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Reports out of Austin regard-

ing the shooting on the University

of Texas campus raise significant

alarm for campuses nationwide —

especially in Texas.

In Texas we are adamant about

gun rights and small govern-

ment, but this comes at a cost.

UT students would have paid this

cataclysmic cost Tuesday morning

if they were the targets of a sopho-

more math major armed with an

AK-47 inside the campus library.

Colton Tooley, 19, fired a series

of shots outside the library, before

shooting inside and ultimately

killing himself on the sixth floor.

The most shocking part of

the matter is, accord-

ing to the National

Rifle Association’s

website, Tooley did

not violate any state

laws until he dis-

charged his weapon.

That’s right, calmly

carrying a loaded assault rifle

on a crowded college campus does

not violate state law. A&M policy,

however, prohibits weapons on

our campus.

Texas gun laws do not restrict

where any firearm can be carried

other than machine guns and

handguns. Allowing rifles and shot-

guns on high school and college

campuses and other venues that

continually house large crowds is

simply too much of a risk.

Yes, it is important to preserve

personal rights, and law-abiding

citizens should be able to defend

themselves. However, this incident

alone is a prime example of the

risks associated with permitting the

purchase, possession and carrying

of rifles and shotguns with little to

no restraint.

The balance of rewards simply

does not come close to outweigh-

ing the risks. With a modern

military grade weapon, such as

Tooley’s Kalashnikov, he could

have easily slain dozens in a matter

of seconds.

A&M shouldn’t have to

supersede state law to protect its

students. Texas needs to join A&M

and make it outright illegal to have

firearms on any campus. There

should be no question that

an armed civilian on a

college campus presents

a danger and significant

risk that needs to be

addressed.

Violence should be

prevented by the proper

authorities, not armed, private

citizens who can actually perpetu-

ate the danger. It is far too easy

for a real gunman to blend in and

escape or continue their rampage

and take advantage of vigilantes

who are prone to mistakes and can

make matters worse.

If we don’t do something,

shooters like Tooley toting as-

sault rifles around campuses will

go unchecked, and someday,

somewhere, the scale will tip again

– and it will be devastating.

No campus is invulnerable,

including ours.

Shooting raises alarm, disarm campuses

EDITORIAL

The risk of guns on campus

outweigh benefi ts of vigilantism.

The Battalion’s editorial opinion is determined by its Board of Opinion, with the

editor in chief having fi nal responsibility.

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Editor in Chief Matt Woolbright

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Managing Editor Megan Ryan

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Opinion Editor Ian McPhail

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Student opens fire at UT, kills self

The sound of gunfire shattered the usual routine of morning classes at the University of Texas at Austin Tuesday when a shooter opened fire in a busy area on the south end of campus near the larg-est dormitory.

At about 8:15 a.m., the shooter opened fire at an unknown target with an AK-47 by the Littlefield Fountain. The total number of shots fired remains un-clear; however, no students, other than the shooter, or emergency personnel sus-tained injuries in the incident.

Later in the day, the Travis County Medical Examiner’s office identified the shooter as Colton Tooley, 19, a sopho-more math major.

Texas sophomore Megan Hodges was in class nearby when the shooting started. Students were on lockdown and took cover during the danger.

“After waiting for like an hour, a SWAT team came in and escorted us out,” Hodges said. “They were waiting by the door with cocked guns in hand and made us all raise our hands in the air while they searched the building. When I finally got outside, there were more police officers and tanks, and helicopters were everywhere. It was really scary, and it really shook me up.”

After the initial shots, police chased Tooley on foot to the Perry-Castaneda Library. At 9:12 a.m. UT Police reported that Tooley had been found dead of an apparent self inflicted gunshot wound on the sixth floor of the library.

Ty Petty and Matt WoolbrightThe Battalion

See Shooting on page 2

Photos courtesy of The Daily Texan

After firing numerous shots on the UT campus Tuesday, Colton Tooley, 19, was chased by police to the Perry-Castaneda Library where he fatally shot himself. Tooley was wearing a dark suit and a ski mask. The campus was closed and on lockdown after the shootings. UT Police reported Tooley dead at 9:12 a.m. on the sixth floor of the library. Police searched the campus for a possible second shooter, but after further investigation concluded it was only Tooley. No one else was hurt.

