The Battalion: April 27, 2011 by The Battalion

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Throughout my childhood, all of our family dogs have been named after the royal family. Therefore I am deﬁnitely watching it. The only royal we have not named a pet after is Charles because my mom isn’t fond of him for obvious reasons.

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I have to register for classes at 5:30 that morning so I will deﬁnitely be watching.

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The Battalion Although entrenched in a sea of protests regarding the creation of a resource center in opposition to the GLBT resource center, Texas A&M might see some relief. Student Body President Jacob Robinson vetoed the controversial student senate bill, SB 63-106, the “Sexual Education Equality in Funding Bill” on Tuesday. “The [proposed] center has no definition. The services that some senators have proposed already exist in student counseling and adults, graduate and office campus student services. I can’t, in good conscience, support student fees going to services we already have,” Robinson said. Online petitions, tweets and notes on Facebook have stirred emotions from both sides. Student senators have not been immune to the controversy.

“We don’t want to slash funding of any organization. We [the Senate] were merely talking about equal spending. I’ve been accused of homophobia, an accusation I have been unable to defend myself on,” said Greg McDuffie, a senior economics major and student senator. Although she voted for the bill’s passage, Speaker of the Senate Hilary Albrecht said Robinson is right to veto the bill. “Given the dialogue that the bill has produced since its passage, the veto was arguably the right decision to make. I can’t say I regret breaking the tie in favor of the bill because it has produced valuable discussion this past week that wouldn’t have occurred otherwise,” Albrecht said. “On behalf of the Student Senate, I apologize for any ill-will that was perceived and apologize to everyone who was angered or hurt by the legislation.” Other senators have a different perspective.

McDuffie said implementing a resource center focusing on “family and traditional values” is in the best interest of A&M. “Student fees are not the only source of funding. We, the students, are not financiers. It’s very possible to fund a center without raising student fees and without defunding an organization,” McDuffie said. Brian Hutchinson, officer of Aggie Allies and junior economics major, is pleased with Robinson’s decision. “The student senate is ignorant of the issues facing the GLBT community. The bill presents a false dichotomy of the GLBT community not being part of the ‘traditional family values’ community,” Hutchinson said. Hutchinson said that members of the gay and lesbian community do have traditional values. The reason gay marriage and adoption

voices | 3-4 Senate bill reaction Read what the speaker of the student senate and other Aggies think about the Sexual Education Equality Funding Bill that was vetoed Tuesday.

See Bill on page 2

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rocrastination leads to cramming and all-nighters with copious amounts of caffeine, energy drinks. However, cramming for exams is not only unhealthy, it is also counterproductive to the student.

Spencer Patel, senior ﬁnance major

No, I wish it was my wedding. But I am Tivo-ing it. Lauren Graham, junior agricultural communication and journalism major

Photo illustration by Paul Mezier — THE BATTALION

As final exams draw near, health professor encourages students not to cram for tests Trevor Stevens

I am recording it because it is way too early. Then I can watch it over and over again. Amy Urban, sophomore general studies major

The Battalion Many students depend on stimulation from caffeine and energy drinks to stay awake for late-night study sessions. Dr. John Simmons, assistant professor at the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, said energy drinks do not provide real energy. “Energy drinks are really a misnomer — they don’t actually provide energy. Energy comes from calories, which should come from nutritious food. What energy drinks provide is stimulation,” Simmons said. Energy drinks cause the body to simulate its natural responses to stressful stimuli, giv-

ing the feeling of alertness. This expends the energy acquired from nutrition, which is needed for the brain to function properly and store information. “For a brief amount of time you are more aware, but afterwards you feel worse. The bad news is short-term or long-term it can cause bad side-effects, such as raising blood pressure, causing you heart to skip beats or giving you false results on drug tests,” Simmons said. Sometimes a student’s schedule allots last minute studying, but many students would agree that planning ahead is more effective than studying the night before. William Simmons, a sophomore business adminis-

tration major, said studying the night before the exam is not fruitful due to the amount of stress. “Seems to me the less amount of stress I have the better the outcome on the test,” William said. “Once when I had to cram, I felt tired while taking the test and my overall comprehension of the material was not great. During the test I could remember studying the subject, but I could not formulate an answer.” Simmons said there is an effective way to cram — in short spurts. “We all do a little cramming before a See Cram on page 2

