Media Writing Lab

By John Pasch The United States Supreme Court is arguably the most powerful institution of the government  next to only the President. Recently, a spot became vacant on the Court and President Donald Trump appointed judge Brett Kavanaugh to fill the position. The appointment and installment,  however, didn’t go as smoothly as people had hoped or anticipated.                                                After Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh, there was a swarm of sexual misconduct allegations, worthy of disqualification. As striking as this may seem, cases like this have become all too common today. They either didn’t exist in such a multitude in the earlier years of American politics/society, which is unlikely, or they have simply become more public, which is what I am willing to put my money on. The question then becomes: how do allegation...

By Joshua Mundell Sexual misconduct toward women is a growing problem in the United States. Celebrities such as Matt Lauer, Harvey Weinstein, and Louis C.K have all been found guilty of sexual misconduct within the past two years. You may ask what makes these men’s stories so similar? All these sexual misconduct incidents occurred in their respective workplaces. According to Lloyd Hoffspiegel, “There has been sexual misconduct in the workplace ever since there has been a workplace” (Hoffspiegel, 2002). One of the more disturbing cases of sexual misconduct in the workplace recently occurred within the Dallas Mavericks organization, a team in the National Basketball Association. In February of 2018, Sports Illustrated (SI) published an investigative report detailing the extensive accounts of sexual misconduct and sexual harassment that had occurred within the Dallas Mavericks organization. This report described the situation in Dallas as a “real-life Animal House” and stated ...