Check out a column by national NeW President Karin Agness that appeared in the Washington Post today: ‘Diversity’ in Name Only at U-Va. Karin addresses the often missed component of intellectual diversity on college campuses as she discusses UVA students’ complaints about this year’s commencement speaker.

April 5, 2009 0 comments CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Wisdom from Steve Harvey

For a fun post on Friday, here is a link to an article about Steve Harvey’s new book on relationships. Harvey writes that women’s standards are too low. Let me know what you think about the article.

April 4, 2009 0 comments CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

NeW Founder in Chicken Soup for the Soul

NeW Founder, Karin Agness, has a story in the latest Chicken Soup book. The book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Campus Chronicles, comes out on April 7th. In her story, “Determining the Answer,” Karin writes about starting NeW. Congratulations Karin!

April 2, 2009 0 comments CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Watch the NeW Video!

The Network of enlightened Women (NeW) Promo Video is up on the NeW website homepage. Ali did a wonderful job on it! Please forward the video to friends. If you would like to start a NeW chapter after watching it, please email us at info@enlightenedwomen.org.

April 1, 2009 0 comments CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Another McCain Maverick?

Kathleen Parker has a column out on Meghan McCain’s role in the Republican Party. Meghan has been able to position herself as a spokeswoman for the GOP. She is the media’s new favorite McCain. Parker writes that Meghan is following her father’s maverick footsteps. In writing about this, Parker goes as far as to compare [...]

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The Future of Print Journalism

In the midst of advancing technology and an unsteady economy, the newspaper journalism industry has been dramatically affected. The market for newspapers has declined tremendously in the last year especially. If you still get the morning paper, you will notice that in many instances, the papers have shrunk, sections are missing, and fewer stories are [...]

March 31, 2009 0 comments CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Chapter 11: The Backlash Myth

Since the end is near for our virtual weekly book club reading of Christina Hoff Sommers’ book Who Stole Feminism?, we will be taking suggestions for the next book. Feel free to post your ideas under the ‘Comments.’ In Chapter 11, I found Sandra Lee Bartky‘s summary of contemporary American women and their lives particularly [...]

March 30, 2009 0 comments CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

President Obama to Speak at the University of Notre Dame

Since it is my fourth year, I am all too aware that graduation is quickly approaching. I have no qualms with the University of Virginia commencement speaker,J. Harvie Wilkinson III . (He recently wrote this interesting article for the Washington Post.) A more controversial commencement speaker, believe it or not, is President Obama. This is [...]

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Equality of the Sexually Transmitted Diseases

We’ve probably all seen the advertisements for Gardasil, and perhaps some of the women reading this blog have received the vaccine as well. It is supposed to help protect women from effects of HPV (Human papillomavirus) including cervical cancer. This virus is always thought to manifest itself (worse symptoms etc.) in females. However, the Washington [...]

March 27, 2009 0 comments CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Support NeW

I have received some questions about the easiest way to support NeW. You can donate to NeW through PayPal online by clicking on this link.

March 27, 2009 0 comments CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

ASU NeW Chapter Hosts Speaker

Today, the NeW Chapter at Arizona State University is hosting Nonie Darwish to speak on the impact of Sharia Islamic Law on interpersonal relationships, family and Muslim society. Darwish is the author of Cruel and Unusual Punishments: The Terrifying Global Implications of Islamic Law. The event will take place on the ASU campus in COOR [...]

March 26, 2009 0 comments CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Trip To Georgia

I am headed to Athens, Georgia this weekend to speak at a conference. If any of our readers are students at Emory or the University of Georgia and are interested in starting a NeW chapter, please email me to set up a time to get together. I am looking forward to my trip to Georgia.

March 25, 2009 0 comments CONTINUE READING THIS POST →