Author Archives: Taylor Erickson

Mar. 7, 2012 – This past weekend, second-year communications and international development studies student Kausar Mohammed was a co-producer and performer in “The Vagina Monologues.” Famous for its unabashed bluntness, “The Vagina Monologues” is an episodic play that recounts true stories relating to female sexuality. It addresses issues ranging from rape and domestic violence, to tampons and types of clothing a vagina would wear. The on-campus production was sponsored by the Social Awareness Network for Activism through Art and the Bruin Feminists For Equality, to raise funds and awareness for V-Day, an international organization with a mission to end violence against women. The Daily Bruin speaks with Mohammed to discuss her views on feminism as well as the play’s criticisms.

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Feb. 1, 2012 – Arturo “Tudy” Tisnado, a third-year American Indian studies student, shares his passionate devotion to revitalizing Yaqui, the language of his Yoeme kin in Arizona. Proud of his traditional Native American identity, Tisnado wears colorful scrunchies to tie his long, sleek pony tail together; a thin mustache neatly paints his upper lip and a colorful beaded necklace hangs around his neck. Since fall quarter, he’s been studying a Yaqui grammar book to learn the indigenous language of his culture to eventually teach it in schools.

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October 28, 2011 – A heated religious debate sparked on Bruin Walk on Tuesday. On a gloomy afternoon, groups of students gathered in front of Kerkhoff Hall to argue with preachers from Living Waters, an international Christian organization whose mission that day was to distribute a pro-life documentary and to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ. [3:19]