ICBFP2019 - The 4th International Conference on Banking and Finance Perspectives at EMU on Thursday, May 02, 2019 08:00

The Department of Banking and Finance (Eastern Mediterranean University) cordially invites submissions of your research papers for the presentation at the 4th International Conference on Banking and Finance Perspectives (ICBFP-2019) to be held at at Eastern Mediterranean University on Thursday, May 02, 2019 08:00

7th International Conference on Gender Studies starts at EMU on Thursday, October 10, 2019 08:00

The Administrative Board of Center for Women’s Studies - Eastern Mediterranean University is pleased to announce that the 7th International Conference on Gender Studies: Gender, Space, Place & Culture – will be held on 10– 12 October 2019. Conference will take place in Rauf Raif Denktaş Culture and Congress Center in Famagusta. The goal of the conference is to provide a place for scholars, experts, professionals and activists with interdisciplinary backgrounds related to gender and space relations to exchange new ideas and latest researches. And conference seek to create a ground to examine relations between various disciplines such as urban planning, architecture, politics, gender and women’s studies, anthropology, environmental studies, sociology, and history.

Deadline for submission of proposals is May 1st, 2019.

Conference Web Page: https://gspc.emu.edu.tr/en

Conference mail: gspc@emu.edu.tr

Middle school math teacher Miranda fired over topless selfie sent to boyfriend

A middle school teacher says she was fired after an old topless selfie that she once sent to an ex-boyfriend popped up in a student’s inbox.

Three years ago, Lauren Miranda, a 7th-grade math teacher at Bellport Middle School in New York sent the private photo to her then-boyfriend, a teacher in the district. The couple soon split, but in January, the photo — that Miranda says she’s never made public — was attained by a student.

Miranda, 25, of Mastic Beach was fired from the South Country Central School District on Wednesday for not being a “role model,” according to a $3 million dollar lawsuit from attorney John Ray. This, despite a December 2017 evaluation (sent to Yahoo Lifestyle by Ray), calling Miranda an “outstanding” and “highly effective” teacher who was “genuinely dedicated” to her students. 

Upon the discovery of the selfie, says the lawsuit, administrators interrogated Miranda “with the intention of humiliating, embarrassing, and berating” her about the photo. “Lauren was called into a meeting with all these men who flashed her photo on a computer screen and said, ‘Is this you?'” Ray tells Yahoo Lifestyle.

Miranda was suspended without pay, says the lawsuit, and on March 27, the school board voted to fire her. 

“That picture was never posted,” Miranda said at a press conference. “How it got out is the million dollar question…If a male teacher’s nipples were displayed, there would be no punishment.”

Miranda said her principal told her, “How can I put you in front of a classroom where boys would be able to pull out their phone and look at this image of you?'”

Ray tells Yahoo Lifestyle his client is also being denied tenure, for which she was eligible this year. “The school district’s motive is discriminatory — they intended to sexualize her because she’s a woman.” He says the school would not reinstate Miranda’s job instead of a lawsuit.

“I loved my job, I never woke up in the morning and didn’t want to go,” Miranda said at the press conference. “I loved my students, my faculty. I really thought this is where I was going to spend the next thirty years of my life.”

Murder Suspect Was Allegedly Seeking Treatment at Mental Health Facility Before Arrest - Nipsey Hussle Case

The man currently under arrest for the murder of Nipsey Hussle was allegedly nabbed while trying to check himself into a mental health facility.

According to a witness at the scene of Eric Holder’s arrest, the suspect had called a mental health facility and claimed he needed “help.”

Holder was arrested in the parking lot of Telecare Los Angeles Hopes and Opportunities Program in Bellflower, CA. According to their site, the facility “operates under contract with the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health to provide culturally competent mental health services to adults with serious mental illnesses.”

Sources close to the situation tell The Blast Holder has a history of mental illness, and it was known among his circle of friends that he had allegedly previously sought treatment at a facility.

As we reported, officers reported Tuesday afternoon they had a “187 suspect” held at gunpoint when they cuffed Holder. He was later positively identified by LAPD as the suspect in Nipsey’s death.