The Pioneer Press

By Yvonne Nachtigal

SGA is hosting a competition to raise donations for the Feed.  The Volunteer State Feed provides free food to students in need.

Each building on campus is equipped with ‘team red’ and ‘team blue’ boxes.  Students can donate dry goods in exchange for raffle prize tickets.

The theme of the drive is “Avenge the Feed.”

By Yvonne Nachtigal

On Jan. 22, the 46th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade, the New York Senate passed the “Reproductive Health Act,” a radical pro-abortion bill that would allow unborn babies to be aborted up to birth. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called it “a victory for New Yorkers and their progressive values.” Signers of the bill proudly posed for a photo op with smiles on their faces like witches straight out of the Wizard of Oz.

Under the new Reproductive Health Act, non-doctors can perform abortions until the mother’s due date if the woman’s health is endangered or the fetus is not viable. Previously, abortions beyond 24 weeks gestation were only allowed if a woman’s life was at risk.

In celebration of the bill, Cuomo directed that the spire on the One World Trade Center and other NYC monuments be lit in pink to “celebrate this achievement and shine a bright light forward for the rest of the nation to follow.” New York was the first state to legalize abortion.

By Gloria Cortes

February is Black History Month, where we celebrate the importance of Black history in our culture.

Monday, Feb. 4, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Mary Cole Nichols Dining Hall B is The Art of Omari Booker. Omari Booker is a talented local artist who paints incorporating themes and current social trends. He is particularly skilled in creating images that depict the struggle for social justice in an unjust world.

Tuesday, Feb. 5, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Mary Cole Nichols Dining Hall B is Documentary Screening: Brother Outsider.  This documentary, which has won over 25 awards, illuminates the public and private life of Bayard Rustin. Rustin, a visionary strategist during the Civil Rights movement was called the “unknown hero” of the movement as he was central to the organization of the 1963 March on Washington. Because Rustin was openly gay, he was largely erased from history even by those among the top leaders of the movement.