Dining Services open forum allows students to voice concerns

Student senate and the Residence Hall Association jointly held an open forum Tuesday, to discuss measures that have been approved by the University which will, starting in 2012, require all students living in residence halls to purchase $1,200 in dining dollars each semester. It will also remove meal plans entirely, which means stu-dents will purchase all their on-campus meals with dining dollars, or cash.

“The purpose of this forum is to allow students to voice their opinions and concerns to the student senate and the RHA,” said Katherine Gnadinger, president of the Residence Hall Association.

Scott Bowen, the speaker pro tempore of the student senate, and David Riddle, the director of Texas A&M dining services, were also in attendance.

“The student opinion expressed here will give student senate a clearer idea of what stance we should take on this issue. If the dissent is strong enough, we can push for a repeal of this addition to campus residents’ fees,” Bowen said.

A point of concern for many of the students in atten-dance was that the approval of this plan happened out of the public eye, and while not necessarily obscured, there

wasn’t much perceived effort to let students know what was being proposed, and those students who were aware of the proposed plan did not realize how imminent the decision was.

“Between RHA and student senate, and other student organizations, I think we all knew this was out there, but at the same time, I don’t think anyone knew this was reaching the decision phase until the decision had already been made, and that’s when we [student senate] started meeting with the RHA,” Bowen said.

Other students in attendance voices concerns regard-ing residents with food allergies who are unable to eat on campus. This grievance was addressed by Riddle, who confirmed that there will be a process in place by which students with special circumstances such as food allergies would be able to exempt themselves from the obligation to purchase dining dollars.

Other students voiced concerns for campus resi-dents with limited financial resources, and the effect that an obligatory purchase of dining dollars would have on them.

“If you double the cost of living on campus, which is effectively what you’re doing, people are going to do

Ryan SeyboldThe Battalion

See Dining on page 4

Cyclist crashes into car, dies at scene in Bryan

Tuesday morning at 7:41 am, the Bryan Police Department responded to an accident at the 400 Block on the North Harvey Mitchell Parkway just south of the Villa Maria intersection. A cyclist was riding against traffic and attempted to change lanes when a 1999 Nissan Maxima struck the cyclist. The cyclist was pronounced dead at the scene. Sergeant Steven Spillars of the Bryan Police Department was an of-ficer that responded to the call.

“[Accidents] are preventable, cyclists need to be aware because they have less of a profile, so reflective clothing and required markings at night can make a cyclist more visible,” Spillars said. “Cyclists need to be aware of the traf-fic laws because they must follow them as well.”

Bicycles are meant to follow the same traffic laws as cars and, they are involved with same traffic accidents.

Cyclists’ involvement in traffic ac-cidents is fairly common in the Unit-

ed States. In 2009 51,000 bicyclists were injured and of that 630 bi-cyclists died in a colli-sion on U.S. roads. Bicyclists’ deaths account for two percent of the 2009 traffic fatali-ties according to the Bicycle Safety Helmet Institute.

According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission the num-ber of recorded head injuries from Bicycle accidents in 2004 was set at 151,024. In the same year football and baseball injuries came out 51,953 and 63,234 respectively. Riding a bicycle is dangerous and measures to ensure safety should be taken. Observe all traffic signs and wear a helmet.

The cyclist’s name has not yet been released to the public.

Thomas Levitt, staff writer

Campus locks down, no other injuries

WitnessesCall the Bryan Police Department at (979)209-5300 with any information.

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The authorities were explor-ing the possibility of a second gunman after receiving conflict-ing reports of two shooters wear-ing suits and ski masks. How-ever, after further investigation, indications are the shooter acted alone. Campus remained closed for hours while police searched every room and conducted the investigation.

The University closed and canceled classes and activities for the remainder of the day. By early afternoon students were allowed to return to their dor-mitories. Students and police remained on alert.

“The police did a fantastic job of handling the situation. I would not hesitate to describe UTPD’s actions as one of their finest hours,” said Texas fresh-man Elise Frame.

A&M student reaction to the shooting was wide-ranging.

