Are you a slut?

By Angela Nitschke

Hey, slut! Don’t act surprised – after all the recent hype over birth control and reproductive rights, I bet you’re well aware by now that you are, by definition, a slut. I know I am.

I’m kidding. I really don’t want to make this conversation about Rush Limbaugh – or his unfortunate association with the Republican Party – because it’s an important conversation and shouldn’t be bogged down with ignorance and vulgarity. However, it is worth our time to recognize that Rush’s “prostitute” comments illustrate a bigger picture debate.

PAC Speaker: Leader of the American Indian MovementThis Monday 7pm in the Pause

By Jamie Mosel

Dennis Banks, who will be speaking here on Monday the 30th, is an Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) author, activist, and teacher. He was born on the Leech Lake reservation in Minnesota, and when he was young was forced to attend government boarding schools, away from his home and family. At these boarding schools, Anishinaabemowin (the Ojibwe language) was forbidden, and Banks like other Indian youths at boarding schools, was only allowed to speak in English and punished for expressing his own culture. In 1968, Banks co-founded the American Indian Movement (AIM) out of Minneapolis, which sought to protect the rights of Indian individuals. Banks participated in 1969-1971 occupation of Alcatraz island, demanding the return of federally-owned native lands. Banks also participated in the Trail of Broken Treaties caravan to D.C. in 1972 and the 1973 siege of Wounded Knee, S.D. when 200 Oglala Lakota along with AIM occupied the town of Wounded Knee, the site of the 1890 massacre, for 71 days in protest against the failures of the U.S. government towards Indian peoples, as well as against the corruption of tribal president Richard Wilson.

Dinner Debate: Religion and Reproductive RightsThis Thursday 6pm Black Ballroom

By Ingrid Sannes

The debate over covering contraception under the health care reform law has created the unfortunate impression that being religious and supporting birth control are incompatible. In the midst of this debate, I would like to offer a different side of the religion and reproductive rights conversation and share my thoughts as a pro-choice and pro-contraception Christian. My religious views about contraception are rooted in fundamental religious values, on a social and personal level. 

I turn to the Bible. Proverbs 29:7 “The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern."

PAC Dinner Debate: Fracking and the Environment

By Will Lutterman

Hydraulic fracturing, popularly known as ‘fracking’, is a dangerous method of extraction used by unregulated oil and gas companies to extract gas from the ground. As a member of the Environmental Coalition, we strongly oppose fracking and are looking forward to debating fracking policy at the PAC Debate this Monday, April 23rd at 6pm in the Sun Ball Room.