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With the closing of UH’s fall semester, the Student Government Association moves into their Spring 2025 semester.

Over the course of Fall 2024, the SGA saw the passing of several beneficial legislation, including securing $63,235 from the Harris County District Attorney’s Office to prevent sexual assault and passing the Sheila Jackson Lee Emerging Leaders Expansion act.

The organization also faced a variety of issues, including a mandate from student affairs to rewrite their bylaws and constitution and impeachment recommendations.

Impeachment recommended for President, Vice President

During Oct. 2024, The Internal Affairs Committee, which is responsible for the enforcement of the constitution and bylaws, recommended the Senate to impeach President Diego Arriaga and Vice President Austin Craig.

According to the IAC, Arriaga had engaged in discriminatory practices for terminating former executive branch member, Director of Outreach Bryanna Nimmons while allowing former Director of Multicultural Affairs Parsa Torabi to resign instead in lieu of termination. 

Arriaga terminated Nimmons for alleged performance issues during SGA’s End the Stigma event.

In the committee’s eyes, this decision was a large failure of leadership on multiple counts, said former IAC Chair Anahi Ortega on Oct. 9, 2024 at a special session.

“There were discrepancies in the consideration for termination of those directors, but beyond that there was a lack of coordination, communication and accountability,” Ortega said. “Leadership from the top executives of the branch led us to believe that this whole matter could have been avoided if proper leadership had been exercised sooner.”

However, despite the recommendation, no impeachment proceedings were initiated by the Senate.

SGA mandated to rewrite bylaws, constitution

The SGA was delivered a letter authored by Vice President for Student Affairs Dr. Paul Kittle to rewrite their bylaws and constitution, as well as fill all vacant positions by a specific deadline.

The letter outlined six key points as challenges for the SGA, where five of the points said the organization failed to fill numerous vacant positions in a timely manner, and the sixth point said the organization changed their bylaws in a manner that weakened the system of checks and balances within the governance structure.

“In its current state, the SGA is unable to effectively serve the student body, and an immediate action from them is necessary,” said Associate Vice Chancellor and Associate Vice President of Media Relations Shawn Lindsey in a former interview.

Adding to this, the organization feared being dissolved at the time, despite the letter not mentioning dissolution at any point.

“Our hands are tied and if this is not done by Nov. 26 [2024], the administration will dissolve the SGA to rewrite our constitution and bylaws,” Arriaga said at a meeting on Nov. 13, 2024. “They have full authority under Texas legislation to dissolve us and recreate us. It has happened at other campuses, including UH Downtown and UH Clear Lake.”

No decisions have been made regarding the possible consequences if the SGA chooses not to comply with the admin’s mandate, according to Lindsey in an e-mail sent on Nov. 22, 2024.

The Cougar reached out to Arriaga and Craig for comments on the upcoming elections and updates on the issues mentioned but did not receive a response. Gonzalez directed the Cougar to PR, but received no response. 

SGA receives $63,235 from Harris County DA’s Office

On Oct. 29, 2024, SGA relaunched a project to aid and prevent sexual assault on campus. They received $63,235 from the DA office in order to help accomplish their goals.

The project will enable students to submit sexual assault reports without paying. 

The funds will also be used for sexual assault awareness events, self-defense items, Couselling and Psychological Service and Equal Opportunity Services.

The Sheila Jackson Lee Emerging Leaders Expansion act passed

The organization passed the Sheila Jackson Lee Emerging Leaders Expansion act, authored by Chief of Staff Daniela Gonzalez and Senator Mohib Awan, during the fall semester.

The act memorializes former U.S. representative for Texas’ 18th congressional district Sheila Jackson Lee, honoring her lasting positive impact on the Houston community.

The act will rename UH’s SGA Emerging Leaders, founded in 2011, in honor of Lee. It will also revitalize the program with expanded duties and responsibilities, including additional leadership training workshops and EOI.

Emerging Leaders serves as an internship program to help individuals understand the nature of both SGA and the University. Graduates of the program often become student leaders across campus, according to the SGA.

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Protesters outside the UHCL campus chant behind a barricade while police look on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024 in Houston, Texas. | Raphael Fernandez/The Cougar

Last Thursday, the UH System Board of Regents met at UH-Clear Lake for their quarterly meeting.

