| The Faith Column
What picture pops into your mind when you read the word feminist? Is it a woman layered in petticoats with a big, swooping hat, picketing the white house for her right to vote? Is it Gloria Steinem in her aviator glasses, sleek, straight hair hanging down both sides of her pretty face? These are the dominant images that so many people associate with feminist history, and for good reason. The first image�the suffragist�represents the so-called �first wave� of feminist history. These women, philosophising and organising from the late 1800s through the 1930s, were primarily focused on legal and institutional changes that would allow women to gain more power and autonomy. The �second wave,� then, was most active in the 1960s and 1970s and was concerned with social and psychological liberation (think dishes, contraception, and objectification).
New lawsuit filed to stop moth plan
SAN JOSE -- In a last-ditch effort to stop aerial spraying aimed at eliminating the light brown apple moth, three Santa Cruz County women are suing the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the state Department of Food and Agriculture, saying their civil rights have been violated and that they have not received due process. .
illumistream Launches Video Health Platform: Good Health Isn't Boring Anymore
The illumistream video health platform, which launched earlier this week, profoundly rejects the premise that medical videos have to be painful to watch. Instead, illumistream offers videos that are dynamically visual, incorporating 20 to 30 powerful animations, diagrams, and images in every three minute video. This compelling presentation enables our world class physicians, like PGA Tour Doctor Dr. Vijay Vad and Stanford Epilepsy specialist Robert Fisher, to explain complex medical issues in a clear, easy-to-understand format which is accessible and interesting. .
3 fire departments receive FEMA grants
Three area fire departments will receive funds in the latest round of Assistance to Firefighter Grants from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency. The Penn Volunteer Fire Company and Relief Association in Penn Borough was awarded $266,000 for vehicle acquisition; the St. Vincent Fire Department in Unity will receive $7,554 for operations and safety; and the Citizens Volunteer Fire Company in New Kensington will receive $50,943 for operations and safety. The grants are part of $901,519 awarded by the Department of Homeland Security to 15 fire departments and first-responder organizations in Pennsylvania. Nationally, $13.3 million in funds were awarded. .
Experts: Treat Employees Fairly
Respecting workers at all levels is the best way for workers' comp managers to reduce claims and costs. The voices were there as the best and brightest gathered Tuesday morning at McCormick Place to argue the merits and failings of workers' compensation management in the United States. Could you hear them?
By Dan Reynolds .
Millrats defeat hoop Rainmen
The Manchester Millrats from New Hampshire defeated the host Halifax Rainmen 124-106 in American Basketball League action Thursday night at the Metro Centre. Forward Eric Crookshank and guard Jermaine Anderson led the Rainmen with 20 points apiece. For full story, read Friday's edition of The Daily News. .
Stressed students have somewhere to turn
Everyone knows that all-too-familiar feeling: deadlines are creeping up, work is piling up and students are cracking up.
Stress is one of the leading factors affecting the work of many Washington University students, according to Melissa Ruwitch, assistant director of Health Promotion Services.
Fortunately, the University offers plenty of resources on campus to help students cope.
For instance, Ginny Fendell, Mental Health Promotion associate, was hired to work specifically with students to improve their time- and stress-management skills.
Ruwitch urged students to take advantage of the resources available to them.
"It doesn't have to be that critical moment when everything falls apart," she explained. "Be proactive."
Fendell agreed with Rutwich.
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