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Cripple Creek fire raises safety concerns I will be up watching it because I will be signing up for my wonderful classes at 5:30 a.m. Chelsea Springﬁeld, freshman general studies major

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Special to The Battalion Two weeks ago the College Station Fire Department responded to a fire at Cripple Creek Condominiums, home to several Texas A&M students and located near sorority row. Before containment, the blaze caused major damage to 14 of 16 housing units, leading to the loss of tenants’ living spaces and possessions. The inferno was traced back to an improperly disposed cigarette butt left in a trashcan. Students are advised to watch out for careless mistakes such as these to ensure that their own homes do not necessitate 911 calls. Clements Hall Resident Advisor Micah Scott, a sophomore construction science major, has several suggestions on improving students’ fire safety in dorms. “Consult the Residence Hall Handbook, or go online to rha.tamu.edu, to

consult the list of approved and forbidden items for use in the dorms,” Scott said. “Even items you’re probably used to, such as candles, still pose a fire hazard and are forbidden in University housing.” While the restriction on common items may seem excessive for some, many understand that they are enacted for the benefit of the students. “I think it’s in our best interest. I mean accidents happen all the time and it’s just one way of preventing them,” said Cody Osgood, a senior industrial engineering major and third-year resident of the off-campus Woodlands Apartments. “With so many tenants living so close to one another, starting a fire would affect tons of us before a fire truck could get there.” When fire trucks do get involved, the smallest mistake could prove to be costly. See Fire on page 2

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An apartment fire started when a tenant left a cigarette butt in a trash can, ruining 14 units.

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of Aggie Allies. Despite Albrecht’s view that vetoing the bill is the right decision, she said that Continued from page 1 ideally the SBP would have been proactive in addressing concerns prior to the are controversial issues is because hobill’s passage, which she thinks would mosexual couples want to have tradihave mitigated a lot of the miscommutional families. nication. “Robinson’s actions were couraMcDuffie said the minority has a geous. He stood up for an inclusive, stronger voice when it comes to our diverse student body. Senators who student body president vetoing bills. supported this bill used a thinly dis“The voices of the minority are givguised attempt to discriminate against a community who already face harsh in- en an unfairly large consideration. The equalities,” said Brad Dressler, chairman protestors present at the senate meeting

don’t represent the majority of students on campus,” McDuffie said. Robinson has a history of vetoing bills that have overwhelming support from minority groups, including his veto of a bill that would end in-state tuition waivers from undocumented students. “It seems the opinions of interest groups are more valuable than those of the student body,” McDuffie said. “Our mission is to serve the student body and this bill represents the views of the students at A&M.”

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“While there is rarely any criminal liability in cases involving accidental fires, there can be civil liability if you accidentally start a fire, and damages could be sought from you by the apartment you’re living in. If you’re renting property, it’s a good idea to have renter’s insurance, which can protect both your property and save you from liability,” said Bart Humphreys, public information officer for the College Station Fire Department. Apart from potential lawsuits, students are advised to work on preventing fires to protect their own possessions. The fire department’s Mock Dorm Burn during this fall’s Gig ‘Em Week showed students how quickly everything inside a room could be reduced to ashes, while the recent Cripple Creek fire spread over the course of a few hours, leaving residents little time to salvage their possessions. “A fire can gut an entire

test. A little high intensity studying before a test is good, but that should be a review. If you are waiting until the last minute, cramming is better than doing nothing, but it’s vastly inferior to making it just a review. Studies show that after about 15 minutes of high intensity learning you become inefficient. So if you spend four hours in a cram session you probably aren’t doing any better than if you just reviewed for 15 minutes,” Simmons said. Not only does the brain become less efficient after a long study session, but the brain needs sleep in order to convert short-term memories into long-term memories. Ricardo Hernandez, a sophomore English major, said the best way of studying is starting a week before the test. “I go through my notes thoroughly and make flash cards. So far, these methods have worked great for me and will probably use these same methods when studying for finals,” Hernandez said.