Regents approved a $39.5 million expansion of UH’s Main Campus Student Center North; however, the meeting was overshadowed by the Pro-Palestine protesters chanting and calling out for divestment from Israel.

Student Center North expansion

“Regents approved expanding the Student Center North building to centralize Counseling and Psychological Services in one location, and provide additional space for other student needs, such as Career Services,” Lindsey said.

This expansion comes after a recommendation from a 2023 mental health task force to create a central campus location for CAPS.

Construction is estimated to begin in the summer of 2026 and finish by winter of 2027.

SJP protest

Students for Justice in Palestine HTX organized a sit-in at the meeting. Upon arriving at UHCL’s Bayou Building, regents and attendees were confronted with wanted posters that featured UH President Renu Khator and BOR Chairman Tilman Fertitta.

“Wanted for: investing the UH endowment in genocide. UH has invested over $10 million in weapons manufacturers and Israeli apartheid,” read the posters.

Since 2016, UH has invested more than $7 million in arms manufacturers like Lockheed Martin, Raytheon Technologies, Boeing and General Electric among others, according to SJP.

“We’re having this sit-in to express student solidarity with the Palestinian people,” said SJP member Francis Bolger. “We’re supporting divestment from weapons manufacturers and Israeli apartheid.”

Only 10 SJP members were allowed into the meeting, with five permitted to speak while others gathered in different parts of the Bayou Building.

They did not occupy the overflow room which was available for the public to watch the meeting, deeming it a hostile environment.

The fire marshal determined the Garden room’s capacity, so a limited number of SJP members were allowed within the meeting room, said UHCL’s vice president for student affairs Dr. Tina Powellson.

“Generally, the public forum is 30 minutes, but this was cut down to 10 minutes,” Bolger said. “It’s to reduce the allowable time for us to actually voice our demands.”

Regents adjusted the time allowed for individual public comments to ensure the meeting could proceed efficiently while covering all agenda items in accordance with public meetings guidelines, said UH associate vice chancellor and associate vice president of media relations Shawn Lindsey.

SJP speakers were given two minutes to make their speeches. All five speakers gave speeches where they called for divestment, accused the BOR of having blood on their hands and wished that the names of victims of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to haunt the board. 

A speaker from SJP stands in front of the BOR , Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024 in Houston, Texas. | Raphael Fernandez/The Cougar

After the speeches, SJP read off names of victims until the time was up for their speech.

“Board of Regents, your continued investment in weapons manufacturers and Israeli Apartheid has contributed to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of civilians,” SJP speakers said. “You have blood on your hands.” 

Protestors donned red gloves to symbolize blood, and wore keffiyehs to express solidarity with Palestinians. The last SJP member to speak shouted the beginning of a call and response chant. The members outside of the Garden Room continued the chant. 

Attendees could hear the chant throughout the building as they were ushered outside by police from inside the Garden Room as well.

“Board of Regents, you can’t hide, you’re financing Genocide,” protestors chanted.

After getting out of the building, they were corralled by police behind barriers, where the members continued chanting and waved pro-Palestine banners.

“My fellow board of regents, I understand their plight, but I do not think any of you are financing genocide,” Fertitta said, addressing the board.

Protestors continued chanting until both the BOR meeting and the executive session had concluded. As Khator and Fertitta left, protestors shouted chants including their names from behind barriers.

“Renu, Renu, you’re a coward, we the students have the power. Renu, Renu, you can’t hide, you’re financing genocide,” protestors chanted.

This was not the first time SJP had organized a sit-in at a BOR meeting. The organization was present for the board’s meeting last May as well.

Elected officials

Fertitta was successfully elected unanimously to continue as chairman for the BOR for the 2024-2025 year. 

John A. McCall and Gregory C. King were unanimously elected to be vice chairman and secretary respectively. There was only one nomination for each position.

UH accomplishments

Since the BOR’s last meeting, UH had a number of achievements to share with the board. Khator elaborated on them in her report. 

UH received a generous $10 million gift from the Michael and Rebecca Cemo Family Foundation to support UH Intercollegiate Athletics. The west-end scoreboard at TDECU Stadium will be named in the family’s honor.

