Recently, The New York Times reported on the phenomenon of young Ivy League women intent on finishing undergraduate and graduate studies, launching their careers and then casting aside such plans to become stay-at-home mothers.

Wait; this notion appears counterintuitive in accordance with the women's rights movement, because for decades, women resiliently cried for advanced opportunities in lieu of the sole position of mother. [Read article]

The leaves on the trees (or, rather, cacti; in Arizona, the existence of trees with actual leaves is still an unconfirmed rumor) are turning brown again, so that means it's time for The New York Times, to publish yet another finger-wagging expose about drug use on college campuses.

But this time, the newspaper didn't detail students' hedonistic quests for illicit highs and the devastating addictions that ultimately follow. Instead it reported that college students have taken a new predilection to a much more mundane medication that is used for an even more mundane purpose. [Read article]

I'm usually a shy and quiet person, but Sept. 11 forced me to step out of my comfort zone in order to inform people what Islam is truly about rather than letting others falsely define the second-largest and fastest-growing religion in the world, yet still greatly misunderstood.

Needless to say, the overwhelming majority of the more than 1 billion Muslims worldwide are very peaceful people. Many of us were born and raised in this country, and we need to make our voices heard. Numerous Muslim students on campus are trying to do just that, acting as a means by which both Muslims and non-Muslims on campus can come and see what Islam is really all about. [Read article]

It seems that calls for diversity have become almost fashionable these days, so much so that to see university officials touting new and improved minority statistics tend to ring shrill and hollow.

Such is not the case, however, with the recent announcement that this year's freshman class has a high percentage of minority students, mostly because freshman classes typically foreshadow the trends to come. [Read article]

ASUA conference funding for a worthy cause

The Associated Students of the University of Arizona Senate has come under fire recently because of a decision to fund $1,200 toward a Denver leadership conference, and I would like the opportunity to defend my personal vote in favor of the funding.

I believe it is vital that we have representation at this conference in order to develop leadership skills, network with student leaders at similar institutions and bring back new ideas to campus. Workshops at this conference include Lobbying 101: Organizing and Fundraising for your issue, and Case Study: Affordable Textbooks Campaign, among others. [Read article]