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Issue 11 • Wednesday, May 10, 2022 •
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Assault leaves student shaken BY JADA PORTILLO Opinion Editor
ADDRESSING THE TOLL OF MENSTRUATION Menstruation disrupts roughly half of the world’s population, when will the other half begin to take it seriously? BY ARIANNA JUÁREZ
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n February, Spain took a step towards health equity that the United States and other countries have failed to address. The Spanish parliament passed legislation giving workers the right to take time off work for excessive menstrual pain, the first European country to pass legislation of this kind, according to NPR. This monumental step in addressing a common health issue left me wishing the United States would pass something similar. As someone who struggles monthly with severe menstrual pain, having this kind of support would make my life significantly easier. I would feel more supported and justified in seeking accommodation on the days I am struggling. The reality is that my story of severe menstruation pain is not uncommon. People who menstruate often NEWS put up with symptoms like excessive bleeding, painful cramping, nausea, COMMENTARY vomiting, and headaches to name a few. On my worst days, the pain and discomfort I feel prevent me from getting out of bed. Painful cramps knock the wind out of me, making even the slightest of movement unbearable. Excessive bleeding makes it so that I have to remain at home. An iron deficiency only exacerbates the effects of my excessive bleeding, making me feel light-headed, dizzy, and nauseous during most of my cycle. While my symptoms might sound extreme, multiple reproductive health doctors have told me that they are normal. I’ve had countless exams, x-rays, and sonograms taken just to make sure my symptoms were not indicating any other problems with my overall reproductive health. Every test has come back normal, and every x-ray and sonogram shows nothing but a healthy reproductive system, functioning exactly as it should. What do these results mean, then? They indicate that my pain is something I will have to live with for the rest of my child-bearing years. They also indicate that the severity of these symptoms is within range of what medical professionals deem normal. If this type of debilitating pain is normal in our society, why wouldn’t the U.S. include menstruation pain in its sick leave
See PERIOD, page 11
On April 24 at 4 p.m., a sexual battery occurred at Cunningham North Path near Cunningham 2 parking lot. Later that evening, students and faculty were issued a Mustang alert. Robert Andrew Marquez, 29, was arrested on April 25 by State Parole and was transported to San Joaquin County Jail by campus police after allegedly touching the buttocks of a female. The female victim reported at 4:32 p.m. on April 24, the suspect started a conversation with her. The victim continued to walk toward her car in the parking lot and stopped talking to the suspect but he continued to follow her. The suspect stumbled and touched the victim’s buttocks with his hand. “30 minutes is enough time for somebody to hop in a car and get way away from here or even walking, get to an area where we’ll never be able to find them,” Police Sergeant and Public Information Officer Jim Bock said, noting how State Parole saw the alert and was able to provide a name and an interview for the suspect. “In this case, it just shows a great partnership with State Parole.”
See SUSPECT, page 11
National Library Week features author Sarah Lohman BY ARIANNA JUÁREZ Editor-in-Chief
On Apr. 26, author Sarah Lohman held a virtual talk for Delta students to discuss her new book Eight Flavors: The Untold Story of American Cuisine. The event was held in part to commemorate National Library Week at Delta. Delta hosted a variety of events meant to highlight the services provided by the Goleman Library. These events included raffles, workshops, and book sales. Wednesday’s event was hosted by history professor Dr. Sarah Seekatz, who is also chairperson of the Cultural Awareness Program at Delta. Seektaz is featured in Lohman’s upcoming book Endangered Eating: America’s Vanishing Foods, where she and Lohman teamed up to research date fruits in California’s Coachella Valley. During the National Library Week event, Lohman spoke extensively about Ranji Smile, an Indian immigrant chef, known for introducing Indian cuisine to Americans in the early twentieth century.
See LOHMAN, page 11
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