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UPDATE

Here’s the schedule for the next five stories I’ll be posting.

Hope you enjoy the new stuff.

DISCLAIMER: This is a work of FICTION. It's meant purely for the entertainment of adults.

It’s Always Sonny in Texas

Featuring TCU Coach, Sonny Dykes

BRIEF SYNOPSIS: New TCU Coach, Sonny Dykes has a chance encounter with a young male TCU student at a burger joint.

POSTING: 12/30/2022

One Night in Pelois

Featuring Paul Pelosi, husband of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Paul Pelosi, husband of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi picks up a much younger single man at a late night bar for some action. 

What? You should have known I'd write a story about this guy.

POSTING: 1/13/2023

Coach Patterson

Featuring football coach Gary Patterson  

BRIEF SYNOPSIS: A sophomore free safety at the University of Texas, takes a liking to his new special assistant to the head coach, former TCU head coach Gary Patterson.

POSTING: 1/27/2023

A Slice of Texan Beef

Featuring Character Actor, Barry Corbin

BRIEF SYNOPSIS: A chance encounter at a texas sports bar leads to a dream come true for a fan.

POSTING: 2/10/2023

Fucked By a Kennedy

Featuring former senator, Edward "Ted" Kennedy

BRIEF SYNOPSIS: A holiday trip in Palm Beach, Florida, with some friends leads to a drunken encounter with Senator Ted Kennedy.

POSTING: 2/24/2023

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May 10 (UPI) -- Georgia's football team declined an invitation to visit the White House to celebrate its national title win over TCU because of schedule conflicts, the school announced.

"The University of Georgia first received on May 3 an invitation for the Bulldog football team to visit the White House on June 12," the Bulldogs said in a statement. "Unfortunately, the date suggested is not feasible given the student-athlete calendar and time of year.

"However, we are appreciative of the invitation and look forward to other opportunities for Georgia teams moving forward."

The Bulldogs completed an undefeated 2022-23 campaign with a College Football Playoff finale victory over TCU on Jan. 9 in Inglewood, Calif. They snuck by Ohio State 42-41 in the College Football Playoff semifinals before their 65-7 title-game thrashing of the Horned Frogs.

The Bulldogs also skipped a White House visit after they won the championship in 2022. They didn't make that trip because of COVID-19 restrictions. Alabama, which won the title in 2021, also didn't visit because of the pandemic.

The LSU Tigers, who won the 2020 title behind quarterback Joe Burrow, were the last team to visit the White House. They visited when President Donald Trump was still in office.

On Monday, the LSU women's basketball team announced it accepted an invitation to the White House to visit President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden. The Tigers, who beat Iowa 102-85 on April 2 in Dallas, said they will make that visit May 26.

The UConn Huskies men's basketball team will visit the White House the same day. The Huskies beat San Diego State for a national title April 3 in Houston.

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At home, he was quiet, almost mysterious. “But I remember going to a barbershop with him often,” Igbokidi said, “and him talking about things I’ve never heard him talk about.”

Igbokidi’s dad, who immigrated from Nigeria, found brotherhood among men getting haircuts in Little Rock, Arkansas. Now, as a third-year medical student at the Burnett School of Medicine at TCU, Igbokidi invites people to a similar space in barbershops across North Texas. 

The first Barbershop Talk Therapy in 2023 will take place Sunday, Feb. 5, at the Lake Como House of Fades Barbershop in Fort Worth. The event includes free haircuts, free health screenings and a psychiatrist-led discussion to help people process the death of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man whom Memphis police beat during a traffic stop. His funeral was Wednesday, Feb. 1. 

They’ll also talk about stress, anxiety and depression. 

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Beautiful Spouses Rewatch Thoughts SPN 01x17

Hell House

“They found dad so now they have no purpose. What do they do now?” “Haunted House? Wait. They have parties in there? I don’t remember.” “That was kinda rapey” “that’s kinda funny - where Satan canned all of his vegetables” “you’re about to get fucked buddy” “Big Texas.”