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College Station Police Department tend to a fire and advise students renting property to invest in renter’s insurance to protect their property and possessions. floor more quickly than you’d imagine,” Scott said. “So if you hear the fire alarm, get out as soon as you can. Always treat the fire alarm as if it’s a real fire.” While those living in residence halls have to worry about acceptable appliances, those living off-campus must worry about another danger: cooking. “Nationwide, cooking is the leading cause of residential fires,” Hymphreys said. “Good housekeeping habits are a must. Pay attention to

what you’re doing, don’t leave pots and pans unattended and avoid wearing floppy sleeves that risk overturning your cookware.” While students are taking steps into adulthood and learning to live alone, one important life skill they can acquire is fire safety. Knowing how to prevent fires and how to properly respond to them can one day be the difference between life and death.

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Hilary Albrecht: Senators aimed to add equality, increase services

grew up in a traditional family; I have a mother, a father and a younger brother; they instilled values in me I will instill in my children. I am also a bisexual and an advocate of GLBT equality.

s the Speaker of the Senate I’m responsible for representing the Student Senate, and present the following statements on behalf of Senate regarding S.B. 63-106. I do not speak for every student senator, but rather for the organization as a whole.

Since the bill did pass with myself as the deciding vote, it has been adopted as the official opinion of the Student Senate, but this is no longer the case after the bill was vetoed Tuesday. There has been a lot of needed discussion generated since the bill was passed, and I only wish that this discussion could have taken place prior to last Wednesday. Contrary to popular belief, S.B. 63-106 does not advocate for cutting half of the funding for the GLBT Resource Center. The bill supported dollar-for-dollar funding of a traditional family values center based on university funds and student fees allocated to the GLBT Resource Center. The bill also requested that student fees not be raised to accommodate this, but did not say where funding had to come from. This led to assumptions being made that the funding would come at the expense of the GLBT Resource Center. This is a Washington Monument argument, taking the worst possible scenario and predicting it as the most

likely scenario. Also consider that more than 40% of the funding for the GLBT Resource Center comes from a private endowment managed by the Association of Former Students, which would not be factored into the plan. As passed in the Student Senate bill, the plan only dealt with the $60,000 of the GLBT Resource Center’s funding derived from student fees. To clarify, student senators who debated in favor of the bill specifically stated that they think the GLBT Resource Center has a huge need on campus and provides tremendous support for students. If the perception is that this bill is discouraging, intolerant and an attack on the GLBT Resource Center (which overwhelming response to this bill has indicated), then remedial action needs to be taken to correct this misconception. I hope the student body, particularly students who See Albrecht on page 7

If you don’t know, the student government passed a bill last week. This new motion says that because Texas A&M funds a Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender resource center, the University must match those funds, dollar for dollar, to install a “Traditional Family Values” center. All this is to be done without raising student fees. Let me begin by saying I’m not opposed to this center being a part of our college campus. I think that it’s all good-and-well that heterosexuals need “support” in persuing traditional family values. However, this isn’t a bill about family values. In actuality, it is a very poorly concealed attempt to eliminate the GLBT Resources Center from our campus and others like it from public universities around the state. Heterosexuals have the support of our entire nation. They even have my support. In fact, I haven’t met a single homosexual individual who is against heterosexuality. Additionally, I haven’t met a single homosexual individual who advocates anything against traditional family values. On the contrary, the GLBT Resource Center has

