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The only reason that flies is because you believe it is morally correct that people have freedom of choice of love. If, for example, the state of Texas decided ban all animal shelters and mandated the euthanization of all stray dogs on finding them, would you not raise your eyebrows at the very least? It wouldn’t personally affect you in the least.</p>
<p>Furthermore, why don’t you address the points I bring up instead of dismissing them just because I’m an alum?</p>
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Once you graduate you will realize that the university you attend is connected to you long after you finished taking classes. For one, you’re going to be bombarded with requests to donate year-after-year.</p>
<p>Secondly, as I have said before, when something is wrong, it doesn’t matter who calls it out as being wrong. By and large people have agreed, regardless of what side of the debate they are on, regarding KTRU, that the process followed by the administration was in poor taste. To use an extreme metaphor, take the example of slavery. If slavery existed today would you be okay with it? I mean, it wouldn’t be affecting you.</p>
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There have been more than enough arguments being made describing why having a tower is a backbone to KTRU’s operations. KTRU is essentially being shut down to anyone in a car, which is where 90% of people listen to radio, anyway. I cannot believe you possibly think that KTRU’s campaign is on par with how the administration screwed them out of their tower and license.</p>
<p>By the way, it appears that the tower wasn’t even purchased by Rice–it was a donation. If students hadn’t innovated 40 years ago, there would be no tower today and Rice would still be in this financial hole. The very least the administration could have done is notified the community before the news hit the media.</p>