This February, Stanford University joined several high ranking Ivy League universities in waiving tuition for families whose incomes fall within the middle-class and upper-middle-class brackets. Members of the Mills College community have said that the decision is a big step toward increasing education accessibility.
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When she was born in 1915, the great battles of World War I were raging in Europe. In America, the first bricks of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC were being laid. She endured the Great Depression of the 1930s and lived through yet another world war: World War II.
Feminist icon and author Gloria Steinem received a standing ovation from Mills women for tackling political and sexual issues during a speech she gave in the Mills Concert Hall on March 15. Being the co-founder of Ms. Magazine, one of the first magazines to specifically address women's issues, Steinem spoke about the acts of everyday rebellion any woman could do to enact change as well as gender stereotypes.
Some of you may labor under a misconception that we sit in a smoky newsroom with blinds drawn and doors closed, cackling into our hands and printing letters carefully selected to demean the College as much as possible.
Nothing could be farther from the truth. First of all, smoking is not allowed indoors. Second, we print what we receive.
Dear Mills Community,
I am going to try to open the eyes of those who are being misled by information they are hearing and reading from other students. I was very disappointed to read the editorial section of last week's The Weekly to find out that another member of our community is making us all look like spoiled little brats with nothing better to do than complain about what they think are the shortcomings of Mills College. To those students, grow up and get a life. This is college, not kindergarten. Take responsibility for yourself and your actions
Congresswomen Barbara Lee led a class discussion on Feb. 17 about the struggle in the Darfur region of Sudan. The Mills course Real Policy, Real Politics, taught by Lee and Delaine Eastin, the former California state superintendent of public instruction, covers current topics, particularly issues set before Congress.
District Attorney Kamala Harris raised concerns of the African American community when she spoke at Mills on Feb. 8 for Black History Month. Harris, 42, was elected District Attorney of San Francisco in December 2003, and is the first African-American woman to serve as a District Attorney in California.