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A&M hosted a presentation by Eliel Cruz on being bisexual and how
that impacts religion Wednesday.
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
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“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
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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
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By Josh Hopkins
The 2015 SCONA conference will
gather delegates from across the
country to come up with solutions to
problems facing the United States.
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
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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.