Andie Graham

Class of 2009
Letters, Arts, and Sciences
Penn State DuBois
Nominated by Keely Roen

Every year, the ECO club at Penn State DuBois holds a fundraiser.  In the spring of 2007, the club decided to host a pudding wrestling match.  The ECO club is a male-dominated club populated by the Wildlife Technology Program--a program with 24 men and only four women. While the event was likely well-intentioned, even the publicity for the event--in which a woman wrestles another woman in a pool of pudding--was causing a spate of sexist remarks.  Sexually suggestive comments that objectified women were heard on campus and male students posted photos of the potential wrestlers online, accompanied by degrading comments.  One student, who initially supported the event, listened to the reactions and became increasingly concerned, and she chose to do something about it. That student is Andie Graham.