My boyfriend, Mark Skinner, was sent by the University of Las Vegas’ campus newspaper, The Rebel Yell, to cover the Republican National Convention. While there, he decided to cover a student protest group. Because the Yell couldn’t get him press credentials (missed the deadline), he was arrested along with the others.
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OMG My Boyfriend Was Arrested At The RNC!
Posted in Events, tagged minnesota, republican national convetion, RNC, st. paul, student protests, the rebel yell, unlv on September 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Self-Promotion Time: Planned Parenthood Activist Camp
Posted in Rebel Yell Articles, tagged comprehensive sex ed, planned parenthood, rebel yell, unlv on April 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From the Rebel Yell:
“I’ll be honest, I just thought they did abortions.”
Gabriella Keys, 20, a future broadcasting student at the College of Southern Nevada, expressed a common misconception people have about the 90-year-old organization Planned Parenthood. While they advocate choice, Planned Parenthood-affiliated health centers don’t actually perform abortions in Nevada.
Mujeres de Juarez
Posted in Interview With A Feminist, Multimedia, tagged demonstrations, juarez, m.e.ch.a, mexico, mujeres de juarez, unlv on March 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Ni Una Mas!”
“Not one more!”
Demonstrating outside at the UNLV amphitheater, M.E.Ch.A. members try to bring awareness to abductions, sexual assaults, and murders of over 500 women in Juarez, Mex.
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Note: Due to a technical error on my part (i.e. pressing the wrong button), the audio had [...]
Self Promotion Time – Jean Nidetch Center’s $1 Million Grant
Posted in Rebel Yell Articles, tagged bernard osher, friendship re-entry scholarship, jean nidetch, osher foundation, rebel yell, scholarship, unlv on March 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My article in the Rebel Yell:
Women’s Center receives $1 million endowment
By Aisha O’Brien, Contributing Writer
Jackie Kaaa-Logan is a UNLV psychology student today, after more than 20 years out of school and service to the federal government. She returned to finish her studies to fulfill the dying wishes of her mother.
Check it ouuuut: Women’s History Month Edition!
Posted in Events, tagged cherrie moraga, christine clark, feminism, lynn comella, unlv, vagina monologues, women's history month, women's studies department on March 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hey there sexy ladies! It’s women’s history month!
In honor of this month, please comment below on any and all events going on around the valley or nation celebrating our one month of reprieve. Ha!
Jokes aside, here is a sampling of what you can expect from the women’s studies department at UNLV:
Women of Diversity’s “100 Years [...]
Self-Promotion Time – Guerrilla Girls On Tour’s Coup d’University
Posted in Rebel Yell Articles, tagged activism, feminism, guerrilla girls, jean nidetch women's center, rebel yell, unlv on February 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From the Rebel Yell:
Feminists educate, throw bananas
“Have a banana!”
Yellow bananas proceeded to hale hail over the audience. Two members screamed and laughed in hysterics as one potassium-rich grenade hit a chair near them in a reverberating thump. Three gorilla-masked women ran up and down the aisles of the Student Union Theatre, hurling one banana after [...]
Check it ouuuut!: Week of Feb. 25
Posted in Events, tagged Events, lectures, prostitution, unlv, vagina monologues on February 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES
Feb. 29, 2008 at 7 p.m.
Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall
$10 General Admission
Tickets at box office or 895-2787
Sponsored by the UNLV Women’s Studies Department. Proceeds go to S.A.F.E. House and Katrina victims living in Vegas.
RED LIGHT LECTURE
Feb. 27, 2008 at 7:30 p.m.
Marjorie Barrick Museum on UNLV
Free to the public
Dr. Teela Sander professor at [...]
Guerrilla Girls Gone Wild
Posted in Events, tagged feminists, guerrilla girls, theatre, unlv on February 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Last Thursday, the Guerilla Girls on Tour presented “Silence Is Violence,” a play on the history of the GGOT and a dramatization of a date rape situation.
They were crazy, funny and thought provoking. Here are some highlights:
Best Iraq War Reference: “If you can’t pronounce it, don’t bomb it!”
Best K-Fed Trucker Hat Reclamation: “Rock out with [...]
Check it ouuuuut…
Posted in Events, tagged feminism, lecture, regina miller, unlv on February 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
UNLV Women’s Studies presents:
“How I Became a Feminist” Brown Bag Lunch Series
Special Guest
Coach Regina Miller
February 21, 2008
12:00 – 1:30 p.m.
Wright Hall C151
To RSVP, email: anita.revilla@unlv.edu
For more info, call 895-0837
Regina Miller has been the UNLV head coach of the Lady Rebels since 1998. Miller is a 1984 graduate of Old Dominion, earning a bachelor’s degree in [...]
Interview with a feminist: Jessica Brown, president of Nevada NOW
Posted in Interview With A Feminist, tagged feminists, interview, jessica brown, Las Vegas, nevada now, southern nevada now, unlv on February 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This is the first volume of what I hope will be an ongoing series.
On Feb. 11, I had the pleasure of lunching with president of Nevada NOW state chapter, Jessica Brown. Apart from volunteering for NOW, she works at the Office of Information Technology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas as a coordinator for [...]
