Extremist right-wing rhetoric encourages acts of violence
On Nov. 27, Robert Lewis Dear allegedly shot and killed three people and injured nine others at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs. The individuals murdered included a police…
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Recent violence requires critical response
On Nov. 13, 2015, the deadliest attack on French soil since World War II was committed by agents and accomplices of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). 132…
Violence inside, outside Mayweather fight
My brother is texting me from back in the Bronx. I am in Poughkeepsie, which is a two-hour train ride that shrinks into the two seconds it takes him to…
Gowrinathan lecture scrutinizes gender and violence
On Wednesday, Feb. 4, Visiting Research Professor at the Colin Powell Center for Global and Civic Leadership at City College New York, Dr. Nimmi Gowrinathan, gave a lecture entitled “Understanding…
Gender inequality takes on violent forms
Of the largest global populations, a shocking gender imbalance is emerging as the by-product of centuries of perverse societal constraints and practices. China and India harbor cultures of anti-female sentiment…
Palestinian and Israeli speakers recount violence, activism
Jewish Voice for Peace at Vassar (JVP), a group whose members support the movement for peace and justice in historic Palestine, hosted a lecture on Nov. 7 entitled “Militarism and…
Nandy hunts for moments of humanity in mass violence
Leading intellectual and sociologist Ashis Nandy spoke at Vassar on Nov. 3, sharing his experience researching on mass violence and human potential. He has combined these two seemingly-opposite fields of…
Cycle of violence in Indian culture must be scrutinized
This past summer, while living at home and working for the local paper, I tried to teach my mother about feminism. I tried to teach my mother about feminism in…
Colleges infantalize students
The American university system has institutionalized the transition from childhood into adulthood. Students spend the formative years of their adulthood in institutions of higher learning, and those institutions espouse individual…
New programming addresses issues of violence on campus
Though many students dedicate their time to studying theory and discussing violence, silencing and oppression, it can be hard to address or even recognize when it actually happens. And yet,…