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Show HAVE silent battle ft DIEGO fBANEZ Opinions writer For many women, being a minority isn't really an issue at school. But for women in certain programs, like digital media or business, it quickly becomes one. "Being a girl means you are automatically a minority in this major," said Madysen Memmott, a digital media student. "On my first day of class, one of my professors said women always get a higher grade in my class." Is this professor joking, or are women being patronized or singled out to some extent? According to a Jan. 26 "Deseret News" article ("Utah lagging in number of women in college"), the number of women enrolled at UVU lags behind the national average by 14 percent, with about 43 percent female enrollment. In programs like digital media or business, the number is even lower. The problem applies to both professors and classmates. 'There are guys who will try to baby me, and I hate it when they do that," said Memmott. It might be thought that some women like being in the kind of situation where men want to do things for them simply for being women - like carry their books, give them better grades, etc. But often that is not true and it sometimes gets out of hand. "I had a stalker once," Memmott said when asked if she had encountered any bad experiences already. "He would call non-stop and make different Facebook accounts once I deleted him." Perhaps some women feel pressure not to act on these kinds of situations and biases. One may not want to disrupt what appears to everyone else as normal, but is uncomfortable or confining for them. It is difficult for some women to demand to be treated as equals for fear that they may be unfairly labeled as "bossy" or even "bitchy." This is because in classes where there are few women, they may not want to be singled out. Andrea Ibanez, an economics major, thinks that the Woodbury tends to be The fact tHat we are all adults does not guarantee that these issues will work themselves out. See BATTLE • A6 MARCUS JONES/ UVU Review Correcti6nary How to avoid word murder. # This week's word: Censorship ANDY SHERWIN •" Asst. Opinions editor Back in January of 2009, much was made about President Barack Pbama's telling Republican leaders that, "You can't just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things tone." administration's condemnations of Fox News were "clear censorship." Cheney, as often seems to be the case with people that share her last name, was wrong. The Obama administration's comments about Fox News were, in fact, simply comments (see last week's Correctionary for more information about "comments"). Any claims of censorship made by Fox News or its advocates are nothing more than wishful thinking on behalf of an ideological mindset that wants nothing more than to achieve power through political martyrdom. What, then, is censorship? Censoring is indisputably different from criticizing something, specifically "to suppress or delete as objectionable." For < - Last October, Liz Cheney, spawn of the aptly named former Vice President Cheney, made an appearance on Sean Hannity's Fox News television show to criticize the Obama administration's calling out of Fox News, like White House advisor David Axelrod's claims to ABC News that Fox News is "really not news.. .other news organizations like yours ought not to treat them that way. We're not going to treat them that way." On Hannity's program, See CENSORSHIP • A6 Cheney claimed that the The problem with Matheson which was composed of such as stem cell research, civil rights and climate but so have more experts, to interview and Republicans in Despite Representaselect a candidate they the House now tive Jim Matheson1 s high felt would best represent as they approval ratings, there are the progressive interests realize many who have become • of Utah Democrats. After that increasingly agitated over the interviewing process, his frequent they selected Ken conservative Weis,a scientist stances. "Matheson who teaches at "Matheson the University isaDINO, a isaDINO, a of Utah, to be democrat in Democrat in the new progresname only," sive contender name only." said UVU for Utah's 2nd philosophy * district. and peace and So what's justice studthe big problem ies professor Dr. Michael these progressives have Minch. "As a Democrat, with Matheson? It comes he votes wrong on almost down to the fact that, on every issue." many of the important In response to Matheissues, he votes with the son's dithering, Tim Republican Party. DeChristopher (who garMatheson has not only nered attention for bidding opposed all the recent against oil and gas comhealth care reform propospanies at a BLM auction) als, but also recently voted helped organize a grassagainst climate change roots rally at the Salt Lake legislation. That he dissents library last Saturday to from the Democratic Party nominate a candidate to run on these core issues makes against him in the upcomhim almost, well, Repub- See MATHESON ing election. lican. Minch participated Sure he voted for his on a panel at the rally, consent on some issues . Opinions writer MARCUS JONES/ UVU R e v i e ^ |