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Opinion: Celebrating feminism, criticizing modern-day feminists

Opinion: Celebrating feminism, criticizing modern-day feminists

Chloé Newman, Assistant Design Editor 12:29 pm

Feminism, the advocacy of women’s rights based on the equality of the sexes. In the recent development of the feminist movement, one thing is for certain: Women of power undermine all women. The women...

The women’s basketball team huddles during the game against Eastern Illinois University Feb. 20 in Liberty Arena.

Opinion: Inequality of women in the sports industry

Peyton Peters, Contributor 12:17 pm

Have you ever gone to a USI basketball game and watched as Liberty Arena slowly filled up only after the women’s game was finished? Despite the women’s basketball team having a record of 22-12 and...

Linda Bennett was USI's third president, first female, and describes her time as "15 wonderful years".

Linda Bennett: First-generation student to USI president

Katie Hurst, Lifestyle Editor March 31, 2025

Linda Bennett arrived on campus in 2003 as the vice president for academic affairs and provost, eventually becoming president in 2009—a position she held until her retirement in 2018. Her journey to...

“MANdala 2” by Sara Christensen Blair is made with birth control pills.

Sara Christensen Blair: Birth control is not anti-motherhood

Nico Armeanu, Arts Editor March 30, 2025

Sara Christensen Blair is the chair of the Art and Design department, but she is also an accomplished mixed-media artist. One of the many mediums she works with is fibers, a category that includes cross...

March is Women’s History Month, an opportunity to recognize and give the spotlight to incredible women across the world. Here at USI, there are plenty of outstanding faculty members who have made big moves and impactful contributions to their fields of study.

USI female faculty spotlight

Maci Crowell, Staff Writer March 20, 2024

March is Women’s History Month, an opportunity to recognize and give the spotlight to incredible women across the world. However, you don’t have to go far to find amazing and accomplished women. All...

Students with menstrual cycles can purchase hygiene products for 50 centers in quarters in most bathrooms on campus. Student organizations are pushing for them to be free.

Student organizations support women resources

Sydney Lawson, Lifestyle Editor March 23, 2022

Student organizations express a need for more free resources available to women. One issue brought to the attention of Student Government Association is the few period products accessible to women on...

Honors Program Director, Sarah Stevens, sits in her office in the Orr Center. Stevens says she's been collecting buttons for more than 10 years.

Women leaders encourage the university’s future leaders

Shelby Clark, Staff Writer March 18, 2021

A girl was walking into her middle school for the first time, she noticed the sign above the entrance said ‘dean of women.’ Jennifer Hammat, dean of students, asked her mother what the sign meant....

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