“THAT IS NOT INTERSTATE 35” then we googled how big and how long I-35 is “if only the radio was actually that good in Baby”

“That PRANK stuff” “Since when do you believe anything anybody says?” “What are they making fun of here? The editing cuts?” Neither of us know

“What album was that?” “Didn’t the guy make it up and post it on the internet and isn’t that the whole episode? Its the manifestation of the energy of thinking about the same thing or something like that.” “Curb appeal. Ahahah” “I wonder what frequency EMF uses. There’s really nowhere you can go without some sort of frequency now” “Why would Dean make that joke then? That’s just weird timing. They get better on timing delivery later.” “Dean, you just worked with cops.”

“Let’s clip clop our feet loudly AS FUCK over to the door and prepare for a stealth attack.” “Do you hear all that CLIP CLOP?” “Facing the ghosts, man.” “haha”

“A Vazzzzzzzzzz?” “This is a serious investigation” “Sometimes Dean can never give up, and sometimes he’s just like FUCK IT”

“I don’t feel like Dean is the one you want to pull a prank on” “What is with this dude being all rapey and shit?” “Dude, I would be 40ft in the other direction already. Fuck the rapey guy; I’d already just leave the party” “You fkn play all this music while I was wandering around, I’d be wondering what the fuck is happening” “It would be funnier if the people in the show could hear the music too” “howdy cowboy” “thats what you think man” “think of all the smoke machines dude” “not sure how you can see shit with night vision with all those flashlights because it would be bright as shit out there” “they did the thing again. Now this time Sam handed Dean the gun like it was planned, ya know” “Why did you point the gun in the same direction as your brother, you idiot?” Talking about Sam

“I guess it’s not that bad, because he’s pulling it up behind Dean before walking by him” “He hates rats? Did they ever bring that up again?” “One of them has night vision on and the other has it off” “Remember when it was edgy to put stickers on your laptop?”  

Me telling Spouse that people still put stickers all over their laptops

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Dean has really pretty eyelashes

TCU = Texas Christian University “oh my godddd” “If this was a crime show, it would be the Winchesters investigating the film students, but instead, it’s them investigating this guy” “How did Sam not notice that?” “If tulpas are true, does that mean Castiel is real since all the girlies think about him so much?” “how does Sam not notice all the pepper in his crotch? He’s old enough.” “Sam is an idiot. How did he not notice the pepper in his shorts? How did he not notice the grit falling down onto his legs? How did he not notice his balls sloshing around in the stuff? H left his underwear on the whole time without thinking anything about it. He didn’t even go to piss to check if something was wrong with his dick. YOU WOULD EVEN SMELL THE PEPPER. HOW DID HE NOT NOTICE IT?” I told Spouse that he spent more time thinking about Sam’s dick in the above rant than I ever have in the entirety of my brainrot career.

“With girls.” “Buffy would probably fuck other girls” “Slow your roll? It’s been around for this long?” “That ain’t a prank, Sam. That’s bodily harm.” “Those sheets are awful white for just blowing in the breeze for however long” “they’re not reloading right now?” “nice” “Those guys really are fkn dumb” “If he was swinging with that much force, Sam would have gone further into the wall, especially with that much rotted wood.”

“Dean really has fun with fire blaster things” “There’s no amplification sigil so the house burning would work.” “But couldn’t they have just broken the sigil in general to stop the whole situation or was it too late since the dude was manifested?” “uh huh” “flamingo” “not even going to look down into your seat before you get in?”

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Bryn Carden is a versatile young entrepreneur with a deep sense of compassion and the desire to help make the world a better place. In 2017, she founded Styles for Smiles - a company selling bracelets to support the Smile Train Organization. The proceeds from selling Bryn’s designs have already helped fund cleft palate repairs for 16 children in developing countries. BF Hats, another design brand Bryn is engaged in, donates a portion from every purchase to Ronald McDonald House of Dallas - combining Bryn’s passion for style and philanthropy. Bryn is a Neeley School of Business student at Texas Christian University and an active member of the Delta Gamma sorority - an organization empowering women to stand up to their full potential. Ms. Carden values mentorship and donates her free time to make an impact in other people’s lives as a participant of the Neeley Mentorship Program and Riff Ram Reading Program. Ms. Carden leads other women by example with a kind, compassionate and authentic approach, promoting health and wellness, strong ambition, and generosity. She is a proud Miss Kemah Teen USA, inspiring others with her beauty, positive attitude, and love for people. When she has free time, Bryn can be found modeling, traveling, skiing, paddle boarding, exercising, and spending time with her friends and family.