encouraged me that even though my feelings of attraction might be non-conventional, there is nothing about my values or morals that have to be any different from when I considered myself heterosexual. Ignorant and uneducated heterosexuals believe that homosexuality is simply about sex. In my case, this couldn’t be farther from the truth. In comparison to my heterosexual friends, male and female, I am by far the least promiscuous. I am a Christian, and I have attended a local church for several years. Although this specific church disagrees with this “choice” I’ve made, I still believe the fundamental truths of Christianity — we are sinners, and Christ died on the cross for the atonement of our sins so that instead of spending eternity in hell we could spend forever with Him in heaven. Because of my faith, I have a very strong set of morals. I don’t want to “hook up” with people — girls or guys — every chance I get. I still See Nielsen on page 7

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It is even worse that the same students ignore that the actual ideas behind â&#x20AC;&#x153;family and traditional valuesâ&#x20AC;? in fact go further than being against GLBT â&#x20AC;&#x201D; they are also against women empowerment and nontraditional families, including single moms, single dads and families that have gone through divorce. Actually, they also ignore that there are divisions in student life that were created just to support adult students in such situations and even in traditional families.

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ore than any other of the myriad traditions associated with Texas A&M, I feel like Muster is really when we put our money where our mouths are in regard to our bluster about all belonging to the Aggie family. With a lot of other institutions, claiming to be a family would be â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is, even â&#x20AC;&#x201D; empty rhetoric meant to cajole donations out of alumni. Not so A&M. Once an Aggie, always an Aggie, we say. No â&#x20AC;&#x153;ex-studentsâ&#x20AC;? of Texas A&M; if you were among us once, we will stand with you always. Even if you never attended a single day of classes â&#x20AC;&#x201D; although thankfully, this year campus Muster will only count one from the class of 2014. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know him. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even know where heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s from. I will probably never know. But because I am part of the family that boy chose, because in choosing that family, he chose me, I likewise choose to mourn for him and for all of the joys and sorrows he would have endured alongside me in this family, this state, this country, on this planet. Muster is on a very fundamental level about how we all belong, and about how the least of us is just as worthy of remembrance as the greatest. It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter who we are. Our colors and churches and classes donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter. We are all Aggies, and we honor our own. So imagine, then, the overwhelming horror I felt when â&#x20AC;&#x201D; on this of all days â&#x20AC;&#x201D; I found out about the resolution that you proposed and the student senate passed last night. That you produced such garbage isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really surprising to me. Various factions on campus have been trying to find an excuse to defund the GLBT resource center for years, and this isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even the first time Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve written to someone angry about it. I suppose itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a little surprising that you chose to use this separate-but-equal tactic, if only because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so manifestly stupid, but then again, when I was a student I actually witnessed an anti-marriage equality protest wherein a dude â&#x20AC;&#x153;marriedâ&#x20AC;? his bike. I guess Texas Aggie Conservatives couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get administration to allow them to bring a goat onto main campus for political purposes. Honestly, the argument isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t any more absurd than any of the dozens of other versions queer advocacy groups and other persons interested in social justice get bombarded with every single day. At any other time, this would just be business as usual: see the news pop-up on MetaFilter, roll eyes, forward to friends with a few exclamation points and then go about the dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s business. The 10 of you, in your wisdom, decided that [Muster day] would be a grand day to make public an open attack on part of that family. And worse, you then decided that it would be appropriate to sign that attack with the names of 46,000 members of that family, thousands of whom will be assembling in a few hoursâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; time to do right by their fellow Aggies at the campus Muster Ceremony. And to that I say: no. Esteemed members of the A&M Student Senate, you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get to do that. You do not have the right to taint today with bigotry and hate, and the fact that you thought it not only appropriate but fair to do such a thing makes me wonder about you. Something like this goes so far beyond bad bull; it undermines not only the very values that you are disingenuously claiming to stand for, but the entire spirit and reality of both Muster and of Texas A&M. When I started writing this, I was agonizing over whether I should even go to my local Muster this year. I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sure how I could square the sick feeling I had in my chest over this with not only my responsibility but my desire to honor my Aggie family. How many of them would approve of the sophistry that the elected representatives of current students have so proudly endorsed? Can I even claim them as family at all? I still donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know the answer to those questions, but I do know this: if you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t set aside your prejudices in order to support your fellow Aggies, on this day especially, then Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not sure you deserve to be counted among this family at all. Softly call the Muster â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be there.

