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snapshot of same-sex couples and the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community of Iowa that was done by the Williams Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles Law School. The study showed that from an economic point of view in Iowa, same-sex couples are demographically and geographically diverse, individuals in same-sex couples are actively engaged in the state economy, same-sex couples have fewer economic resources than married couples, same-sex partners depend on one another in ways that are similar to that of married couples and same sex-couples are raising children in Iowa. “The presentation was really interesting and it was good to hear facts backed up by numbers,” said Kayla Lauridsen, a freshman elementary education major. “The purpose of the CROW Forum is for faculty to present current information on women’s and gender studies, and the forum allows the campus and the broader community to hear the latest research on women’s studies,” said Phyllis Baker, director and professor of women’s and gender studies. “Jepsen’s presentation was a nice overview on a topic aimed at a broad audience.”
Senate Kevin Shannon, amends the by-laws to coincide with precedents that were set last semester when senate voted to recognize the student organization Knights of Columbus, a Catholic organization with restricted membership. “(Legally,) either you’re all open all the time, or you’re doing what we’re doing right here,” Alfred said. In question was a June 10 United States Supreme Court ruling that determined it was legal for a university to deny funds to a student organization that has closed membership if that university has a policy requiring organizations to be open to all students. According to Shannon, a legal counsel determined that the current by-law change is legal as long as it is equally enforced and the senate doesn’t recognize groups that violate university policy. The senate also passed a resolution requesting that the length of time between mandatory CatID password changes be increased from 90 days to 120, which would match policies at Iowa State University and the University of Iowa. While College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Senator Spencer Walrath recognizes the importance of regular password changes, as
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Lisa Jepsen, associate professor of economics, explored whether sexual orientation has an economic effect on society.
“Darwin was about questioning dogma and questioning conventional wisdom of the day, and what Dr. Jepsen had to say in her presentation allows people to question and to think,” said Trevor Boeckmann, senior economics major and UNIFI president. The next CROW Forum will be held March 7 in the
CME. Kevin Leicht of the University of Iowa will be presenting on “Economic Development and Women’s Life Chances.” “His presentation will be a cross-national research looking at the relationship between men’s economic inequality a women’s status,” explained Baker.
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a Hotmail e-mail account he created in third grade started sending spam e-mails to his contacts years later, he feels the current policy requires excessive password changes. “Every time I change my password, it somehow involves a Star Wars character, and I’m running out,” he said. The senate also considered measures to improve efficiency. Two weeks ago, Women’s and Gender Studies requested more than $7,000 in funding for a celebration of Women’s History Month. Because the funding request went to senate, they were able to request more than the usual $3,000 cap put on student organization funding requests that go through the Organization and Finance Committee. Citing the precedent allowing this would set, the senate passed a bill Wednesday requiring all funding requests to go through the Organization and Finance Committee, which will hold all student organizations to the same guidelines. The senate also read a resolution that would change the by-laws to require a member of the Governmental and Legislative Affairs Committee to update NISG documents to include senate-approved changes after the body found last week that an approved change wasn’t made in the official by-laws.
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