Between Town Square and Power Struggle

From anti­fa­scist mass pro­tests to deman­ds of ban­ning the AfD to cli­ma­te strikes: while the far-right res­ur­ges, one can wit­ness a gro­wing civic move­ment in Halle. Accompanied by fun­da­men­tal poli­ti­cal tran­si­ti­ons on the natio­nal level, the fol­lowing visu­al review recaps over a year bet­ween pro­test and poli­ti­cal waters­hed moments.

Between Student Council and Inflation

For over six mon­ths, the Student Council fai­led at com­ing to an agree­ment on a rise in stu­dent fees. Only a few weeks pri­or to the University Elections did they start having more inten­se con­ver­sa­ti­ons sur­roun­ding the issue — while almost for­get­ting to inclu­de the Student Faculty Councils. But what exact­ly was at risk for our SFCs?

Stolen knowledge

The Matilda effect descri­bes the sys­te­ma­tic discri­mi­na­ti­on of fema­le sci­en­tists. Its name stems from Matilda Joslyn Gage, a femi­nist and socio­lo­gist, who oppo­sed the widespread sen­ti­ment that women were not sui­ta­ble for sci­en­ti­fic work. This arti­cle will high­light some of the extra­or­di­na­ry sci­en­ti­fic achie­ve­ments and con­tri­bu­ti­ons made by women in science.