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The Battalion The No. 6 Texas A&M baseball team weathered a rough start from sophomore pitcher Brandon Parrent Tuesday to score five unanswered runs and carry a lead into the ninth inning, only to blow the save and eventually fall 8-5 to the visiting Sam Houston State Bearkats. Before the game started, Sam Houston State Head Coach Mark Johnson was honored with a painting of his No. 7 jersey unveiled on right field wall. Johnson served as the Aggies’ manager from 1985-2005 and is the winningest baseball coach in school history. “They’re extremely well coached,” Texas A&M Head Coach Rob Childress said. “They played extremely well. There were no surprises tonight.” The Bearkats hammered Parrent from the first pitch. After the first two batters retired on long fly balls, first baseman Chris Andreas finally connected with one and sent it over the left-field wall for the first run of the game. The battering continued in the second inning, when the Bearkat bats brought in two more scores and gave the visitors a 3-0 lead. “He hasn’t pitched good enough, bottom line,” Chil-

dress said. “We have to have a guy who can go out Tuesday night who can give us a solid six, seven innings. I’m disappointed.” The home team finally made a mark on the scorecard in the fourth inning, thanks to some sloppy pitching by Sam Houston State. After allowing the first three batters free passage to first, Paul Spinn walked junior third baseman Adam Smith, forcing sophomore Tyler Naquin home from third. A passed ball during the next at bat allowed freshman center fielder Krey Bratsen to steal home and later junior designated hitter Matt Juengel’s RBIground out to the shortstop knotted the game at 3-3. Bratsen also orchestrated the go-ahead run during the next inning when his single up the middle brought home sophomore Brandon Wood. Bratsen later scored on junior Jacob House’s single that took a funny bounce and slipped through the legs of Bearkat shortstop Braeden Riley, giving the Aggies a 5-3 advantage. Texas A&M looked destined to put another win in the books when junior Joaquin Hinojosa, who leads the team with eight saves, came out to start the ninth. The visitors had other plans though, as Andreas connect-

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Junior first baseman Jacob House went 2-for-6 Tuesday against Sam Houston State, driving in one run in the Aggies 8-5 extra inning loss. The Aggies have won four out of seven extra inning games this season. ed on his second bomb of the night, a two-run shot that tied the game 5-5. Sophomore pitcher Dylan Mendoza came relief in the 10th inning, but also proved unsuccessful. Although he struck out three, he also gave up two hits and a walk that loaded the bases for the Bearkats. After being pulled in favor of senior pitcher Steve

Martin, after ceding the lead in the top of the 12th, Martin also allowed a run when his wild pitch soared past the glove of senior catcher Kevin Gonzales. Freshman Derrick Hadley was then given a shot, but he gave up a score when Riley’s blooper sailed just over the head of senior third baseman Andrew Collazo, giving the visitors an

8-5 lead. The Aggies tried to rally in the bottom of the 12th to no avail. After Juengel and House went down, Collazo singled to right field and then stole second. However, the following batter was unable to bring Collazo around to score. The Aggies will look to get back on track after drop-

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other means. In addition to the multitude of support and services already provided at the GLBT Resource Center, maybe it could encompass even more resources for more students to use. The conversations that could be had might feel more balanced and maybe lead to additional growth, learning and understanding for more students. Please let your student senators know your opinion, so that the Student Senate can support that opinion. Student government elections are conducted so that student opinion can be more effectively voiced and advocated for, but without increased participation in the process, student government will not represent students to

the utmost ability. A central problem of student government is the relative apathy of the student body in voting in elections, voicing opinion on issues or even participating in surveys. I urge you to contact your respective senators in your colleges and residencies with your opinion and interact more with student government so that true student opinion can be voiced. Let this be a lesson to everyone to take due diligence in both advocating for their student opinion and holding student government accountable to that student opinion by voting in elections and staying in contact with their student senators.

