Spring Break
University plans Women's History Month events, activities
Craig Eisenberger
Issue date: 3/4/05 Section: News
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In an e-mail sent out to all students, faculty and staff, the University outlined several events beginning with panel discussions and ending with information tables on women's health issues and sexual assault awareness in the Korman Quad during Welcome Back Week, the first week of the Spring 2005 term.
"Women's History Month is a great opportunity for our diverse University community to celebrate the achievements of women in society yesterday and today," Undergraduate Student Government Association President John Dougherty said.
"I don't really care all that much," Dianne Bates, a freshman majoring in mechanical engineering said. Bates said that she received the University e-mail, but deleted it. Commenting on the University celebrating "themed months" Bates added, "I guess for the people interested [it's important]. I'm not interested, so I don't care, but I'd imagine the people interested like them."
When asked about Women's History Month, incoming freshmen Laura Rachfalski said, "I can see it being very significant in tracking the accomplishments of women both through the history of the United States and even the world." Still Rachlfalski says that attendance may be affected because of the greater number of males on campus. As for her personal attendance, she says "it would depend on the event."
Senior Scott Park, who is majoring in Information Systems Technology, commented on the month saying, "I think it's just as important as any of those other months. However they rarely come into current social context. I think it would do women as a whole more justified if it wasn't just some sort of annotation on a calender."
Park goes on to comment that the University may not be doing its best in getting the word out.
"I know most of the advertising is done in the dorms, but that only accounts for a small portion of the students," he said.
"We all are on some sort of e-mail list. They could stop sending us spam about their A.J. Drexel Bank and direct some of that effort to student life events."
Still Park feels that as a man, there are few events held that would hold his interest. "It's really hard to find something that is directed at or for or about women and still have it appeal to a man."
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