Miss Representation, a documentary on the media’s misrepresentation of women, came to AU on Thursday as part of the React to Film College Action Network.
Written, directed and produced by actress and activist Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the film explores how the exploitation of women in mainstream media directly contributes to the under-representation of women in government and other positions of power in America.
We can no longer argue the fact that the Occupy Wall Street movement has arrived. This past weekend marked its largest efforts yet, not only with a massive march to Times Squares but also with global protests echoing the message first voiced at Zuccotti Park.
Protesters have occupied Zuccotti Park in New York City since September 17th. This protest, Occupy Wall Street, has since spread across the United States: from Boston, Los Angeles and Chicago to our own Washington, DC.
I first heard about Troy Davis three years ago as a freshman in Professor Richard Stack’s understanding media class, and I will admit that I naively believed for a long time that the Georgia death row inmate would one day be free.
A few Georgetown students were just sitting around talking about the debt ceiling negotiations, expressing their frustration at the stalemate in Congress about two and a half weeks ago.
Earlier this month, AU’s new Social Media Club held its inaugural Social Media Learning Summit, featuring discussions on media literacy and the use of social media in education.