One of UH’s very own faculty, Houston physics professor Dr. Zhifeng Ren, was included in Big 12’s First-Ever Faculty of the Year Honorees.

The Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship was ranked No. 1 in the nation for its sixth year in a row by the Princeton Review.

“I’m always very proud to present all the great things happening. It’s difficult to select only a few bullet points,” Khator said.

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On Nov. 4, the Student Government Association convened for an emergency special session to address the revisions made by Vice President for Student Affairs Dr. Paul Kittle to the Student Fees Advisory Committee. 

In the meeting,  SGA claimed that Kittle illegally revised the bylaws of SFAC without the committee’s approval.

However, according to Kittle, SFAC is a university level committee and does not have to follow any SGA bylaws, only Texas legislative law. 

Kittle would not need any approval from the committee to revise SFAC bylaws.

Kittle’s Revisions

Kittle said he revised the bylaws in order to create a more efficient SFAC.

“We started the document in spring and drafted them over the summer. I reviewed them and shared them with the SFAC,” Kittle said. “There was a lot of responsibility placed on the student chair like scheduling rooms, catering and arranging meetings. So that’s something we got done over the summer to make things simpler.”

Kittle reduced the document’s length from 62 pages to four and shortened the budget worksheet. This raised alarms for several senators on the committee, including Sen. Yusuf Kadi. 

“There were some proposed budget changes by the administration, where the previous version of the budget had very detailed categories of expenses from where student service fee funds were being utilized,” Sen. Kadi said. “This new one has about three or four categories. This is nowhere near enough information to understand where funding is being spent.”

In the meeting, senators alleged that Kittle had also reduced the number of student senators on the committee from three to two, however, Kittle denies this. 

The number of student senators on the committee is set by the SGA itself and has not changed, according to Kittle.

Kittle made changes to the available data with guidance from the Office of Student Business Services.

“The budget provided was shortened. The guiding question was, ‘how do we make this as easy as possible but still informative.’ So that’s the model we came up with.” Kittle said.

Kittle stressed that the SGA had numerous chances to ask questions regarding his budget changes but said he received none.

SGA Drafts Resolution in Response

Sen. Jesus Nieto motioned for the special session to address these revisions. He authored a resolution, “Disapproval of the Revisions of SFAC Bylaws by the Vice President of Student Affairs,” which was introduced for a first read.

“Dr. Paul Kittle, gave a directive to Donell Young, Associate Vice President of Student Affairs and Dean of Students, to change the approved SFAC bylaws without internal committee approval or consultation,” Nieto said.

The resolution was sponsored by 14 other SGA members. The SFAC’s original documents required both the committee’s approval for document revision and Kittle’s approval.

“It was revealed very recently by Dr. Kittle that he had decided to unilaterally strip and rewrite SFAC bylaws how he pleased,” said Sen. Kadi. “It’s important to note, he doesn’t have that power. Dr. Kittle cannot change the bylaws without the Committee’s approval.”

Under the original SFAC bylaws, any new changes need a majority of the committee to vote, Kadi said.

However, SFAC does not answer to SGA’s laws, and any revisions made to its protocols does not require committee approval, and must follow Texas legislative law, Kittle said.

Accusations of Undemocratically Installed SFAC Chair

The current interim chair of SFAC Sarah Khan, was accused of illegally being put into SFAC as an interim member by Arriaga after failing a democratic vote. 

According to SGA Bylaws, Title VIII: Student Fees Advisory Committee, Article 3: Appointment of Student Members, Clause 4, interim members may only be appointed by the SGA president after being requested by the SFAC Chair. 

Allegedly, the previous chair did not request any interim members, so several SGA senators viewed her appointment as illegitimate. 

“A person that was not democratically elected by the student government is now the chair of the committee that’s responsible for $23 million dollars of student fees,” Sen. Nieto said. 

Kittle emphasized that since SFAC is a university level committee, it does not follow the SGA bylaws. 

“The student body president has the right to place interim members until the SGA acts,” Kittle said.

Khan continued to serve on SFAC despite the accusations. 

