how to attract students

Apparently the University of Plymouth Students’ Union is giving away free copies of FHM magazine for Freshers’ Week, along with a [number of other universities...

Read More…

men-only leadership

Harriet Harman [is quoted as saying that][0] “One of Labour’s top two posts should always be held by a woman”, and that she does “not...

Read More…

Racism and Homophobia: A Comparison

So, if you hadn't heard, the Californian Supreme Court recently overturned a law that banned same-sex marriage as unconstitutional <http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-gaymarriage16-2008may16,0,6182317.story>_, deeming any law that restricted...

Read More…

Women in Computing FAQ

I can't remember if I've posted this before, but either way: [Encourage Women in Linux FAQ][]. Read it. Seriously. [Encourage Women in Linux FAQ]: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Encourage-Women-Linux-HOWTO/...

Read More…

Union Going Downhill

I was in the Student Union earlier on, and bloody hell it's gone downhill. The Union magazine, Fly, was a reasonably well-done publication a few...

Read More…

Discrimination

There've been a lot of posts on various blogs recently about the problem of discrimination in the Free Software community---especially sexism (geeks in general seem...

Read More…

Comparison between Homophobia and Racism

I meant to post this last night, but forgot. It's a letter written a few years ago by [Thomas Bushnell][1], explaining why homophobia isn't like...

Read More…