Newspeak Staff Photo / Carlos Zapata
Women at WPI represent 22% of the student population, but are frequently found in many leadership positions on campus, including clubs and other organizations.
WPI tries to turn out well-rounded individuals... but are we trying to become well-rounded individuals?
Are we taking the time to become the leaders of tomorrow, becoming more open-minded and making the most out of every opportunity WPI has to offer? Are we taking the time to prepare ourselves for life outside the classroom? Will we be able to deal comfortably in an ever-growing, diverse world after graduation?
Diversity walks a thin line in the United States. Diversity is a word whose meaning is more directly related to tolerance rather than unity. For several weeks Newspeak has given the opportunity to several minorities group to express their opinions and feelings. The special features dealt with many controversial issues that we face at WPI today, issues that we face not as students but as individuals.
It is time to stop trying not to offend anybody, time to stop tolerating, and start unifying our diverse community by learning how to interact with other people without offending them. There is a big difference between both of them. In one we are pretending to care, in the other one we genuinely care.
In the last part of the series we talked representatives of the biggest minority of campus. From 1968 to 1996 women at WPI have progressed immensely. Today, they represent 22% of the student population. But what does it really mean to be a female in an predominantly male campus?
Newspeak Staff Photo / Carlos Zapata
Women at WPI represent 22% of the student population, but are frequently found in many leadership positions on campus, including clubs and other organizations.