Polygamy loves company – especially in the American media. With the recent news of fundamentalist Mormon and infamous polygamist Warren Jeffs’ arrest and two television programs, the fictional “Big Love” and the reality show “The Girls Next Door,” the media does not dispute this…

With the recent midterm election behind us, things are slightly more balanced and optimistic in our country. Let’s keep the political momentum rolling and increase socially responsible actions. The new political climate alone cannot save the environment. Legislation cannot always inspire action…

It’s a broken record, but it’s a classic song. Voting is one of the most important responsibilities Americans have. Many people fight and die for this right that many American citizens – especially young people – take for granted. The power of voting is the power to elect representatives who are actually representative of the population…

Halloween these days is more about eye candy and less about sweets. However provocative the beer-o-treaters are dressed this year, slutty costumes are becoming an unintentional social statement. They are providing an outlet for women to assert their sexuality…

Hey boys, are you going to liberate us girls from this systematic oppression? You are an integral part of ending the inequalities that plague our society. Please take the responsibility to tell your brothers and friends about how to stop discrimination and sexual oppression…

The sadness is deafening. There is little to understand about the horrible shooting of Amish girls last week in Lancaster, Penn., and the other school shootings that have happened around the country. The small, modest Amish community was shattered Oct. 2 when a gunman lined up 10 little girls and shot them…

“I still feel fat.” “My friends say I’m too thin; so I pretend to eat when they’re around. All I think about is how to lose more weight,” a Health and Wellness Services advertisement reads. What is this male body image campaign infesting our campus? As if we didn’t feel bad enough by unrealistic standards of beauty…

It’s after dark. You want to walk to the gym but you’ve been told all your life to watch out for those big, scary rapists. What do you do to feel safer? Women’s Transit – the volunteer-driven organization that provides rides for women at night so they can get home safely…

Gender-breaking news: Women engineers and scientists actually are not dumber than the men in their fields. A panel by the National Academy of Sciences examined a gender gap in the science and engineering. The report, “Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering…

Everyday life is a reminder of what we need to do to fight for our rights to speak, act and express ourselves freely. As we remember Sept. 11 this week, it is important to remember the personal rights we often take for granted. It has been five years since Sept…

Stop. Think for a minute. What was American culture like before Sept. 11? The tragedy of our generation has changed the way Americans look at everyday life and the world around us. Songs and movies were released paying homage to the event, depicting the heroes of the plane flights and the courageous firefighters…

I’d like to applaud the Food and Drug Administration for finally doing its job and approving the ridiculously-overdue Plan B, but it is not enough. Tagging the drug with the misnomer “over-the-counter” and numerous stipulations does not make access to the emergency contraception any easier…

The new scarlet letter stands for AIDS. The international community has taken baby steps toward dealing with modern problems, but when it comes to sex work and STIs, we all might as well be wearing a giant, red A. According to statistics on the WSU Health and Wellness Medical services Web site…

Now more than ever, the war in Iraq is affecting us in our home state. War is a hard thing to fathom when we are so detached from the conflict. Last fall, I took an upper-division course that required a final project at the end of the semester. We were placed in small groups to execute the assignment and we met regularly to discuss our duties…

The English language is suffering from a severe case of vagina envy. The language is inherently sexist in favor of men. The linguistics of English continually devalue women. Language is the basis of all communication. It is culture. It is society. Language expresses awareness…