Students cannot accept hate crime

January 26, 2004

I missed something on the campus tour I took a few years back and have been living with this realization since my freshman year at Texas A&M. I missed that part on the tour where Aggies commit hate crimes against fellow Aggies, and it is acceptable for everyone to turn their head. My friend was beaten up this weekend by a fellow Aggie because he is gay. He is part of the “Aggie family.” Since when has hate become part of the Aggie family? Sure we can say, “not all Aggies are like that.” But we are only as strong as our weakest link.

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