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LGBTQ advocate hopes to create safer environment By Lenae Allen Texas A&M hosted Eliel Cruz for his seminar “Eliel Cruz: Bisexual ity and Religion” on Tuesday evening, when he discussed bisexuality and how it applies to religion. Cruz used his own personal experi ences, and gave examples of “do’s and don’ts” about how to treat bisexuals. Cruz relayed his vision for a safer envi ronment for bisexuals, gays and lesbians to share their own experiences. Cruz hit on how bisexuals are of ten left out in the media and how they are treated in many religious institutes, even though they compose roughly 2/3 of all women and 1/3 of all men in the LGBTQ community. Using ex amples from his past, Cruz spoke about his personal struggles. Cruz said in his youth he faced depression and his de sire to be re-accepted into his church community after being asked to leave his high school because of his sexual orientation. “I am a Christian, I am a bisexual person, I was raised in the church, I am still going to church,” Cruz said. Chemistry freshman Micah Jackson said he wanted to see what Cruz’s ex periences were. “A lot of people go through hard ships in life, and I want to see how his affected him as a person,” Jackson said. Cruz’s lecture, which he titled “Bi the way,” worked to clear up confusing terms and derogatory names given to the bisexual community so as to edu cate people against harmful language towards bisexuals. “[It] isn’t talked about very much in the LGBT community, let alone in the secular media,” Cruz said. Cruz discussed how depression is a large factor in the bisexual community. Cruz said he enjoys helping people by being a source they can go to talk to. “The closet kills,” Cruz said. After the speech, Keyuana Hilliard, Entomology freshmen, said she realized that bisexuals are just like any other person in the community and need to be recognized as such so they can be brought into the local community. MORE AT THEBATT.COIVl CAMPUS Student conference to examine problems facing the nation JR6esoa..rxol: i JEWseovet FACIAL ACNE Individuals, 12 to 40 years of age with facial acne • • Up to $300 paid to qualified participants for time & travel • il u\ 1 SC OV«» -y (979) 731-1212 www.DiscoveResearch.com o Over $65,000 in weekly cash prizes ! Qmi feed at Gmi Pmm MWMl Off 8011 E f4 €5 LO SED Security ♦ Unlimited Pull Tabs I Event Tabs NON-SHOWNO SECTION!! 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The three-day event, titled “Surviv ing Ourselves: Igniting the Human Po tential,” marks SCONA’s 60th annual conference. The Student Conference on National Affairs will host four speakers this year, including the current chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff and a former director of the NSA and CIA. Katie Scott, SCONA chair and in ternational studies senior, said this year’s conference is focused on international and domestic human capital issues. “We are looking at how much we are worth in society and what limits us and what are some innovative ways that we can overcome challenges that face us domestically and internationally,” Scott said. “Part of how we are going to do that is by looking at other countries and see ing how they handle issues like immigration and domestic poverty and their military and seeing what they are doing.” Scott said other speakers include Wil liam Davis, director of the United Na tions Development Programme in the Washington Representation Office and Texas A&M international studies assistant professor Dinah Hannaford. Hannaford said university faculty of ten push students to think critically inside and outside the classroom. She wants the conference to be a chance for students to critically examine the issues and view them from new perspectives. “So, what I hope is that my discussion will make them consider what kind of as sumptions are already in the term - human capital’ and to always look for issues of V "Whether you are a lawyer, doctor or engineer, whatever your major is, the policies that are enacted by our leaders will affect your life." Katie Scott, international studies senior who has power and what kind of ways power gets used,” Hannaford said. Scott said national affairs affect every one and she wants the A&M commu nity to know how national affairs impact them. “Whether you are a lawyer, doctor or engineer, whatever your major is, the policies that are enacted by our leaders will affect your life,” Scott said. “So, knowing about them and having ideas and opinions about them is super impor tant.” Evan Flores, SCONA media repre sentative and international studies senior, said he encourages students to attend, re gardless of major. “Any kind of perspective that can be brought to it — as an international studies major I might not understand one of the topics that might deal with engineering, or architecture, or economy,” Flores said. “So we need delegates who can come in and can bring that technical point of view, and the knowledge and expertise on those kind of tilings.” Flores said the three-day conference features a series of roundtables, wherein participating students are presented a particular topic or issue and challenged to create a feasible solution. Flores says the roundtable draws crowds of students from across the nation. “They make a proposal and they have speakers and facilitators there at their own roundtables,” Hores said. “At the end of it we compare and compete and see who has the best written policy, content wise and also just really creative ideas as well. Luckily we are able to have great ideas, past years have been really great.” The conference begins on Feb. 19 and runs through Feb. 21. While the round tables are only available to registered del egates, the speaker sessions are free and open to the public. W. BASKETBALL No. 14 A&M travels to Columbia to take on Missouri Thursday By Andre Perrard The Texas A&M women’s basketball team will look for its sixth SEC win Thursday night against the Missouri Ti gers. After beating Auburn on Sunday, the Aggies will aim for their second straight win. The Tigers (12-10, 2-7 SEC) are led by Jordan Frericks, who is averaging 13.5 points and 9.9 re bounds per game. Frericks is third in the SEC in field goal percentage, shooting 48 percent from the floor. Also, Morgan Eye leads the conference in three-point ers made with 56 makes on 161 attempts for 34 per cent. The Tigers are fourth in the SEC in rebounding, pulling down an average of 38 rebounds per game. On the A&M side, the team works to get back on track after consecutive road losses to then-No. 22 Georgia and No. 1 South Carolina. A&M has a tandem of its own on offense. The Aggies are led by Court ney Williams and Court ney Walker, who average 14.3 and 14.5 points per game, respectively, and rank sixth and seventh in the SEC. Jordan Jones leads the SEC in assists per game with 6.9. Achiri Ade is fourth in the SEC in rebounding, grabbing 8.3 per game. With the barrage of three- pointers to be shot by Mis souri, Ade will be busy all night. On offense, the Aggies rank third in the SEC in assists, as the team dishes 14.4 per game. Sharing the ball will be key down the stretch for the Aggies. Taylor Cooper, Tavar- sha Scott-Williams and Rachel Mitchell should see time off the bench to help lead the Aggies and give the starters some rest when needed. Tip-off is at 8 p.m. Thursday. The game will be shown on the SEC Network. FILE Junior forward Courtney Williams ranks among the top 10 in the SEC in scoring with 14.3 points per game.
