WEEKEND EDITION
COLLEGIAN.COM
OCTOBER 10-13, 2019
Vol. 129, No. 17
WGAC opposes ASCSU resolution The resolution was permanently taken off the floor for listing unwitting supporters on campus
By Charlotte Lang @chartrickwrites
(is that) people walk around the campus, and you don’t see many people that look like you,” Caballero said. “It is a little difficult because I did come from the Denver area, where it is very diverse. We have a lot of Latinx people, a lot of different communities there, and I like seeing that, ... and in CSU, you don’t really get to see that, so coming to El Centro ... gives me that feeling of home.”
At the Wednesday evening senate meeting for the Associated Students of Colorado State University, concerned students and representatives for the Women and Gender Advocacy Center spoke out against an upcoming resolution about reproductive health information. The resolution, authored by Senator Lauren Flores, would ask for equal representation of adoption agencies and crisis pregnancy centers from the WGAC. Two students, Maggie Sayers and Veronica Morin, also helped write the resolution and were present at the meeting. According to the resolution, this would be done by asking the WGAC to put out an equal amount of information on adoption and crisis pregnancy organizations as abortion organizations and resources. Senator Alex Benitez motioned to have the resolution taken off the floor due to signature endorsements from students and senators occurring under false pretenses.
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Colorado State University students gather in the El Centro office of the Lory Student Center, September 2019. PHOTO BY EMILY PISQUI THE COLLEGIAN
‘Being Latinx in the U.S. means perseverance’ Students reflect on El Centro, Heritage Month By Emily Pisqui @emilypisq15
As National Latinx Heritage Month wraps up, it’s important to recognize the culture Latinx students bring throughout Colorado State University. Among the many places within the Student Diversity Programs and Services on campus is a center for Latinx students to feel welcomed and appreciated. That place is El Centro.
Located in the Lory Student Center, El Centro is a place filled with welcoming faces and resources. By providing a sense of community to Latinx students, it is considered by many as a home away from home. “El Centro has given me a space to go to; it’s like a little home where I can study and hang out and talk to other students,” said CSU junior Marcos Caballero. “There are days where I do want to study, but I don’t want to be iso-
lated or be by myself, so El Centro just gives that space where I get to socially interact with students while doing homework. It’s a good vibe in here.” Caballero said that having a safe space like El Centro helps him feel included and at home with people from similar backgrounds, which is why he felt drawn in to El Centro. “I think one of the biggest reasons, you know CSU being a predominantly white institution,
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