Consortium of Undergraduate Women kicks off Women's Week
Women’s Week 2012, which is themed “Celebrating Herstory,” will include a variety of events like discussion panels, performances by the Penn Monologues and the Vagina Monologues and keynote speeches addressing issues related to women’s health as well as women’s rights.

About respecting sensitivities
I had always assumed that the Malays are backward thinking and superstitious whereas the non-Malays are enlightened. I had always wanted the Malays to break out of their feudalistic and outdated cocoon and drag themselves into the new Millennium and, as Dr Mahathir Mohamad said, be more like the Chinese. That is why I have been brutal and cruel in whacking the Malays. I wanted them to improve ...

Best tweets in the house: Theatergoers share, live
To tweet or not to tweet, that is the question facing arts organizations trying to engage audiences in a social-media-obsessed world. More and more arts troupes across the nation are setting aside "tweet seats" where patrons are invited to dish out their 140-character missives during the performance.

COMMENTARY: Being bipolar in Pakistan
Islamabad (Dawn/ANN) - I suffer from a disability called bipolar disorder, something that 2.4 per cent of the global population suffers from. For most of us, it is a genetic disease, but there are others who don't have a family history of it. It manifests itself by making an individual feel extreme highs and lows in cycles. It is also varied in intensity and has two classifications: bipolar I ...

Let's educate ourselves of each others' practices
I HAVE, in my younger days growing up in Kuching, Sarawak, felt that twinge of annoyance when some friends persisted in asking me why I didn't celebrate Deepavali.