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MARCH 30, 2006
Lambda meets with ASG candidates on Proposition 2 issues By Clayton Medford The University Star Candidates for high office in the Associated Student Government defended their past actions to members of Lambda of Texas State on Wednesday. Members of the gay, bisexual, lesbian and transgender organization grilled the candidates about their reasons for seeking office and about their opinions of Proposition 2, the amendment to the Texas Constitution overwhelmingly approved by Texas voters that made the marriage of two members of the same sex illegal. The candidates began with brief presentations, but quickly found themselves explaining their positions on legislation authored in Fall 2005 by former ASG Sen. Jeff Moody opposing Proposition 2. The legislation initially passed the senate but was vetoed by ASG President Jordan Anderson one week later. Presidential candidate Katie Kasprzak, who opposed Moody’s legislation, said she felt its passage would alienate conservative Texas State students and was “too biased for ASG.” “If it were a different organization, say Lambda wanted to do that or College Democrats, I think that would be great,” Kasprzak said. “I think that’s great that there are different sides to different topics brought up in the government.”
Lambda Treasurer Sarah Frey said Moody’s legislation spoke against discrimination, a view she feels student leaders should share. “As a student body representative, you should say discrimination is not OK no matter where you come from or what your beliefs are,” Frey said. “That’s why we’re in college — to eliminate all the stereotypes and all the biases we have been prescribed by our parents and past generations. This is the new age.” Vice presidential hopeful Amanda Oskey said she voted against Moody’s legislation because polls taken by ASG showed the student body effectively split on the issue of gay marriage. “I voted against Proposition 2, but I also voted against (Moody’s) legislation because of two reasons. I seriously felt that because the polls were so close, it was hard for me to say as a representative to my constituents of the College of Fine Arts and Communication that they all supported a ‘No’ vote,” Oskey said. “Also, there was no call to action regarding this legislation. We said, OK, yeah, we support a ‘No’ vote, but we can’t make people vote ‘No.’ There was no action saying we are going to educate people or we are going to pass out fliers or anything like that.” Vice presidential candidate
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Running for
Redemption Tuhabonye speaks on survival, faith in Centennial Hall By Jacqueline Davis The University Star When Gilbert Tuhabonye approached the stage on Wednesday night with a smile on his face, it would have been difficult for the nearly 200 students in attendance to know the horrors of his past or the scars beneath his clothing. The world-class runner, motivational speaker and current Austinite Tuhabonye spoke on the topic of Courage in the Centennial Hall Teaching Theater. It was Oct. 21, 1993 when Gilbert Tuhabonye became the sole survivor of one of the most devastating massacres in the longstanding war between the Hutus and the Tutsis, neighboring tribes in East Central Africa. Before the massacre, Tuhabonye had already earned national fame in his native country of Burundi as a runner, a champion in the 400- and 800-meter races while in high school. He never would have believed that his own Hutu classmates and teachers who had cheered him on would take part in the torturing, maiming and burning of more than 100 children and teachers of his
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David Racino/Star photo ESCAPING GENOCIDE: Austin runner Gilbert Tuhabonye speaks about his escape from the war between the Hutu and the Tutsi tribes in Burundi, Africa on Wednesday evening in Centennial Hall.
Lecture chronicling C.S. Lewis to be relocated Relay for Life to raise funds, celebrate cancer survivors with exercise By Jason Buch The University Star
Today’s lecture by internationally recognized C.S. Lewis scholar Jerry Root titled “C.S. Lewis’s Big Ideas: Chronicles of a Master Communicator” has been moved to the Centennial Hall Teaching Theater because of the large amount of interest the lecture has generated. “Because of popular demand, as they say, we’re moving it to a larger room,” said Steven Beebe, department of communication studies chair. “We have had lots of inquiries, both on the university and off the university, and the original site of the lec-
ture was not big enough.” The event, which will begin at 12:30 p.m., was originally to be held in Centennial Hall, Room GO2. Beebe said he asked Root, assistant professor of Christian education and co-author of The Quotable C.S. Lewis, to come speak to his communication studies honors class bearing the same name as today’s lecture. “Jerry is a friend of mine,” Beebe said. “I served as one of the appraisers of his doctoral dissertation at Oxford. For three years I’ve been teaching this course, and this seemed like the perfect opportunity to
have him come speak.” Christine Pike, communication studies senior, is taking Beebe’s class this semester. She said the class is divided in to three parts. The first part covers Lewis’s life, the second part details his communication devices and the third part explores Lewis’s use of those devices in his books. “I think it’s going to be interesting to see a self-proclaimed and nationally recognized critical expert,” Pike said. “We can learn a few more details about C.S. Lewis and go more in depth with what we’ve already learned. I think it will be interesting for our class and for the
public as well.” Root said the recent release of the cinematic adaptation of Lewis’s book The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe had nothing to do with the decision to invite Root to Texas State, but probably is a cause of the attention the lecture is being given. Pike said she watched the movie before taking the class. “It was very comparable to the book,” she said. “It was pretty much dead on for the most part. (Lewis’s) step-son was very involved in the movie-making process and I think it accurately represented what C.S. Lewis would say or do.”
By Robert Best The University Star
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who has been diagnosed with cancer. Relay for Life is an important step towards honoring and helping those living with the disease.”
Students to put decorating skills to work at Houston design showdown By Magen Gray The University Star
Two Texas State interior design students will begin installing their own studio apartment design plans at 3 a.m. on Friday. The Texas Studio Showdown at Park at Voss, a Houston rental community, concludes this weekend in the last phase of the competition. With help from just three volunteers each, the student finalists have two days to install their designs in the 475-square-foot studios. The challenge is to transform the one-room apartment into a multi-functional living space. “The students will most like-
Photos courtesy of Ward Creative Communications (Left to right) Andrea Raffety and Crystal Vicars, interior design seniors, display their design boards.
ly be sleeping in sleeping bags in the studios. Their volunteers must be students they recruited on their own,” said Morgan
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Johnston, media contact from Ward Creative Communications. Johnston said the competi-
tors must finish and turn in their studio key by 9 a.m. on Sunday, an hour before the doors open for public tours. After viewing and voting, contest winners will be selected by a panel of celebrity judges, professional designers and the public. Interior design senior Andrea Raffety said she had not planned on entering the contest, but she decided to enter for fun with her friends. “I’m not sure what I’ll be doing after graduation, but this is good publicity,” Raffety said. “I’m bringing other Texas State students from my classes to help me install my design.” See DESIGN, page 3
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