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UNARM: 'The D.C. Hurts Me'
InstantDaily, Comics and April Fool's Issue Allegedly Contribute to 'Bigotry'
Freesia Singngam
Issue date: 4/24/07 Section: News
Students offended by material published in The Daily Campus this year spoke out with a presentation in the Student Union Theater Monday night entitled, "The D.C. Hurts Me."
The event was advertised as "a presentation about how The Daily Campus harms its readers and the greater UConn community" on many flyers posted around campus. It included five speakers and was sponsored by the UConn Network Advocating for Responsible Media (UNARM), the UConn Chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW), the Women's Studies program, the Women's Center and the African American Cultural Center.
Just over 50 people attended the event, half of which were from on-campus media outlets - 16 from The Daily Campus, seven from the UConn Free Press and at least three from UCTV.
Eric Knudsen, a 6th-semester journalism and social welfare double major and co-founder of UNARM, began the panel. He said that the panel was "not to attack The Daily Campus."
Knudsen then said that The Daily Campus was "student-funded bigotry."
According to Knudsen, students are left "powerless to confront it" because they pay student fees for The Daily Campus.
"We at UNARM refuse to be powerless anymore," Knudsen said.
Knudsen presented three studies that relate sexual humor with tolerance for sexist activities. He said that The Daily Campus' publication of sexist humor perpetuated sexual attitudes at UConn.
Jaclyn Vanase, a 6th-semester women's studies major and co-founder of UNARM then presented a slideshow with examples of The Daily Campus' comics, "InstantDaily" messages, "Husky Talk" responses and articles from the March 30 "The Daily Scampus," the traditional April Fool's Day issue, that UNARM found offensive.
These included the former "It's Just School" comic where a cartoon boy would give a girl clothing to iron or a vacuum to "feel like a woman" as well as "InstantDaily" messages that said homework was a waste of time, "kind of like consent." The panel especially found this year's "Scampus" to be offensive with a joke article that it was the last issue ever because a mock organization called "DISARM" could not take a joke.
The event was advertised as "a presentation about how The Daily Campus harms its readers and the greater UConn community" on many flyers posted around campus. It included five speakers and was sponsored by the UConn Network Advocating for Responsible Media (UNARM), the UConn Chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW), the Women's Studies program, the Women's Center and the African American Cultural Center.
Just over 50 people attended the event, half of which were from on-campus media outlets - 16 from The Daily Campus, seven from the UConn Free Press and at least three from UCTV.
Eric Knudsen, a 6th-semester journalism and social welfare double major and co-founder of UNARM, began the panel. He said that the panel was "not to attack The Daily Campus."
Knudsen then said that The Daily Campus was "student-funded bigotry."
According to Knudsen, students are left "powerless to confront it" because they pay student fees for The Daily Campus.
"We at UNARM refuse to be powerless anymore," Knudsen said.
Knudsen presented three studies that relate sexual humor with tolerance for sexist activities. He said that The Daily Campus' publication of sexist humor perpetuated sexual attitudes at UConn.
Jaclyn Vanase, a 6th-semester women's studies major and co-founder of UNARM then presented a slideshow with examples of The Daily Campus' comics, "InstantDaily" messages, "Husky Talk" responses and articles from the March 30 "The Daily Scampus," the traditional April Fool's Day issue, that UNARM found offensive.
These included the former "It's Just School" comic where a cartoon boy would give a girl clothing to iron or a vacuum to "feel like a woman" as well as "InstantDaily" messages that said homework was a waste of time, "kind of like consent." The panel especially found this year's "Scampus" to be offensive with a joke article that it was the last issue ever because a mock organization called "DISARM" could not take a joke.
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Samati Niyomchai
posted 4/24/07 @ 9:24 PM EST
As a result of the comics incident which mocked consent, stated rape was not a man's concern, and other comics that were degrading and harmful to women AND the article published that was falsely accused Sexperts of "promoting irresponsible sexual activity," I have personally not read the paper ever except for this article. (Continued…)
George
posted 4/25/07 @ 7:25 AM EST
It's interesting that all you want to do is criticize the DC. Several times, we've published articles pushing for more acceptance and help for rape victims. (Continued…)
Andrew
posted 4/25/07 @ 4:24 PM EST
First of all, if you want a paper to send home to your mother, go buy her a year subscription of the New York Times. Try this website www.nytimes.com. (Continued…)
kittens
posted 4/25/07 @ 6:06 PM EST
Keep your morals and hurt feelings and complaints off my comedy. I'm sick of all this political correctness. It's not the Daily Campus' job to make sure they don't hurt peoples feelings. (Continued…)
g love
posted 4/25/07 @ 6:14 PM EST
This is a world-class university, but it isn't a world-class newspaper. In fact, the Daily Campus is a piece of trash written by half-literate people who can hardly piece together a sentence. (Continued…)
you don't get it. clearly.
posted 4/25/07 @ 6:20 PM EST
"it takes a messed up, violent person to rape someone,"
that's the problem! it should be only the most screwed up pepople in society that are committing rape, but people are raped by loved ones. (Continued…)
kittyS
posted 4/25/07 @ 11:58 PM EST
rape is a violent crime. done all too often by people who are not by nature violent
John Petroski
posted 4/27/07 @ 2:26 AM EST
You know, I could *swear* I have some hate mails from a few DC staff writers from a few months ago lying around somewhere. So that's pretty funny.
Anyway, good luck to you all. (Continued…)
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