When a woman manages to come close to achieving a position of power, she is scrutinized much more heavily than a man in the same position is, simply because she is a woman. This scrutiny can take the form of incessant blaming, nit-picking the woman’s statements and actions, and evaluating her credentials as somewhat lesser than the credentials of a man who has significantly less experience in the given field.

When I was asked to write a piece over the recent changes concerning pledgeship in student organizations on campus, I felt a bit uneasy. The uneasiness sprang not from the controversy or tension that has been in the air since...

For a moment, I’ll ask you to recall one of those rough days that makes you want to slug a beer before five and torch your class assignments in  infamous hellfire. It was one of those days, a Friday, about a month ago when...