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OPINION: SMU Students’ Performative Activism Often Ignores International Issues Including Ugandan Censorship
SMU's culture of "social justice warriors" lacks awareness of international issues. More »
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SMU alumna aids in local non-profit’s founding, global expansion
Since SMU alumna Brittany Merrill founded the Akola Project in 2007, the non-profit has made a remarkable impact. More »
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SMU student shows an alternative use for soda tabs
Who would have thought that those little metal soda tabs help women in Uganda? Senior management science major Mary Ilene Binning explains how the simple task of collecting soda tabs formed a hobby of empowering women. Binning works directly with Sister Rosema... More »
Western journalists fail to explain politics of Uganda
In the Broadway musical, “The Book of Mormon,” the show’s main characters, Elder Price and Elder McKinley, are informed that they will spend two years on a mission in Uganda. The bumbling Elder McKinley asks, “Uganda? Cool, where is that?” When he is told that... More »
Christians misuse power, Ugandans still responsible
Two key points need to be made about the malicious anti-homosexuality law that was recently put in place by the Ugandan government: the first concerns American fundamentalist Christians, the second concerns Western journalists. First, I must address those Amer... More »