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America’s education system: a shiny bubble-wrapped, predestined package that includes undergraduate and graduate studies. Then, the moment the diploma hits our palm, we break out of the box like a chick from a shell as we step out into the world to start the job search, and to start making our millions. It’s a good plan, a great one even. But what if we don’t know what we want to do?

Students across the country are occupying today for tomorrow

During a summer at the New Hampshire State House, Ben Savard sorted through mail and emails sent to New Hampshire’s governor: concerns and thank yous were transcribed into concise messages, death threats were handled by someone of a higher authority and the weekly Pixar or Disney-themed postcards from a random Florida resident were put into an entirely separate file. The following summer at Florentine Films, Savard helped make a database of all the images ever used in a Ken Burns documentary, read over scripts and answered phones. And so was the life of an unpaid intern.

Poor 20-something year-old men. Actually, let me clarify. Poor 20-something white, middle-class, heterosexual males. This particular group of “privileged” individuals have been under siege for a while in American society.

The United States often prides itself on the notion that women have full, legal rights — to education, to employment and to make their own choices. But those legal rights face significant roadblocks when it comes to the doctor’s office; there, the country’s assurance of reproductive rights falls terribly short.

Students who are undocumented immigrants advocate for a better future

The stories of four un- and underinsured Ithaca College students

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over 25 million Americans are restricted in life by disabilities, and according to the Council for Disability Awareness, 1 in 4 of present 20-year-olds will be disabled before they retire. But even 20 years after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, disabled people continue to face significant roadblocks to success.

From listening to the dozens of testimonials from Ithaca’s event, it became clear that for many, SlutWalk is not about reclaiming the word “slut.” Rather, it’s more important for women to “reclaim” their bodies — to declare that they are allowed to experience pleasure.

Pansexuality’s challenge to the traditional sexuality binary