The St. Thomas Luann Dummer Center for Women hosted its annual kickoff event with chocolate, pie and voter registration on Sept. 19.
The center partnered with the Civic Engagement, Voter Education & Advocacy task force to bring attention to the past and present of voting rights. At the event, a table was set up with resources for registering to vote with a representative from the task force present to help students find their registration status and register in state and out of state.
A benefit concert and the construction of 30 new homes are among the many events marking President Jimmy Carter ‘s 100th birthday on Oct. 1. Considering the former president’s long legacy as a philanthropist, it’s no surprise that he wants any gift-giving to go to other people.
Thousands of Habitat for Humanity volunteers gathered Monday to build 30 homes in St. Paul, Minnesota, over five days, led by country music giants Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood, who worked alongside the Carters for years, beginning with projects in Hurricane Katrina’s disaster area.
The FBI has agreed to pay more than $22 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging female recruits were singled out for dismissal in training and routinely harassed by instructors with sexually charged comments about their breast size, false allegations of infidelity and the need to take contraception “to control their moods.”
The payout to 34 women dismissed from the FBI’s training academy in Quantico, Virginia, still subject to approval by a federal judge, would rank among the biggest lawsuit settlements in the history of the bureau.
Adam Mueller can be reached at muel7541@stthomas.edu.