The Drury Mirror

Drury on-campus gender equity issues

Abstract:
Posters hung in honor of International Women's Day were torn down and written on in Burnham, Lay and Springfield Halls last week.

Members of Drury's American Association of University Women (AAUW) developed posters modeled after Peggy McIntosh's "Invisible Knapsack" to enlighten the campus on gender issues that are still relevant to Drury's campus and to the greater community....

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Emily Morgan

posted 3/25/10 @ 7:02 PM CST

What is more disturbing than this one act of poster vandalism is that during the fall of 2007 ALLIES posters were torn down and defaced. This is not an isolated events. This is becoming a pattern. In order to address this, we must look at the history of our campus and the communities we are creating. As an alumnus I know first hand the 'us' and 'them' mentality that can exist at Drury, and I know the healthy, open community I thrived in at Drury. It saddens me to know there are those on campus who vandalize instead of communicate and dialogue.

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