CCAC Democracy Board

Question of the week for February 25 to March 4, 2018

Should university male fraternities be open for women to join?

Bauer-Wolf, Jeremy. “A Different Challenge to Fraternities.” Inside Higher Education, February 13, 2019. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/02/13/yale-university-sued-over-fraternity-culture-and-plaintiffs-demand-coeducation.

Darrah, Nicole. “Female students sue Yale to admit women into male fraternities.” Fox News, February 12, 2019. https://www.foxnews.com/us/female-students-sue-yale-to-admit-women-into-male-fraternities.

Frazin, Rachel. “Women sue Yale to gender-integrate fraternities.” The Hill, February 12, 2019.
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/429664-women-sue-yale-to-gender-integrate-fraternities.

Gerstmann, Evan. “Understanding the Dueling Lawsuits Against Yale and Harvard Over Fraternities and Sororities.” Forbes, February 19, 2019. https://www.forbes.com/sites/evangerstmann/2019/02/19/understanding-the-dueling-lawsuits-against-yale-and-harvard-over-fraternities-and-sororities/ .

MacLellan, Lila. “Yale students sue for access to all-male fraternities and their powerful networks.” Quartz, February 13, 2019. https://qz.com/work/1548869/yale-students-sue-to-open-fraternities-to-all-genders/.

Prihar, Asha and Audrey Steinkamp. “Female students sue Yale frats.” Yale Daily News, February 13, 2019. https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2019/02/13/female-students-sue-yale-frats/.

Female students sue Yale to admit women into male fraternities Three women who attend Yale University are suing the school and nine all-male fraternities Tuesday, seeking to force the social organizations to admit women in response to alleged sexual assault, harassment and discrimination.

Question of the week for February 18 to February 25, 2018

What is your view on censorship of social media content after Facebook announced that it might begin removing information on anti-vaccination from its platform?

Broniatowski, David A., et al. “Weaponized Health Communication: Twitter Bots and Russian Trolls Amplify the Vaccine Debate.” American Journal of Public Health 108, no. 10, October 1, 2018, pp. 1378-1384. DIO: 10.2105/AJPH.2018.304567. https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJPH.2018.304567.

Gebel, Meira. “Facebook is thinking about removing anti-vaccination content as backlash intensifies over the spread of misinformation on the social network.” Business Insider, February 14, 2019. https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-may-remove-anti-vaccination-content-2019-2.

________. “Anti-vaccination ads on Facebook are targeting pregnant women, while a measles outbreak spreads across the country.” Business Insider, February 14, 2019. https://www.businessinsider.com/anti-vaccine-facebook-ads-target-pregnant-women-as-measles-spreads-2019-2.

Glenza, Jessica. “Russian trolls ‘spreading discord’ over vaccine safety online.” The Guardian, August 23, 2018. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/aug/23/russian-trolls-spread-vaccine-misinformation-on-twitter.

Kluger, Jeffrey. “Facebook Must Shut Down the Anti-Vaxxers.” Time, February 19, 2015. http://time.com/3714990/zuckerberg-vaccines-facebook/.

Perry, Douglas. “Measles outbreak: Anti-vaccination misinformation fueled by Russian Propagandists, study finds.” The Oregonian, February 12, 2019. https://www.oregonlive.com//clark-county/2019/02/measles-outbreak-anti-vaccination-misinformation-fueled-by-russian-propagandists-study-finds.html.

Rieland, Randy. “Searching for a Vaccine Against Mistrust.” John Hopkins Magazine, Winter 2018. https://hub.jhu.edu/magazine/2018/winter/vaccines-mistrust-and-misinformation/.

Tarlo, Shira. “A doctor debunks Darla Shine’s anti-vaccination claims that diseases like measles ‘keep you healthy.’” Salon, February 14, 2019. https://www.salon.com/2019/02/14/a-doctor-debunks-darla-shines-anti-vaccination-claims-that-diseases-like-measles-keep-you-healthy/.