“I think it’s awful, I think it’s heartbreaking and it’s re-ally scary to think about that it happened so close. My thoughts and prayers go out to them,” said Tiana Cooper, a senior English major.

Some students in Ag-gieland do not feel safe after the shooting.

“There’s a lot of fear now that has foundation. It could happen anywhere. You never know,” said Nora Burnstad, a senior

ShootingContinued from page 1

Photo courtesy of The Daily Texan

Colton Tooley, a student at the University of Texas at Austin, walked onto the campus with an AK-47 Tuesday. He fired his gun numerous times, but ultimately killed only himself.

French major.Other students, such as Will

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“I’m concerned about it, but it doesn’t mean I need to be par-anoid where it effects my daily life,” Sims said. “I’m going to keep doing what I’m doing.”

Several students discussed vi-ability and usefulness of A&M alert systems such as the Code Maroon. Students received text and e-mail alerts from the similar notification system at UT Tues-

day, effectively advising them of the danger on campus.

“I think how to react should be a more integral part,” Coo-per said. “My heart jumps every time I see Code Maroon as an alert. Last time when we had a Code Maroon about the weath-er, I know for a fact that several professors just kept on going. That’s not OK.”

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University Police and they are prepared to give us assistance,” said Charles Gilreath, execu-tive associate dean of Evans Li-brary. “We worked closely with the University Police over the course of the last many months, had our staff go through train-ing in regard to situations as this so hopefully if it ever happened here our staff would know how to give people guidance to give them as much safety as we can.”

Police are searching Tooley’s residence in Austin to figure out a motive for Tuesday’s incident.

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Matt Kriger, Jay Thompson, David Jones, Hannah Lee and Yorkshire terrier Chloe play the recognizable gang of characters in the Theatre Company’s production of The Wizard of Oz.

No, Dorothy, you’re not in Kansas anymore. The yellow brick road will be winding its way through Aggieland this October. The Theatre Company’s first production for its 2010-2011 season will be John Kane’s beloved musical, The Wizard of Oz. A cast of 74 Bryan-College Sta-tion residents — children, students, parents and everything in between — is currently rehears-ing for 12 performances of this classic to begin shows Friday.

The Theatre Company is a community theatre organization in Bryan, housed in a converted movie theater, which puts on about six Broadway musicals each year. This season offers classics like The Wizard of Oz, Annie and Follies, seasonal shows like White Christmas, and less well-known musicals such as A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum.

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choreographers and costume managers from the Brazos Valley. College Station native Randy Wilson serves as the artistic director. Wilson appeared in the Broadway production of Jesus Christ Superstar as Pontius Pilate; he also tackled the role of Jesus in the show’s tour. To date, he has been directing shows at the Theatre Com-pany for more than a decade.

“I directed it [The Wizard of Oz] about 11 years ago, so I knew what I was up against. It’s great fun to do it again,” Wilson said.

The 74-member cast is one of the biggest in the theatre’s history, and includes members ranging in age from three to nearly 70. In fact, it contains is at least one instance of a family generational span: Andy Wagers, a Texas A&M doctorate student in the astronomy and physics department, was cast in the show alongside his wife, Kari, and their son Dillon.

“It’s a little challenging, but it’s fun at the same time,” Wagers said of fitting rehearsal time into the family’s schedule.

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Managing such a large group of actors has proved an interesting task for those involved.

“There are kids as young as three in the show, and getting them to do anything is chal-lenging. They’re doing well though. They’re working hard,” said Evan Nault, an A&M graduate student of epidemiology and choreog-rapher for the show. This is his second produc-tion with the community theater.

The iconic role of Dorothy Gale will be played by Hannah Lee, a high school junior and regular cast member at the Theatre Company. Tackling the role of the famous gingham-wearing girl marks Lee’s fifth appearance on the company’s stage.

“It’s been fun having a lot of people because you make a lot of friends,” she said. “I like it.”

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Renovations on schedule for MSC

Many students are asking questions during the wait for the missed Memo-rial Student Center to reopen in 2012. Thousands of students at Texas A&M have not experienced the MSC and do not know what to expect.

Some things are changing but oth-ers will be kept the same, such as the Flag Room and the dining area. The construction is on schedule, expected to open in summer 2012.