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https://www.tcu360.com/2021/02/from-best-friends-to-business-partners-tcu-students-launch-hat-company-to-raise-money-for-charity/

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06/11/2019

Last night I was suppose to meet up with a friend of mine and we would have made a video as we have made a few in the past but he ended up getting tied up in Dallas and couldn't make it until later in the night and I was not trying to be up that late. So instead I got on Grindr and was hit up by a blank profile I of course didn't answer because there was no picture and I ignore blank profiles but the about five minutes later the same guy hits me up again but this time he sends a pic and damn he was fine he was a young white guy slim athletic type and short curly hair tattoos green eyes and braces he said he was looking to top and he could come over he is a student at TCU which is not far from my house and he could Ubur. I gave him my info and he was at my door with in twenty minutes. he came in and was wearing basket ball shorts and a white muscle shirt we went to my room and made out and I pulled his clothes off of him. He seemed nervous and kind of shy but went along with everything I did once I had him naked I was so turned on his little tight body was so sexy I went down on him and sucked his dick and ate his ass he moaned loudly begging for more I climbed on top of him while he laid on his back and I put my hard dick in his mouth he sucked it for a while but was not very good at it after that I slide his dick in my ass and started riding it slowly it felt so good it was nice and thick around 7 inches with a pretty pink head I rode him for a while at first slow then faster with my hands on his chest he kept his hands on my waist the whole time I was riding his cock and squeezed tight when I reached back and started playing with his hole while I was riding him then in no time he tensed up and said im about to cum im about to cum then let out a loud moan as he nutted. While he waited for his Ubur we talked and he asked me for my number I didn't give it to him but I did give him m snap so we will defiantly be fucking again.

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Flyers depicting militarized pigs, including at least one with a caption calling for the destruction of “ISRAELI APARTHEID FORCES AND AMERIKKKAN [sic] PIGS WHICH FUND IT,” were discovered yesterday morning on the exterior of Granoff Family Hillel Center.

Over two dozen posters were found, according to Rabbi Naftali Brawer, Tufts Hillel’s Neubauer executive director and the campus Jewish chaplain, who saw the posters when he arrived at the center shortly before 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday morning. He contacted Tufts University Police Department after he and other Hillel staff members removed the posters from the building.

These posters come days after tweets by Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn) sparked a national discussion over what constitutes anti-Semitism. On Sunday, Omar tweeted that American political leaders’ support of Israel is “all about the Benjamins.” Democratic House leadership condemned the tweets as anti-Semitic. On Monday, Omar tweeted that she “unequivocally apologize[s].”

The cartoons reproduced on the posters do not have explicitly anti-Semitic origins. Meant to disparage American military imperialism and the police state, the trio of political cartoons originated in the Oakland, Calif.-based Black Panther Party in the late 1960s, and were first published in the Party’s publication, “The Black Panther.”

But their targeted placement at Hillel shocked campus Jewish leaders as a direct affront to the Jewish community. Similar posters had not been found anywhere else on campus as of press time.

In an interview with the Daily, Brawer described how some of the signs were pasted on the Hillel windows facing inwards, as if to send a message “to those inside the building.”

“We were clearly targeted as a Jewish center,” he said.

The posters represent the latest in a string of anti-Semitic acts on American college campuses, Robert Trestan, director of the Anti-Defamation League’s Boston office, said in an interview with the Daily.

Trestan explained that many instances of campus anti-Semitism have not taken place on or around Jewish institutions. Anti-Semitic symbols appeared in Lewis Hall in 2014 and on Packard Avenue in 2015.

