<p>wildcat014 thanks for posting the Chicago Tribune article.</p>
<p>NDparent thanks for pointing out Professor Glenn Hendler ("The speech that wasn't," Jan. 26) edition of The Observer. That was a respectful, beautifully written letter suggesting how to approach this very difficult and VERY important ISSUE.</p>
<p>Sabrina would you clarify if you are a current student? I see this is your first post.</p>
<p>If you are a student could you describe the atmosphere at the campus, would say the campus is fairly split on these issues as Irish pointed out? </p>
<p>And, do you think there is a split between males and females on this? </p>
<p>Thank you, Irish for posting the link to VDAY. I admit to not being well informed about it, although two weeks ago I was invited by a female friend ( who happens to be Catholic, who also happens to have had a gay brother) to see a local performance of VM this year. I will certainly go and keep in mind the ND issues with this play. </p>
<p>I found this info from Irish's link: about VDay and realize that this play has helped raise awareness around the world, raising a significant amount of money.</p>
<p>This realization led in 1997 to the founding of V-Day, a nonprofit grass roots movement dedicated to ending violence against women around the world. In three years, V-Day has spread to over 300 colleges, where students and faculty have performed The Vagina Monologues on V-Day, February 14th, as part of a movement to stop violence against women. V-Day has raised over 3 million dollars which it has given to organizations fighting for the rights of women in Afghanistan, to stop genital mutilation in Kenya, and rape crisis centers in Bosnia, Croatia, and Chechnya, as well as hundreds of domestic programs to combat rape and abuse. Thanks to V-Day, The Vagina Monologues has been taken to 20 countries, including China, South Africa, The Philippines, Brazil and Turkey</p>