“Summer of 2012 we want a big grand opening in the fall, probably around a football game,” said Collin Laden, 61st MSC president and senior Latin American commerce major. “We are actually getting to work with stu-dents and administrators and faculty to begin planning how we are going to work that. We are really trying to uti-lize student input and student program involvement and students that are really trying to welcome people in. We are bring back a lot of former students, Ag-gie moms, there’s so many players that are part of the project, the MSC is im-portant to so many people.”

The walls are being framed and elec-trical and plumbing are being installed.

“Right now most of the interior on the first floor, we are framing walls, and roughing in mechanical, electrical and plumbing,” said Josh Glaze, construc-tion project manager.

Many things in the MSC will be the same and the feel of the old MSC will be there — it will just be updated.

“Imagine the home that’s built in the 1970s and a home that’s brand new. It is going to feel [and] smell new. I think you’ll still have the feel of the MSC es-pecially with all the new techniques but it’s going to feel updated,” Glaze said.

When the project began, student input was important in construction decisions.

“There was a top 10 list that was developed, and it was expressed during preconstruction that those forums. I think they really held true to those goals that the students gave for the MSC as far as what they wanted to see when it

Haley LawsonThe Battalion

It’s not every day students get to have a conversation with an all-pro running back and college football broadcaster.

Craig James, half of the storied SMU “Pony Express” and now a col-lege football commentator, kicked off his three-month speaking tour Mon-day in Rudder Theater.

“I want to engage young Ameri-cans to be as educated as they can about issues and to speak up and be heard,” James said. “I feel this real void in our country of young Ameri-cans being heard.”

James met students, parents and fans before the event at the entrance to Rudder Theater. He thanked peo-ple for coming out and ushered them into their seats. As the event began, James asked for the nearly 200 par-ticipants in attendance to move to the front so he could hold a discussion rather than a lecture. He began his remarks by teasing members of the A&M football team in attendance, especially quarterback Jerrod John-son, about their mistakes against Florida International University.

“I want young people to get off the sidelines and into the game,” James said. Students in attendance responded positively.

“I thought it was really interest-

ing to hear what Craig James had to talk about,” said Kyle Bridges, fresh-man telecommunications major. “I thought it was going to be more about sports; that’s why I came. It was inter-esting to hear what he thought about politics, and how he got where he is now. It was a good atmosphere.”

During his remarks, James covered a wide range of topics. He discussed his years at SMU and in the NFL and how he started a car dealership while in college; he spoke about his time in the NFL. He joked that his, “favorite memory as a pro football player was the day we got our first check.” He explained his career as a successful businessman in real estate and broad-casting. However, James attempted to focus on politics.

He railed against bailouts, subsidies and government entitlement pro-grams, sharing his beliefs on capital-ism, the free market and conservatism. However, James insists he does not have any political aspirations. He just has a passion for students.

“It’s pretty awesome when you see that many people that have dead-lines and tests to step out and come to something like this. I enjoyed it,” James said.

The Craig James tour continues Oct. 18 at Southern Methodist Uni-versity in Dallas.

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The MSC renovations are on schedule for completion in 2012.

‘Get o� the sidelines,’ ESPN broadcaster says

was done,” said Brad Wendler, proj-ect manager.

The Flag Room and Barnes and Noble will be renovated.

“The flag room essentially stays un-changed as far as the way it looks, the floor gets redone, we will do finishes on the wall and everything and the ceiling but essentially when you walk into the flag room you will still see the flag room the way it was,” Glaze said. “The Barnes and Nobel goes back in the same place it was, here on the first floor and down in the basement.”

The Tweflth Man area will be ex-panded. The other dining areas will be the same as before as well. One thing that will be added is light wells where sunlight will be directed from the roof to the basement to keep the MSC lighted and open.

“One of the big things you’ll no-tice is it used to it felt very closed in, very dark and one of the things they have done is they’ve introduced a lot a outside light, you will have basically light wells that will take light in from the roof and take natural light all the way to the basement and that will run all the way from the east to the west thru the building,” Glaze said. “At the point that it’s complete you will be able to sit in the dining area on the first floor and look all the way outside the

building open to Joe route and open the plaza and the zone.”