Trestan called the posters at Tufts “unique” because of their placement on the Hillel building.

“I think what makes this one unique and particularly upsetting is that [the posters] targeted the Jewish community at Tufts,” he said. “The fliers were targeting the Jewish students at Tufts in the place where they feel safest and most welcome — the Hillel building.”

...In an email sent to the Tufts community shortly after 3:00 p.m., University President Anthony Monaco described the incident as an affront to campus culture.

“The derogatory images and symbolism in these posters were profoundly disturbing and hurtful to those targeted and to others in our community,” Monaco said at the time. “Our Jewish students, faculty, and staff, and all those who participate in Hillel programs, have my support as members of our community.”

...Brawer did not initially know that at least one of the posters called for the destruction of “Israeli Apartheid forces.” He only learned of, and subsequently confirmed this, after being informed by the Daily.

Some student leaders called the action anti-Semitic.

Tufts Friends of Israel (FOI) Co-President Ben Shapiro, a junior, and FOI’s Director of Outreach Annika Witt, a sophomore, said the posters were offensive and misguided.

“Holding Jews collectively responsible for the actions of the State of Israel is blatantly anti-Semitic, and is defined as such by the State Department and the Department of Education,” they said in a joint statement provided in an electronic message to the Daily.

“If we want to fight oppression and bigotry, especially on campus, we must call it what it is: anti-Semitism.”

Talia Inbar, regional co-chair of J Street U and former co-chair of the Tufts chapter, similarly condemned “manifestations of anti-Semitism and white supremacy on our campus.”

Inbar, a senior, echoed FOI’s statement that the actions of Israel cannot be held against all Jews. She also called the posters a distraction to serious dialogue.

“These posters are damaging to the Tufts community because they get in the way of the important and productive conversations and legitimate criticisms of Israeli policy,” she said in an electronic message to the Daily.

...Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate also issued a response to the posters, urging the Tufts community to support marginalized communities on campus.

“This year, we have witnessed an uptick of incidents that target specific marginalized identities on campus, which is unacceptable and antithetical to the community we wish to foster at Tufts,” the TCU Senate Executive Board said in a statement posted to its Facebook page.

...“It’s been a really unsettling experience for everyone here at Hillel. It shows us that bigotry and hatred are sadly alive and well, even on a university campus. And that only causes us to redouble our efforts to be a place that celebrates diversity, difference and respectful dialogue,” he said. “That’s the Hillel way.”

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Tribal College Week

Every winter, during the second week of February, tribal college presidents, student representatives, and a myriad of others passionate about tribal education trek out to Washington, DC to visit Capitol Hill for National Tribal College Week. This week, also referred to as the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) Winter Meeting, is an intense hive of advocacy, House and Senate meetings, and networking. Everyone who attends these meetings serves the larger purpose of moving tribal colleges forward, which in turn helps move Native communities forward.

One of the more compelling aspects of the winter meeting is the unique role that students play. Each of the 37 tribal colleges and universities (TCUs) participating can choose to send a student or students to DC; these students then accompany their college’s representatives to various advocacy workshops, committee hearings, and congressional delegation meetings. It is at those meetings where the key mission that students serve becomes apparent. This is where they share their tribal college journey with others. By sharing their own narratives, students are empowered and provide a moving testament to the diverse and often misunderstood impacts of TCUs.

OWNING MY STORY

In 2014, as the outgoing Diné College student body president, I was fortunate enough to receive an invitation to AIHEC’s winter meeting. I admit I wasn’t entirely sure what “Capitol Hill advocacy” entailed; words like advocating, legislating, and policymaking can sometimes take on nebulous definitions. After some prodding for a clearer description of my role, I was informed that I would be there to share my story about how tribal colleges affected me.

I spent the next few weeks mulling over this, namely, how would my story benefit anyone? It’s a winding and weird narrative. It lacks the glamour of Western success and perfect scores; it is void of the genius of wunderkind and the cheery comfort of normal. Dormant worries that I held prior to stepping foot on a tribal college campus began to creep in. Worries that I wouldn’t talk right, I wouldn’t look right, I wouldn’t act right. I just wouldn’t be right.

