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The progressive political magazine The Nation is running a student writing contest, and you still have a few days to enter.
They’re looking for essays of 800 words or less on the question “What have you learned from a personal experience that the next president should know before setting the agenda for the country?” Submissions “should be original, unpublished work that demonstrates fresh, clear thinking and superior quality of expression and craftsmanship,” and will be accepted through May 31 — that’s this Saturday.
The contest is open to all high school students and undergraduates. Winners — one high school student and one college student — will receive $1000 and a Nation subscription. Five runners-up in each category will receive $200 and a subscription.
(Thanks to Kevin Bondelli, a new addition to our blogroll, for the tip.)
Two stories: the New York Times reports on American students’ efforts to live according to principles of environmental sustainability in the dorms, and WireTap magazine reports on student organizing around sustainable food practices on campus.
A fascinating article from the Daily Star of Bangladesh on the history of student protest in that country.
Last month we reported that the University of Ottawa was considering imposing a new code of student conduct governing non-academic activities.
The university has seen a wave of student activism in the last two years, and students have expressed concern that this new code may be used to clamp down on campus organizing.
Shortly after our last report, several hundred students marched in protest against the proposed code. Opponents of the code have also created a blog to aid in their organizing effort.
(The above article says that several blogs and a Facebook group have been created, but we’ve only been able to uncover the one blog linked to above. If anyone is aware of other resources created by the Ottawa organizers, let us know and we’ll update this post.)
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