2015: The Year Student Activism Mattered (Again)

When I was in college, ricocheting between the poles of activism, journalism, and boozy apathy, students were furious at the school for the following reasons: crappy dining hall food; inadequate wages for janitors and food-service staff; sexist statements from our university president; the treatment of students with mental health problems; insufficient diversity in faculty and curriculum; unclear campus rape policies; lack of a women’s center; lack of a campus pub; the disproportionate social power wielded by male-only social clubs; a prominent faculty position being called “house master”; the honoring of famous bigots, racists, and anti-Semites via building names and wall portraits; and of course, the fact that The Verve Pipe headlined our Spring Fling. …Read More