“The new bylaws are an administrative action to take a sledgehammer to the committee and destroy any ability that they have to push for change or voice student interests.” Sen. Kadi said.

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Safe at Home actor Andrew Chavez performs the final scene of the play in the visitors stairwell as the audience watches from the sidelines at Darryl and Lori Schroeder Park, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024 in Houston, Texas. | Raphael Fernandez/The Cougar

As the School of Theatre and Dance at the Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts moved forward with its 2024-25 season, the department presented a unique theatrical experience called Safe at Home.

The play opened on Nov. 7 at Darryl and Lori Schroeder Park and continued till Nov. 10.

The production consisted of guest director Jack Reuler, co-writers Gabriel Greene and Alex Levy and actors that included a mix of UH students and professional actors from the Houston area. 

The play 

Safe at Home is set in the seventh game of the fictional 2024 World Series, where the San Diego Padres played the Texas Rangers. 

The central conflict revolves around whether or not the Padres’ pitcher, Victor Castillo, will stage a protest at the pitcher’s mound.

The play addressed current political topics including ethnic discrimination, deportation and exploitation in athletics and the US immigration policy. 

“When the writers wrote the play in 2023, the Rangers and the Padres were chosen because both were connected to immigration and were border states,” Reuler said. “Up until last year, neither had won the World Series.” 

The play runs an approximate 90 minutes, cycles through nine seven-minute scenes. The audience members are directed by tour guides dressed head to toe in San Diego Padres’ gear. 

Each scene plays cues at their end, and the audience is directed by the guides and upbeat pop instrumentals to their next location.

“90 minutes out from the start of the game, the audience learns that star pitcher Victor Castillo may or may not be planning a protest at the start of the game,” Greene said. “As the audience goes through each scene, they learn more about Castillo until it culminates with meeting Victor himself right before game time.”

“Safe at Home” actors Greg Dean (left) and Jason E. Charmichael (right) perform a scene in the home dugout as the audience watches from the bench at Darryl and Lori Schroeder Park, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024 in Houston, Texas. | Raphael Fernandez/The Cougar

Safe at Home is a voyeuristic journey into the intimate conversations of executives, players, political candidates and others. 

It doesn’t occupy a traditional theater space, instead takes place in a baseball stadium with a unique twist on traditional stage play.

“Site-specific immersive theater has long been a passion of mine, as it allows the audience to be both voyeur and participant,” Reuler said. “In Safe at Home, the set and actors stay put while the audience moves, cycling through nine scenes in nine locations to see a whodunit thriller unfold.”

The message 

Guest Director Jack Reuler aims to advance social change in the plays he directs.

“I like to work with material that doesn’t just reveal changes that have to be made, but gives a call to action at the end,” Reuler said. “At the end of the play the viewer’s not just thinking, ‘Oh, I didn’t know that,’ they’re thinking to themselves, ‘Now I know this and here’s what I’m going to do.”

The play also addresses the politics of sports, especially Major League Baseball. Both Greene and Levy are baseball fanatics, although neither are Padres or Rangers fans.

Safe at Home invites audiences to change the way they think about professional athletes and understand the politics better. 

“Baseball is this iconic American sport that has always resisted the idea of outside politics, it held itself above them,” Greene said. “However, when you dig deeper you learn that it’s a fabrication.” 

Audiences’ reaction

While the play was first brainstormed in the early 2010s, attendees found the issues to be relatable even today.

The audience also found it relevant as the US grapples with the recent re-election of former President Donald Trump. 

“This play reflects how people are feeling today and the real issues, and I loved that the playwrights are addressing real issues happening now,” said UH alumni Deborah Nowinski. “I just wish society didn’t require plays like this.”

“Safe at Home” actor Austin Atencio lays on the ground after a bathroom action sequence as the audience applauds behind him at Darryl and Lori Schroeder Park, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024 in Houston, Texas. | Raphael Fernandez/The Cougar

How the play came to UH

Reuler was contacted by interim director of School of Theatre and Dance Jim Johnson, to produce the play at UH after a previous production in Frisco, Texas. This marks Reuler’s second time directing a play at UH.