how far we’ve come with GLBT rights — but we’re still not there. Not even Continued from page 3 close. There was a time when homosexuality was believe that I should wait considered a mental illness. until I’m in a relationship Homosexuality was only that I’ve committed to for taken off the list of mental the rest of my life to beillnesses about 35 years have sexually with another ago. Today we’re seeing individual. I understand same-sex unions recogthat this isn’t always true nized in several states and with homosexuals, but the same can be said for people same-sex marriage legal in who are heterosexuals. This many other countries. For the rest of my life, even Family Values Center is if I am married to a man, supposed to advocate abI will be an advocate of stinence, which I support, same-sex equality. but many heterosexuals are Second, and most imuninterested in that choice. portantly, my love is blind. Additionally, if heterosexuals need support in this I could care less whether you are a male or female, area, they need to look no I’m going farther than to love you the mandafor who tory health you are. Be willing to classes at It’s not this Univeraccept that about gensity. Sexualwe’re all different. der to me. ity is never Be willing to not only It never has discussed, tolerate members of been and it and safe homosexual the GLBT community, never will be. sex is never but to stand up for In even mentheir rights as well. response tioned. to this bill, In a lot Emily Nielsen, junior and after of ways I’m new to industrial distribution hearing the this whole major opinions of my friends “gay” in the thing. It’s GLBT community, I have something I’ve dealt with mixed feelings about the all my life, but slowly this Aggie ring I received last semester, I’ve started my week. I’m constantly afraid own coming out process. for my safety and the safety The last Friday of spring of my friends on campus. break I made the biggest I have amazing grades, am step someone in my posiinvolved in several campus tion can take and told my parents my feelings on ho- organizations outside of mosexuality, and how they GLBTA and I value the traditions and values I’ve affected me. I’m beyond learned in my three years blessed to have received at Texas A&M. However, love and understanding because I have feelings for from them, and I’d like to share with you some of the members of the same sex, I am less valued, my opinions things I shared with them. are less appreciated and as First, I believe in equalan individual, I am considity. It’s amazing to see

ered less important than I was before the words “I’m bisexual” came out of my mouth. I’d like to issue a call to every Aggie, no matter your race, religion or sexual identity. As an Aggie, do you tolerate the blatant messages of hate and disgust toward people in my position that take place on this campus? If your roommate, sibling or best friend were gay, how would you respond? How would you want them to be treated? Be willing to accept that we’re all different. Be willing to not only tolerate members of the GLBT community, but to stand up for their rights as well. In closing, I have to say that the GLBT Resource Center has supported me in ways I can’t possibly explain. Without it, the last three months of my life would have been exponentially more difficult. If this bill isn’t repealed, we are in danger of losing that center because we will most likely lose our funding. It has offered a listening ear to those who need to talk, a crying shoulder to those who have been hurt and support and love to several individuals who were considering taking their own lives because of sexuality. I hope that my children grow up in a world where sexuality doesn’t default to heterosexual, where they are taught to love others like I do — based on the content of another’s character and not on the combination of their chromosomes. I sign this boldly, and with no fear.

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have been vocal about this issue, will help student government rectify this perception and find a mutually agreeable solution to the issue for the benefit of all students. As mentioned in The Battalion on Monday, maybe there is a creative innovation that can be found that will satisfy everyone. The purpose of this bill was to allow student fee money to be used in a way that benefits as many students as possible. There are many instances in which more resources for heterosexual students would be helpful, whether that’s through a TFV center or through

Nielsen

Hilary Albrecht is a junior political science major.

Emily Nielsen is a junior industrial distribution major.

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