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Step in and Stand up against Sexual Assault and Violence
Step In. Stand Up. Is an award-winning campaign here at Texas A&M, aiming to raise sexual assault awareness and reduce sexual violence in the campus community. As the Aggies core values suggest, every single one of us has a commitment to serve our fellow Aggies and protect each other from assault and violence. The first step is to start this conversation and share information for victims and among allies. If you ever wonder how you can get involved in this campaign and contribute to a better campus environment, here are a few tips:
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On the bliss of roast turkey and ignorance
Ignorance is cute in kids. Growing up, I thought my parents never drank. I had no idea my mother and her four sisters would get a little buzzed at our yearly family 4th of July get-together; I just thought they acted goofy around each other, pinched my cheeks a lot and wore the same margarita-scented perfume. I have a friend who thought until High School that the Ice Cream Truck “only plays music when it’s empty and drives around so everyone can at least hear some music.” When a puppy chases its tail and yelps when it finally catches it, that’s funny. There’s something comforting about the innocence of ignorance… in those who should not know any better, at least.
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Disappearing Trains of Thought
Raise your hand if you have ever gotten only part of the chorus of a song stuck in your head. Something around the range of five to ten seconds long sounds about right. I am on the verge of exasperation when I can't remember the rest of the lyrics that go with it, so I am stuck humming the same four chords for minutes on end. Then when I try to look up the song on Youtube or Spotify, I can never find the song's name to listen to the remainder of it. The way our brains prioritize some musical selections and not others is beyond my scope of knowledge. I expect it has something to do with the catchiness of the arrangement since I have the same habit of remembering bits and pieces of television commercials as well. While recalling a larger portion of the chorus of a song is beneficial for karaoke nights, it brings to light a vital question for students. If there was a way to memorize better, we should employ that method in the way we study.
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Scrabble in Bryan
Scrabble was invented by an architect Alfred Mosher Butts in 1938. My first encounter with scrabble happened over 20 years ago in the city of Port Harcourt in Nigeria. Over the years I have taken breaks from scrabble for studies, family and me time. Scrabble like many other sports improves strategic development and wit. It also increases one’s knowledge of words. Reading is one way to build a bank of words and there is great joy when one plays a rare word for points.