Volume 127, No. 16 Wednesday, August 30, 2017
OPINION
SPORTS
SERIOUSLY: OBAMA ASKS FOR SECRUITY DEPOSIT
CROSS COUNTRY IN NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
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A&C
TOUR DE FAT ON SATURDAY PAGE 14
100 years in the making The evolution of women’s equality at CSU
Women taking a Home Economics class at CSU in 1932. PHOTO COURTESY OF CSU LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS COLLEGIAN
By Casey Setash @caseylovesbirds
The Rocky Mountain Collegian published a vignette in rhyme in 1917, three years before the 19th Amendment’s ratification, titled “Women.” It included the sentiment, “They’re prudish and they’re reckless, and in faults they all abound, they cost a lot of money, but they’re nice to have around.” Saturday commemorated the 97th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote in the United
States. Colorado State University has profoundly evolved over the past century, and with it, the role that women play. The most frequently cited example of inequality on college campuses across the nation is the wage gap between male and female faculty members. In 2014, President Obama signed two executive orders focused on the gender-based wage gap, prompting Americans to evaluate their regulations and institutions for enforcing equal pay. With the addition of several studies bringing to light the disparity between
course evaluation scores and female involvement in panels at academic conferences, gender inequality became a primary focus for many universities, including CSU. Dr. Ellen Fisher, a professor of chemistry and the chair for the Standing Committee on the Status of Women Faculty, commented on the issues underlying these disparities, particularly implicit bias. “(Implicit bias) is effectively each person’s attitudes, beliefs or other embedded stereotypes that affect, in an unconscious
RELATED EVENT: THE PRESIDENT COMISSION ON WOMEN AND GENDER EQUITY 20TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION October 3, 2017 3:00-6:00 p.m. ■ Where: Lory Student Center Theater ■ When:
■ Keynote Speaker:
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way, how we respond,” Fisher said. “It is hard to combat because we all are affected by these unconscious biases and because they are, well, unconscious.” During 2015, Dr. Tony Frank, president of CSU, initiated a Salary Equity Committee charged with examining the salaries of faculty members at the University and recommending changes to promote more equitable practices. Before the initiation of this committee, CSU had a long see EQUALITY on page 12>>
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