis legend Venus Williams returned home to Los Angeles Monday to offer an incredible tennis experience to girls from her hometown while helping to launch new POWERADE PLAY™, a sports drink geared for the young athlete with less sugar and more vita...[Read on] |
Sojourner Truth honored in the Capitol
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Today Congress will unveil a new bust of Sojourner Truth in the U.S. Capitol. She's the first black woman to be honored there. This is a far cry from the last time Congress proposed "honoring" a black woman, Melissa Harris Lacewell writes:
It is import...[Read on] |
Molly Haskell’s Feminist Take on Gone with the Wind
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Molly Haskell is the shit when it comes to writing about women’s films with a feminist perspective. There is no one better. Her book From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in the Movies is one of the best books about women in film and it...[Read on] |
Champion of diversity and academic reform: NCAA President Myles Brand dies at 67
| Myles Brand, the first university president to head the NCAA and a champion of academic reform died Wednesday after battling pancreatic cancer this past year. Brand, a former Indiana University President, championed academic reform, fiscal responsibility ...[Read on] |
Women Leaders in the WNBA: Gaining Ground or Walking Onto the Glass Cliff?
| The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) just released the 2009 Race and Gender Report Card for the WNBA. The WNBA is the only professional league to get an “A+” for both race and gender two years in a row, a feat that remains e...[Read on] |
The Double Standard for Women
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Julia Roberts’ film Duplicity opens on Friday. It’s really good. It’s good for a lot of reasons — it’s smart, it’s funny, it has great twists — which is why it should have very broad appeal. But it is a movie for adults, you actually have...[Read on] |
Purevolume: Unsigned bands you should be tuning into
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As college students, we all know that we could use a distraction every once in a while. One of my favorite websites for that much needed distraction is Purevolume. It is a website dedicated to getting the word out about bands that you’ve probably never ...[Read on] |
A Favorite Fiction Chick: Jodi Picoult
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Most chicks have heard of Jodi Picoult, probably from the movie based on her book My Sister’s Keeper, but have you checked out her other books?
If you haven’t you should really consider it, especially if you liked “My Sister’s Keeper.” She cove...[Read on] |
Make a Difference and See the World: Volunteer Abroad
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Summer is the one time of year where you get to kick back, work on your tan and enjoy a schedule free of impending deadlines, pop quizzes and lengthy term papers. You may spend your time away from school picking up extra hours at work, penciling in an int...[Read on] |
Autobiograhy of Red: A Verse Novel
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Today, we have only fragments of Stesichorus’ original masterpiece, Song of Geryon, which tells the story of Herakles’ Tenth Labor and the death of the red-winged monster, Geryon. In Autobiography of Red, Anne Carson retells the myth with a modern twi...[Read on] |
Corinne Bailey Rae introduces second album
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In 2008, just two years after the release of her eponymous debut album, Corinne Bailey Rae was dealt the unthinkable blow of learning of the death of her husband of seven years, 32-year-old saxophonist Jason Rae, from an accidental drug overdose. In 2010,...[Read on] |
Addressing homophobia in women’s sports: The role of journalists
| Marie Hardin, Ph.D., is the associate director for research in the John Curley Center for Sports Journalism at Penn State University, and is currently collaborating on sport media research with Tucker Center affiliates.
It’s an exciting time of year fo...[Read on] |
Preparing for Rush: Questions to Know
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With the fall semester quickly approaching many young women are preparing themselves for one thing, rush. Whether you are a new face in the crowd looking to receive a bid or a seasoned sister who’s going through her last sorority recruitment, rush is im...[Read on] |
Win the experience of a lifetime, courtesy Ford Mustang!
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Ford Motor Company is giving consumers the opportunity to get in touch with their 'Mustang side' through "The '10 Unleashed" campaign, part of its new 2010 Ford Mustang launch. Drifter Vaughn Gittin, Jr. was the first to unleash the new Mustang in Japan,...[Read on] |
Today's dramatic duo: Chrysler joins Fiat AND declares bankruptcy!
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We've been following the "carpocalyse" for months now, watching to see what would happen with automotive giants General Motors and Chrysler. Today's big news came with twice the jaw-dropping effect, as Chrysler announced that it will merge with Italian au...[Read on] |
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