The University will open spaces for business to propose ideas for and anyone will have to opportunity to sell products or services.

“There’s some down on the lower level as well but basically right across from where student media used to be, on the north side of the building on the lower level there’s going to be a strip of area down there that’s going to be retail space that the university will put out an RFP for different compa-nies or businesses to put out proposals to then come and be a tenant and sell their product or do business or ser-vice,” Glaze said.

The courtyard will be a place stu-dents can hang out.

“We are redoing the courtyard, trying to make it a space where stu-dents can come and hang out. It’ll open up right in to the cafeteria area and people can come out there and hang out during the day. But it’ll just be an open courtyard and a fountain and some green space, outdoor space for students,” Laden said.

The part of the building that will be finished last is the west side where the ballroom will be.

“The south side of the ballroom has glass and will have a balcony and

the logical thing and move off cam-pus,” said Gabriel Jagush, a sopho-more petroleum engineering major. “There are reasons why Walton and Hart are chosen. It’s because they are logical choices for people who want to live on campus, and for personal fi-nancial reasons need to live cheaply. If you raise the cost of living on campus by $1200, you’re taking away the op-

portunity for some people to experi-ence campus life.” Jagush said.

At this point, since the decision has already been approved by the Univer-sity, the only way to avoid the plan coming to fruition would be for the student senate and other student or-ganizations to convey to University authorities that mandatory meal plans would not serve the students best in-terest, and that they should repeal their decision. Student senate will soon vote, based on student input, on what actions to take in this regard.

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EDITOR’SNOTE

One of the greatest high school conventions

colleges are in desperate need of is the locker.

It might seem impractical to provide storage

space to almost 50,000 students on a campus

that spans more than 5,000 acres, but where

else are we supposed to put our mirrors, mag-

nets, pictures and stickers? All of my essential

belongings are nomads searching for a place to

call home.

Even more important are

the social repercussions that

result from not having

a locker. Last semester

I had four classes in a

row, which meant I

had to cram every one

of my books into my

backpack and haul it

around all day. Besides

the instant back pain it

caused, it also drastically

hurt my cool rating. No one

likes the guy who looks like he’s

about to go on a hiking trip, or about to

ring the bell tower at Notre Dame.

The worst effect of not having a locker is

that I can no longer ask a woman out by con-

veniently slipping her a “check yes or no” let-

ter. Consequently, my dating life has nosedived

since I started college. I might have to actually

talk to girls now, but that’s one custom I don’t

plan on breaking until after I’m married.

Between studying and Facebook, students

don’t always allow time for exercise. College

needs to revive field day, the event when the

entire school competes in day-long sporting

activities. Some might argue that there are

already plenty of intramural sports to play or

kinesiology classes to take to stay active. How-

ing at the door? It must be noted that the Book

It program should be utilized in moderation to

not negate anyone’s intense training for field

day. I know I am suffering in my studies due to

a lack of personal pan pizza incentive.

The amount of grade school norms that

should be extended to college is an exhaustive

list that I cannot give proper due. Nevertheless,

implementing the practices of our past promises

improvement for college today. When it comes

to higher education, sometimes the best inno-

vations have already been experienced.

Higher educationInnovation is the key to the

future and although college

is the next step in our edu-

cation, A&M could borrow a

few ideas from grade schools.

When it comes to college life,

originality is not needed near as

much as “retrovation.”

Even though high school is over, college

would benefi t from adopting

a few of its best ideas.

Caleb Wilson

junior history major

ever, neither of those choic-

es offers classic, Olympic

style events such as tug o’

war, three-legged races or

obstacle courses.

Since field day is,

after all, only one day,

it’s important to have

competitions you’re

pumped about months

in advance. With par-

ticipation trophies and ribbons on the line,

everyone would be training year around. It’s

difficult to motivate yourself to work out, but

given a reason, preparation for the big day

could even help cure the Freshman 15.