“I commend the department for taking this on, and I hope experiences like this one ripples out to the entire field, not only theater training,” Reuler said. “It’s been heartwarming and breathtaking, and I hope my relationship with the University, now two years in length, goes on for some time.”

Reuler is the founder and current Artistic Director Emeritus at Mixed Blood Theatre Company and previously directed “The Skin of Our Teeth” by Thornton Wilder in November of 2023 at UH. 

The School of Theatre and Dance will conclude their fall season with the annual Emerging Choreographers Showcase on Nov. 22, 2024.

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Last Wednesday, the Student Government Association met for a Special Senate meeting, where during scheduled reports, Senator and Internal Affairs Committee Chair Anahi Ortega recommended the Senate move to impeach President Diego Arriaga and Vice President Austin Craig. 

This announcement and recommendation was made on behalf of the committee and was the conclusion of a weeks-long investigation. 

“This is not an easy recommendation, I encourage you to ask questions about our process and what we’re thinking about,” Ortega said. “The committee does want to recommend to this Senate, that with the lack of effective leadership and the possible disorganization, that this senate considers the impeachment of the current president and vice president.” 

On Sept. 18, Director of Outreach Bryanna Nimmons was terminated for alleged performance issues during SGA’s End The Stigma event.

Director of External Affairs Khushvir Chahal resigned and Director of Multicultural Affairs Parsa Torabi resigned after being allegedly offered the option by Arriaga. Speaker of the Senate Tav Cockrell announced an intention to resign but has not done so since Oct. 10.

“I have been deeply disappointed by the lack of accountability, communication and good intention from this administration. I have repeatedly found myself hindered in my efforts,” said Chahal at Sept. 18’s meeting. 

This leaves the executive board with only four of the seven members active.

A successful impeachment could mean the removal of Arriaga and Craig from their positions in SGA which leaves only the Chief of Staff and Director of Public Relations as part of the executive board.

During the meeting, as well as in a follow-up interview, Ortega gave a broad overview of the committee’s rationale behind their recommendation.

“The claim was that former Director Parsa Torabi was given the opportunity to resign and Nimmons was not,” Ortega said. “Nimmons was fired the same day (End The Stigma) had failed, whereas former director Torabi had been given advanced warning about his possible departure from the organization.” 

The IAC, which is responsible for the enforcement of the SGA’s constitution and bylaws, alleged that Arriaga had engaged in discriminatory practices for terminating Nimmons while allowing Torabi to resign instead.

In a Senate meeting on Sept. 18, Craig gave the executive branch’s reasoning behind terminating Nimmons. 

“She had the opportunity to work from summer up to last Monday. In that time she was leading the event, she collected about 400 shirts out of the 1,100. We were missing 700 shirts that were supposed to be a memorial for all these kids,” Craig said.

At the same meeting, Craig also defended allowing Torabi to resign because Torabi mentioned how it would greatly affect his resume.

According to the committee, the executive branch alleged that Torabi had brought up an intention to resign earlier in the year. 

“The timeline for the events is basically that former director Torabi, on his own accord, brought up the concern that he wanted to leave,” Ortega said. “The directors said we will accept your resignation at a later time, but that’s your decision to make, and in his preparation for MCAT, that was the primary source reasoning.”

However, Torabi announced he was fired rather than resigned at the Sept. 18 meeting. Torabi did not mention MCAT preparation as the reason for his leave. 

“As of today, I have been fired from my position of Director of Multicultural Affairs,” Torabi said in a September meeting.  

Additionally, Chief of Staff Daniela Gonzalez described Torabi’s leave as a firing.

“We did come across a couple of other scenarios where we asked if similar treatment was given to other members of his branch,” Ortega said. “It is the committee’s understanding that similar consideration was not carried out across the board.”

According to the committee, Arriaga cited that one of his primary reasons behind firing Nimmons was because it harmed the image SGA had with possible partnerships, organizations and other departments.

However, the IAC alleged SGA has had its image harmed already without any terminations, such as with the loss of its food permit for the rest of the semester. 

The Committee said that Arriaga’s criteria for terminating Nimmons was unevenly applied as losing the food permit prevents SGA from holding food-related events with other organizations. 

