women

The women's world of comedy
By Pamela Masin
December 20, 2011 - 9:25am
Several campus humor groups, including Zamboni Revolution, has helped shape the new culture of the female comedienne.

Jenna Race walks quickly down a short flight of steps and heads straight toward the right side of the wooden floor raised just a few inches off the ground. The floor is mostly used as a platform for students to easily see their professor as he or she teaches in Kittridge Auditorium in Huntington Beard Crouse Hall. But on Nov. 12 at 8 p.m., when Race walks out, that bland wooden floor becomes a bright stage.

Egyptians participate in pro-women protest
By Katya Ana Rivera
March 8, 2011 - 6:52pm
Protest turns into stand-off between two sides.

Hundreds of Egyptians participated in a pro-women protest in a Cairo square today, according to CNN. However, not all of the protesters were pro-women. Some men in the Cairo square chanted anti-feminist slogans. 

Named the "Million Woman March" by Egyptian activists, the protest intended to support equal rights for all Egyptians despite "gender, religion or class."

Women are the solution
By Jessica Showers
November 3, 2010 - 10:45pm
Award-winning New York Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof discusses the vital role of women in addressing development issues across the globe.

“Are there more males or more females in the world today?” New York Times op-ed columnist Nicholas D. Kristof polls the audience at the beginning of his lecture. “Males?” A few tentative hands go up. “Females?” Most of the attendees in a packed-to-the-ceiling Hendricks Chapel raise their hands.

The answer is men. But Kristof’s answer to the world’s troubles is women.

French women are a dream, but they're lives not so much
By Marquise Francis
October 12, 2010 - 2:43pm
French women get preferential treatment when it comes to fostering children, finding work and sculpting great bodies, but when it comes to equality they continue to yearn for more.

According to the New York Times, only weeks after birth French woman get offered a state-paid extended course of vaginal gymnastics, free nursery schools, tax deductions and discounts on having children and large families and a minimum of four month maternity leave for mothers to get back in shape.

Perceptions of Islam
By Victoria Marlin
June 2, 2010 - 10:17pm
Three women share their experiences with Islam at Syracuse University.

On Sept. 11, 2001, Magda Bayoumi tried to reach her husband for more than five hours. He worked near the World Trade Center, and his job often took him inside the Twin Towers. When Bayoumi finally connected to him, she said he was hysterical.

"They’re not there anymore,” he said, screaming. “They are not there. I’m looking at them, and they’re not there.”

Guys don't have all the fun
By Kelsey Scram
April 24, 2009 - 12:06pm
SU's female basketball fans aren't all that different from the boys.

Kristin Petrella is a huge Orange fan. She might not paint her body blue and orange or get belligerently drunk before the game with a group of sports-crazed buddies, but she makes sure to support Syracuse University's men's basketball team in her own way.

Petrella was a cheerleader in high school. She attributes her over-abundance of school spirit to her years on the squad.