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“There is no such thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single issue lives.”
The Daily Intersection
Students were given
the chance to compete
and prove they are, in
fact, the most chal-
lenged among their
peers.
Those who chose to
compete in the events
tested they’re social
location on the larger
scale of the university
they attend. Events
pitted students—as
well as their beliefs—
against one another.
All of the events were
judged using a single
criteria for all oppo-
nents involved.
While many individu-
als, as well as groups,
competed there were
no winners. When
asked why, judges cit-
ed their own unmeas-
urable standards.
“I feel like we may
have set all of the con-
testants up to fail,”
John Smith IV, a judge
of the Olympics, said.
“We never gave them
any directions, or a
rubric, overall I think
we would have been
better off skipping the
whole day instead of
whatever this was.”
Held annual, the
Olympics are often left
without a champion,
especially when the
judges must pick a true
winner.
“I think the biggest
issue we ran into when
talking with them [the
contestants] was ,
again the lack of clari-
ty,” Smith said . “What
are we supposed to tell
them? No your op-
pressions don’t matter
because that guys is
worse? How can we
say one way is worse
than the other?”
When participants
were asked how they
felt about the competi-
tion, they expressed
their disgust with the
lack of a winner.
“I think it is bullsh—!
It’s not right that they
have us out here all
day, fitted against one
another, just to then
tell us we are all equal-
ly oppressed,” Aron
White, a sophomore
biology student and
Olympics participant,
said. “This is simply
not how America
works!”
White was no the only
student who felt pitted
against fellow contest-
ant.
Junior chemistry stu-
dent Sam Jones said
she felt her team divid-
ing from the begin-
ning.
“From the very start, I
felt as though they
were even trying to
make team members
fell fitted against one
another,” Jones said.
Event though no one
won, the gams will
continue next year.
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Students compete in
University Oppression
Olympics, no one wins
—Audre Lorde
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University to host second Diversity Week
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International and local students are encouraged to spend this one week mingling, then go back to their regu-
larly scheduled lives.
Students on campus will
have a second chance to
intermingle with their
peers at the University
sponsored second Diver-
sity Week.
This second week will
feature continuations of
last weeks events,
demonstrating to stu-
dents that sometimes
developing empathy for
other cultures takes more
than a weeks worth of
events—many of which
attendance is based on if a
teacher makes a cultural
event mandatory or not.
“We were very, very sur-
prised when asked if we had
the resources to ascend the
week to two,” Sarah Angle,
event organizer for Diversity
Week said. “In the past it
seemed like one week was
more than enough for the
University, and for most stu-
dents for that matter.”
She said recent events may
have also played a role in the
decision to extend the events
for another week.
“I heard about the Oppres-
sion Olympics protests, and
well I was surprised,” Angle
said. “When I speak with
students, more and more
lately they are expressing
this feeling of being pitted
against one another. I think
this was just the physical
embodiment of all of that
frustration.”
Students have mixed feeling
about the extension, as well
as the execution, of this sec-
ond diversity week.
“I think it is a waste of time,
racism is dead and if you
can’t see that, then you’re
most likely the real racist,”
Dude Brotherson, a fresh-
man engineering student,
said. “I think everyone is too
sensitive and likes to make a
big deal out of nothing—-so
what, they just take over
campus?”
Senior English student, Jus-
tine Thyme, disagreed
strongly with Brotherson.
“I think Diversity Week is
definitely needed! If not just
to create empathy, then to
give international students
the chance to share the cul-
ture they came from,”
Thyme said. “I think we
would benefit from more
events like this, having only
one week to celebrate all of
the cultures students share
can be very problematic—
who decides which students
get to showcase or preform,
when and where?”
Thyme said she has already
scheduled a time to meet
with members of the Univer-
sity to express her concerns.
She would like to see how
she can be further involved
on campus—especially in
the planning of Diversity
Week(s). Her advice?
“Persistence is key”
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Students participate in planned events o showcase the diversity across campus.
Both international and native students enjoy and participate in the week.
Feature: Putting theory to
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Slutwalk Toronto started a movement which has spread internationally .
What began as a grass roots tour-
nament moved thousands to do the
same and fight against oppres-
sions associated with being sexual
and identifying as a woman.
The off-shoots of Slutwalk Toron-
to can be considered grass root
movements in their own right—
community based and centered
with a local following. Many col-
lege towns in the U.S. have picked
up the movement and molded it to
be there own.
Molding activism to serve the pur-
poses of groups can really work
to form change in individuals lo-
cations is the perfect way to bring
these smaller groups are able to
work with members in their own
community to create the change
they need.
Focusing on what individuals fac-
ing oppression need—as opposed
to what we may think they need—
should be one of the main focuses
surrounding activism. When we
are able to incorporate both the
needs of a group, as well as what
we are able to offer them, then we
can begin achieving our goals.
So here is your call to action.
Take up something that has effect-
ed your life, or even just some-
thing that means a lot to you., then
act! It may not always be simple,
but you have to start somewhere.
Feminist Funnies You ‘ve made your suggestions and we have an-swered. This week sections features two fan-
suggested comics entitled “But Why?” and “Epistemological Morning Prep.” The editors
chose these comics for both their comic relief and keeping with the theme of laughing at our-
selves. The issues these comics attempt to tackle are taken very seriously, and we feel
laughter is a great language to start a conver-sation. “But Why?” invokes questions many
critical consumers have on a daily basis, with reactions they can also expect.
“Epistemological Morning Prep” takes a look at who is creating the culture we live in. As al-
ways, we appreciate all of the feedback—and encourage even more!
practice, feminist activism at work
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