“Based on the President’s outlined criteria, that should also be a fireable offense, however, he said he believed that was a team effort, more than any one individual person,” Ortega said. 

In a follow-up interview, Ortega mentioned various issues that arose from the executive branch.

“There were discrepancies in the consideration for termination of those directors, but beyond that the lack of coordination, communication and accountability,” Ortega said. “Leadership from the top executives of the branch led us to believe that this whole matter could have been avoided had proper leadership been exercised at a sooner point in time.”

The committee stated they plan to release their final report regarding the investigation by Oct. 11.

“In the committee’s eyes, it is a large failure of leadership on multiple counts,” Ortega said. “The committee wants to recommend the senate consider impeachment.” 

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Homesickness is a common problem for college students.

Students often wake up one morning, days or weeks after moving in, with a knot in their stomach and feeling like they’d rather be anywhere except their dorm bed. 

It happens to almost everyone, even to students raised in Houston.

While homesickness can’t be controlled, it is still possible to manage reactions and cope with it.

To avoid booking the soonest flight home, read more on how students from all walks of life combat homesickness:

Call home

While students can’t always be with their family, most stay connected by calling home. Simply phoning home can serve to remind a student they’re not alone. 

Computer science freshman Jay Castelan, whose family is out of state, phones home every night. 

“Me and my parents talk everyday over the phone,” Castelan said. “It helps me feel less homesick because it reminds me I always have someone supporting me from the sidelines.”

During these calls, he describes his day and gives his parents a rundown of what’s happening in his life.

This helps him to process new events, de-stress and feel like he’s with his family while still advancing at UH.

Homesick students should take advantage of the technology available to them, including text, email and phone calls. 

Find family in your friends

Biology junior Sina Jafari is heavily involved on campus and experienced homesickness. What all students can do to help relieve homesickness is to meet people, Sina said.

“You can meet people anywhere, it can be at a lecture hall, the dormitory, even lines in the dining hall,” Jafari said. “You’ll find people are much more receptive than you think and everyone’s looking to find new friends.”

A close friend group can serve as family and transform campus into a home away from home. They can be a support network and a shoulder to lean on in tough times.

Stay distracted

To remedy homesickness, students can stay busy and active with school work and extracurricular activities. 

By staying occupied, students have less time to think about home and can settle into campus life more easily. This helps create a sense of belonging similar to what a student might feel at home.

“There’s so much to do on campus that most of the time you’ll never have to go far for anything to pass the time,” Jafari said. “Join clubs, organizations, go see plays and football games and hangout with the people around you.” 

Visit home whenever you can

A common strategy employed by students is to simply go back home.

While this may temporarily relieve feelings of homesickness, it may help to comfort students and remind them that they’re not alone.

However, to avoid missing out on on-campus opportunities and to maintain the independence that comes with being a college student, students may try joining parents for dinner or visiting a couple times a month. 

As someone raised in Houston, family isn’t far off, but Jafari still feels the weight of being away from home. 

“I try to visit a couple times a month, but I don’t stay for the weekend,” Sina said. “People can do whatever though, and you shouldn’t feel bad about having a dorm and staying at home sometimes.”

Build a routine

Building a routine can help ground students and center them at their new college campus.

They can adapt a daily routine from home, or build a new one altogether at college. A morning ritual can give a sense of consistency where they can feel at home and stay productive.

Maintaining a daily schedule will help students stay organized and distracted from being away from home.

Process feelings

Pushing feelings to the side will only allow them to fester and come back later to hurt. They need to be processed properly and mindfully.

Students should take time to meditate, to go on walks and engage in mindfulness. UH offers a variety of resources for students, such as CoogsCARE, which provides mental health resources.

Additionally, students may access Counseling and Psychological Services to speak with therapists and process their feelings with a professional. 

Motivate yourself

“I use it to my advantage and as motivation,” Castelan said. “I’m getting an education to make them proud.” 

A students’ purpose may come from a variety of sources, and remembering this purpose can make a huge change in feeling homesick.

Let it pass

Ultimately, being homesick is a wound that only time may heal. Allowing time to process feelings, settle in and get used to college life is the quickest way to feeling better. 

Students should do their best to get involved, stay active and motivate themselves in college while they let their feelings pass.

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