Moving on to the classroom, if A&M re-

ally wants to make academic improvements

we need to bring back Book It, or a similar

program that awards students free personal pan

pizzas for meeting reading goals set by their

teachers. Of course, we could modify it to

include all types of assignments. Who wouldn’t

do their homework when free food is knock-

Osa Okundaye — THE BATTALION

A major development

Whether your major is engineer-ing or English, each of these majors has a certain persona associated with it. When meeting new people we often feel the need to put our new friend into a category. It is natural to stereotype people, but prema-turely judging a person’s character based on their major is misleading and patronizing.

Unless we have tried every major at Texas A&M, we cannot judge which are easy and which are hard, which demand more studying or which require more intelligence. Majors are chosen based on the career plans, based on interests and passions that reflect how your mind works and life experiences.

An English major whose mind works well with poetry, novels, short stories and books more than likely would not survive engineering classes. An engineer-ing major whose mind is made for science and math may flounder in communication classes with a ton of theories and generi-cally worded, slightly differentiated definitions.

Engineering majors are often associated with being socially crippled, but many are just as personable and gregari-ous as the next person. Many people think kinesiology majors spend four years ca-noeing, bowl-ing, playing ultimate frisbee, doing yoga, learning self-defense and ballroom dancing, when in reality they are required to take biology, chemistry, anatomy and physiology.

Education majors may have it worst of all; the actual work required for their classes might not be as difficult as differential equa-tions or organic chemistry, but it is extremely time consuming and

much preparation goes into their many projects. Not

everyone is made to educate 25 ankle

biters who have the attention span of goldfish.

But it’s not just other peo-ple, I don’t like

to hear others claim their majors

are easy. This may not be a reflection

of the difficulty of their classes; in reality school might

not be much of a priority for them or the field of study might come naturally to them. This undermines those in the same major who work

Students ask a few

basic questions upon

meeting new people

in college: Where are you

from? What year are you?

And what is your major? Caroline

Wardsenior

communication major

All career paths are created equal.

Don’t judge a major until you’ve completed all the required courses

yourself.

From Blesson John, senior computer engineering major The athletic program needs to make some major changes to the football team, and these changes need to be fast. Sure, the record says we’re 3-0, but do any recruits care that we beat Stephen F. Austin State University or Louisania Tech? They probably care more that we barely could beat Florida International University. Looking at the other college teams in Texas, you have to start worrying about the Aggies. When I was growing up, there were two big Texas teams (t.u. and us) and then there was everybody else. Over this decade, many of these Texas teams have made strides, while we have gone nowhere. Last Friday, I was watching the Texas Christian University-Southern Methodist University game and even though TCU won, SMU played a heck of a game, and is a respectable team on the rise, while we played our fi rst three games for the sake of padding the record. Even if we get wins, the overall state of the program is in decline. We used to be among the top two teams in Texas and the top 25 nationally every year. Now some can argue (logically), that we barely make the top fi ve teams in Texas. We’ve been “rebuilding” since before I got here, so that excuse has to go. Before you start scolding me for my lack of Aggie pride, let me say that I’ll always support the maroon and white no matter what, but if we don’t make major changes, we’re just going to continue to decline, and the athletic department will have to get some more store-bought wins to appease fans.

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hard to keep their own grades up. College students shouldn’t tear others down, whether in their own field of study or another. We all should be respectful and encourage one another regarding the path that each has chosen.

I am a communication major, with minors in journalism and Eng-lish. I love the field of study that I have chosen, and was proud of being accepted into the Department of Communication as a freshman, knowing that many others had not been accepted into Texas A&M. My classes have been both interest-ing and challenging. Can you imag-ine my shock when a “friend” told me that I had chosen a “cake” ma-jor? At first I was concerned about what others thought, but I realized that it did not matter because I was working toward my future in a field I am passionate about.

“A lot of the things we talk about [in communication classes] are kind of slippery in the sense that you understand them and you can apply them to your real life when you’re sitting in class, but then when it comes to applying those to a test it can be difficult,” said Emily Doucet, academic adviser in the department of com-munication. “The material can be interesting and applicable, but it’s deceptively simple because it’s abstract and theoretical.”

Diversity makes the world go ‘round. If each person had the same skill set, passions, interests and career aspirations, our planet would be a disaster. If everyone’s mind worked the same way, the world would not only be incred-ibly monotonous, but tremendously dysfunctional.

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