The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, January 27, 2015, Image 4

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The Battalion I 1.27.15
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Tanner Garza —THE BATTALION
Northgate Barber Shop has provided haircuts to Corps members since 1935.
BARBER CONTINUED
think I’ll get used to how short it is,” Har
vey said. “The first time I got it cut, it
was freezing outside. My head felt pretty
good going in and when I came out it
was freezing.”
Caceres said it has been interesting
in her time at the shop to see how the
Corps has grown while maintaining the
same tradition.
Baker said Northgate has changed dras
tically in their time at the shop.
“Back when I got here in ’97, there
were no bars on the street and now it’s
almost all bars,” Baker said. “Improve
ments have been made by the city and
there’s hardly any free parking anymore.
Through these changes we’ve lost some
locals who used to be able to drive here,
but in exchange we’ve gained more regu
lar students on foot because of new hous
ing being built on Northgate.”
Caceras said parking was much easier
in the past.
“When College Main was open, peo
ple could just drive by the shop,” Caceres
said. “You used to be able to drive on this
street and park on this street right in front
of the shop.”
Despite the changes, the shop has been
able to keep a strong customer base.
“It’s definitely different,” Baker said.
“People thought it was going to hurt us
and a lot of businesses have been hurt by
it but we’re still going.”
As a staple of Northgate for 80 years
now, Northgate Barber Shop is about
much more than just cutting hair, Cace
res said.
“The most rewarding thing for me is to
see [the Corps] come in as freshmen and
then see those same people come in as se
niors with their freshmen,” Caceres said.
Baker said the employees get to wimess
a transformation of sorts within the Corps.
“They come in as boys and leave as
men,” Baker said. “In those four years
there is a huge difference in who they
are.”
Corps Commander David Trigg said
some cadets have developed a rapport
with all the shops in the area over the
years.
“Cadets have great conversations with
barbers and get to know them on a per
sonal level,” Trigg said.
The shop takes great pride in this re
lationship with the Corps, Caceres said.
“We love our Corps, and I think it’s
the pride of Aggieland,” Caceres said.
“We take pride in every haircut we give
because I think we’re the oldest tradition
on Northgate and we try our best to make
them look the best because they represent
us and that’s who we are. ”
MARRIAGE CONTINUED
result from a nationally recognized same-
sex marriage are myriad for America’s
LGBT population. Katie Higgins, geo
graphic information science technology
junior and president of LGBTQ Aggies,
said a civil marriage would offer protec
tions such as hospital visitation rights,
power of attorney, social security benefits
and many other rights offered to hetero
sexual couples.
“A same-sex married couple at Texas
A&M could file as married on FAFSA
and they could apply for married student
housing, for starters,” Higgins said. “[A
same-sex couple] could apply for and
receive partner benefits from the univer
sity and the university could not legally
deny them any sort of promotion, tenure
or job based on their status as a same-sex
couple.”
Penrose said one of the biggest issues
facing same-sex couples is the validity of
their marriage in states that do not recog
nize same-sex marriage as legal.
“Many couples feel ‘wedlocked,’
meaning they cannot get divorced if
they got married out of state,” Penrose
said. “Others may hesitate to move to a
non-recognition state due to the loss of
benefits, uncertainties regarding their
children and the status of their family re
lationships. ”
While the declaration of same-sex
marriage as constitutional would be a
paramount victory for the nation’s LGBT
community, it could barely stand alone as
the designated trump card for every issue
the LGBT community faces. Marketing
junior Jesus Lara said LGBT struggles go
beyond marriage and society commonly
mistakes it as the only problem that needs
to be resolved.
“If we act like legalizing gay marriage
is the win-all end-all, I feel like a lot of
other issues will get downplayed,” Lara
said. “[The U.S. government] isn’t seeing
so many other issues, such as violence and
a lack of acceptance within communities.
It may take a long time for them to come
and reach us.”
Even though such acts will not be
solved by a constitutional right to marry,
legalizing gay marriage would help mem
bers of the gay community feel safer, Lara
said.
“The fact that some people can’t even
marry the ones they love takes a toll on
how they live everyday,” Lara said. “If the
current ban is overturned, not only would
it be a big step in marriage equahty but it
would be a big step in making gay couples
feel like they matter.”
CORPS CONTINUED
“Changing locations for
any organization is difficult,
for corporations or organi
zations,” Trigg said. “But
the central mission of the
Corps of Cadets for shaping
leaders and developing well-
educated leaders of character
will remain the same. We
have built in processes and
put in the time this semester
and previous semesters to
prepare for this transition so
we’ll still be able to achieve
our central mission for the
Corps of Cadets.”
Knowles said the exterior
will look similar post-reno
vation, but the interior will
be unrecognizable to former
students.
“A lot of old Ags come
and visit, and the dorms
haven’t changed at all,”
Knowles said. “The smell is
the same, a lot of them walk
in and say, ‘Dear God it
smells the same.’ So for new
faces and new times, noth
ing will change. Just
old Ags who come
by won’t recognize
the place anymore.”
Students whose
dorms are being
renovated dur
ing the 2015-2016
school year will
reside in Aston and
Dunn Halls in the
Commons, Schrank
said.
Knowles said
Corps members are
tentative about the
shift of some Corps
housing into the
Commons.
“It’s kind of ter
rifying to do Corps
shenanigans inside
the Commons,”
Knowles said. “We
can’t really fathom
it. A lot of my class
and buddies have
talked about it and
we are very curious
as to how training will occur
near and in where non-regs
live. I don’t actually even
know what the Commons
look like.”
Schrank said some Corps
movement will be affected
by the renovations. Outfits
will have to modify their drill
locations, and the Corps as a
whole will need to change
their march routes to Dun
can and to Kyle Field.
Timothy Broderick,
Residence Hall Association
president, said the Quad’s
renovation has been han
dled largely with the Office
of the Commandant. Brod
erick said while the changes
may cause some chaos in the
short term, it is important
for both the Corps and the
campus in the long term.
Broderick said the con
struction is an annoyance,
but an unavoidable one.
“It is going to be compli
cated, but the benefit of all
the construction being com
pleted in a short time is you
don’t have that lingering ef
fect,” Broderick said. “One
of the things when trying
to decide whether to do all
of them or just a few dorms
every year, you are going to
have that construction there
anyway, you are going to
have all those trucks and
equipment renovating these
dorms —just do it all in one
shot.”
Trigg said the renova
tions will hold a lasting im-
V
"It is going to be
complicated, but
the benefit of all the
construction being
completed in a short time
is you don't have that
lingering effect. One of
the things when trying
to decide whether to
do all of them or just a
few dorms every year,
you are going to have
that construction there
anyway, you are going to
have all those trucks and
equipment renovating
these dorms — just do it
all in one shot."
Timothy Broderick,
Residence Hall Association president
pact for both the Corps and
the Quad.
“The attitude is this: It
has to happen,” Trigg said.
“There isn’t any animosity
toward the decision, we just
know that by making that
sacrifice and kind of chang
ing our operation procedure
for a short two years we will
provide an environment
that will make the Quad
better forever.”
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