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RESIDENTIAL LIFE
ResLife promotes gender-neutral housing BY TRENT PARKER @TrentParker_TDR
benefit from drawing during long-winded lessons. Mechanical engineering senior Alec Rozas often doodles in her classes, which she said can
Trans and other non-gender conforming students still face many challenges in daily campus life, but few can be as frustrating as finding a place to live. While Residential Life has an existing policy accommodating students on an individual basis, this semester marks the first time the process has been streamlined and publicized via the distribution of informational cards, said Maylen Aldana, associate director of Residential Life’s Student Success and Assessment. “This will allow a student to change their name or gender ... so that’s going to be extremely helpful,” Aldana said. To seek reassignment, students are required to provide documents to the Office of the University Registrar that verify their current use of or a legal change to their preferred name and gender. Driver’s licenses, passports
see DOODLE, page 4
see NEUTRAL, page 4
SON JACK _ A U H n S BY JO ua_ Jackso @ Jo s h EMILY BRAUNER / The Daily Reveille illustration courtesy of ALEC ROZAS
Students, faculty say doodling can aid learning process
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nless a student is in an art class, drawing during a lecture is usually frowned upon. But certain members of the campus community say mindless scribbling may actually aid the learning process, not hinder it. Art students aren’t the only ones who
STATE
Obama visits New Orleans for Katrina’s 10th anniversary BY SAM KARLIN @samkarlin
NEW ORLEANS, La. — Standing on ground that flooded with 17 feet of water a decade ago, President Barack Obama praised New Orleans residents’ resilience following Hurricane Katrina and addressed the enduring problems the city still faces at a speech in the Lower 9th Ward on Thursday. “The people of New Orleans have inspired all of America,” Obama said. “People watching what’s happened have seen a reflection of the very best part of the American spirit.” The president’s speech highlighted weeks of events leading up to Hurricane Katrina’s 10th anniversary organized by the City of New Orleans, which included talks by Mayor Mitch Landrieu, for-
mer Sen. Mary Landrieu, FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate and others. While Obama spoke of the inspiration and confidence New Orleans residents gave him through rebuilding efforts, he also warned that the effort was not over yet. “Our work here won’t be done when almost 40 percent of children live in poverty in this city,” Obama said. The speech took place at the Andrew P. Sanchez & CopelinByrd Multi-Purpose Center, which Obama called a symbol of “extraordinary resilience” of New Orleans. He recalled the devastation Hurricane Katrina left, with more than 1,800 lives lost directly following the storm’s landfall. He also acknowledged some of the crowd he spoke to might have lost
loved ones in the storm. “There are too many people who haven’t been able to come back home,” Obama said. Obama was a U.S. Senator from Illinois when Hurricane Katrina barreled into the Gulf Coast, and he’s said he kept promises that he would help as president but criticized the government’s handling of the storm. “What started as a natural disaster became a man-made disaster,” Obama said. He then illustrated recovery efforts as the polar opposite. “If Katrina was initially an example of what happens when government fails, recovery has been an example of what can happen when government works together,” Obama said.
see KATRINA, page 4
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President Barack Obama greets a crowd in New Orleans on Thursday in the Lower 9th Ward. Obama addressed problems New Orleans still faces from Hurricane Kartina.