I would like to take this opportunity to thank Jon Steed of The Battalion for condemning the physical abuse of a fellow Aggie. The lack of outcry about this incident on campus was deafening for those who love peace. I am glad to see The Battalion using its influence to be a positive voice of Texas A&M.
Yet the article only focused on how this was wrong because the victim was homosexual. What was more shocking to me is how Aggies will beat up other Aggies. We are supposed to be part of the same family. Yet to some people, being an Aggie is more about your sexual or political orientation rather than enrollment in the University. It is these harmful and blatantly-discriminatory ideas that are the true threat to the 21st century Aggie Spirit. We must come together as a group and celebrate our differences, or all that talk about being an Aggie family is just cheap rhetoric.
Aggies should unite and celebrate differences
February 16, 2004
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