St. Olaf graduate turned ESPN reporter talks equity & gender in Northfield lecture
Since the passage of Title IX in 1972, women have been playing competitive sports. Since the passage of that law, the number of women participating in sports and the level of competition in high school and college and professionally, has risen dramatically. Katie Barnes, a 2013 St. Olaf College graduate, ESPN reporter and award-winning journalist, returned to campus last week to talk about equity and fairness in sports today. Barnes’...
Kentucky university presidents grovel to systemic racism
If you want to witness firsthand how systemic racism works, you need only have been in Capitol Annex Room 154 on Tuesday, Sep. 17, for the Interim Joint Committee on Education, as Kentucky’s lawmakers (who are, by-far, majority white) lorded over a hearing to allegedly discuss DEI: diversity, equity and inclusion in postsecondary education. I […]