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Thursday, October 15, 2009 | The Red & Black
Muslim speaker debunks myths
By JULIA CARPENTER
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The Muslim Student
Alliance began working this
semester to have a more
active role in campus activi-
ties —and one of its
upcoming events is
already generating a
positive reaction
among University
students.
Today MSA will
host Sima Shelbaya,
a journalist and com
munication and lan
guage studies schol
ar, who will speak
about the common
stereotypes of women in the
Islamic faith.
She will speak about
experiences she had this
summer dealing with work
related harassment.
“It’s always good to have
a better understanding of
how everyone lives in this
world,” said Isabelle Cantin,
a freshman majoring in
applied bio technology from
Watkinsville, who said she is
interested in attending the
event.
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way for students to come together and
learn that there are so many issues sur
rounding the topic that need to be dis
cussed and learned about.”
Attendance is free for students who
have paid their student activities fees and
sls for non-students or those who have
not paid.
“Since University Union is on student
activity fees, we think it’s only fair that
those who did not pay student fees should
contribute to the cost of the speakers,”
Gibson said.
Gibson said he hopes for a large turn
out, and that students who plan on attend-
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MSA is trying to engage
Bulldogs of all races, reli
gions and backgrounds in
an open discussion about
women in Islam this week.
“We wanted to hold an
event that would interest
UGA students and
broaden their per
spectives on Islam,”
said Madiha Memon,
an accounting major
from Marietta and
MSA president.
“We’re excited to
provide an opportu
nity for people to
ask questions and
get answers from
actual Muslims, not
from the media.”
Asa Muslim woman,
Memon said she has never
had a problem practicing
her faith at the University.
“But like anybody, I
sometimes have difficulty
balancing my religious
beliefs and worldy life. Sima
can talk to us about that,
too,” she said.
Memon said many of the
common stereotypes sur
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are still embedded in peo
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have no rights, that they
are treated as second-class
citizens, that they are not
educated and that they are
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MSA.
“People will come to the
event and learn something
new. It’s important for non-
Muslims and other people
unfamiliar with Muslim cul
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When: 7:30 tonight
Where: Tate Grand Hall
Price: Free for students who have paid the stu
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ers.
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questions on note cards when they come
in, and those questions will be read by our
mediator, Dr. Ed Panetta,” Gibson said.
“So students should come prepared with
questions for the speakers.”
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A Freshman Laura Eddy has stepped into an unfamiliar position this
season, excelling at sweeper instead of her normal midfield spot.
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this season, Eddy has started all but
one at sweeper, the central defender
playing just in front of the goalkeeper.
It’s not every day that a freshman
earns a starting spot. For a freshman to
start at sweeper and excel at the posi
tion is virtually unheard of. In his five
seasons at Georgia, it’s something that
Georgia head coach Patrick Baker has
never seen before.
Though Eddy says the pressure of
playing sweeper and being that last line
of defense is certainly there, on the field
her strategy is simple: stay calm.
“You don’t realize how nerve-racking
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get beat by this player,”’ Eddy said. “I
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is just stay calm, stay composed, keep
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ty and finely tuned technical skills that
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it and done well with it,” said McConnell.
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want to have Laura Eddy there.”
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