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Video: UMD Students Raise Awareness About The Sexualization of Women

Video: UMD Students Raise Awareness About The Sexualization of Women

A group of students at the University of Maryland have created the following video to raise awareness about the growing sexualization of women in the media. This video, focusing on magazines in particular, displays various examples of this, its consequences and what we can do/where we can go to learn more and help put an end to it.

 


The Sex...

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Latest comment by Anonymous: I doubt these comments are a sampling of all perspectives, but this video skews reality in the same way that the ads do. You seek to make a point and then choose absolute ex

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UMD Professor Claims Somali Pirates are Islamist Terrorist Buddies

UMD Professor Claims Somali Pirates are Islamist Terrorist Buddies

We’ve heard a lot about Somali pirates over the last several months, but mostly they’ve been laughed off as people imagine bearded guys with striped bloomers, gold teeth, and swords running around on sailboats screaming “Argh!” They may in fact be yelling “Argh,” but they wield AK-47s, not swords. Now a University of Maryland professor, Jana Sha...

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Latest comment by Anonymous: this makes me question my love of pirates

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Officer Who Killed Student in Car Collision Gets Off With Speeding Ticket

Officer Who Killed Student in Car Collision Gets Off With Speeding Ticket

Last December, Brian Gray, a UMD student, was driving along Belair Drive on his way to his final examinations when his Chevy Beretta was struck by a speeding police cruiser. The impact hurtled Gray's vehicle nearly 85 feet from the collision site, and the 20-year-old died on the scene.

 

Gray’s mother, who was driving behind her son and bared wi...

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Latest comment by Anonymous: my friend knew him.

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Terrapin Hustle: Maryland Upsets #6 Michigan State

Terrapin Hustle: Maryland Upsets #6 Michigan State

Playing down in Orlando for the Old Spice Classic, the Terps looked absolutely lights out in their 80-62 route of #6 Michigan State. What was the common theme for the night? Hustle.

 

ESPN blogger Andy Katz sums it up well:

This was classic Williams. Critiquing Williams' recruiting is moot when Williams can get lower-profile players to bust the...

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Monday Morning Outrage: Man Shot During Robbery, Two Teen Girls Giggle With Delight

Monday Morning Outrage: Man Shot During Robbery, Two Teen Girls Giggle With Delight

You’re sitting in a Chinese restaurant, and two armed men burst through the door demanding money from the clerk. What do you do?

 

Run? Cry? Hide? Put your jujitsu lessons to good use?

 

All of these are acceptable answers; laughing, however, is not.

 

On August 6th, two 17-year-olds entered the Chinese Cuisine carryout in Northeast Baltimore an...

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