Up until that point, my knowledge of AIHEC revolved primarily around the annual spring student conference, which is a large gathering for tribal college students to bond and compete in various events. I attempted to compensate for my unfamiliarity with AIHEC by poring over the organization’s website and various related links mined from Google searches, hoping to gain more insight as to what I would be getting involved in. One of the most informative resources is AIHEC’s preliminary pre-meeting webinar. From logistics such as hotel accommodations and meeting times to detailing advocacy strategies and underscoring the key goals of the meetings, the webinar helped us prepare for Capitol Hill.

This preparation certainly helped me navigate the alphabet soup that is DC vernacular: from DOI, BIA, BIE to AICF, AIMS, TCUP, the acronyms flow freely. It also helped me grasp the general idea of what higher education funding looks like in the federal context. Yet, one thing that reading material couldn’t prepare me for was the sheer scope of issues surrounding American Indian higher education. While AIHEC’s importance is evident at the student conference, the organization’s power and magnitude are on full display in Washington, DC. From highly scheduled itineraries packed with meetings with U.S. Senators and House Representatives to the breadth of institutional knowledge TCU presidents shared during our visits, National Tribal College Week was like a deep-sea dive for someone like me who was used to splashing around in puddles.

FINDING MY PLACE

In a place like Capitol Hill where there is an array of issues at any given moment, it can be easy to get lost in the shuffle. Tribal colleges in particular face an assortment of unique issues that are often overlooked or else misunderstood—whether because of a complete disregard for community definitions of success or a clumsy attempt to measure us with the wrong metric. By having students there in person, sharing their own stories, whole new dimensions can be added to people’s perceptions of what a tribal college is and what success truly means to some of us.

Yet how would or could my story benefit anyone when it feels so undone and unpolished? How does one package all of the confusion, anger, frustration, elation, and joy I’ve experienced into a neatly composed soundbite? You simply must speak of what you know.

In my case, what I knew was how at Diné College someone told me for the first time that I was more than smart, that I was a “good egg.” How I had a bed and a room and I didn’t have to worry about where I was going to sleep for the next few months. How I could just focus on the tasks at hand and how I was free to pursue my curiosities and figure out what I wanted. How I could ask questions and people didn’t chide me for not knowing what the GRE was or how to fill out an application for federal student aid. Nobody tried to touch my hair, tell me about their Cherokee princess grandmother, or refer to me as Pocahontas. Nobody gasped when I talked about my childhood like it was some absurd reality or pushed me to leave the reservation for “opportunity.” Instead, people encouraged me to create opportunity on the reservation. I went to school with students who understood, with faculty who understood.

SOME ADVICE FOR THE JOURNEY

If I am able to provide advice for tribal college students on the AIHEC winter meeting, I would say first that if you are offered this opportunity, take it. In fact, with most opportunities in life, take them. Don’t be swayed by the “imposter syndrome”: don’t fall into the self-defeating trap of questioning whether you look or sound the part, wondering what you have to offer, or worrying about measuring up to others. Remember, your story is important. You matter.

The second tip is to take advantage of this opportunity to network with other students and organizations in Washington. On the first day of Tribal College Week, there is an open AIHEC Student Congress (ASC) meeting held at night to which all students are invited. I realize the lure of sightseeing around the nation’s capital or going out to eat is tempting, but you will have other chances to do that during the week. Attending the ASC meeting is the main opportunity to voice your opinions to your peers, to brainstorm, to network, to hear what is going on at other TCUs, to talk to your student congress and find out how you as a student are represented. And find out why you are there! What are the priorities that AIHEC is looking to promote? You want to be prepared and informed. Check the AIHEC website periodically before your trip for more information and any changes to the itinerary.

Another piece of advice: dress professionally. Wear clothes that make you sit up just a little bit straighter, whether that means traditional wear or an ironed button-down with your grandmother’s necklace. During my first trip to Washington, I didn’t have a clue what to wear, as my closet was primarily host to faded hoodies and beat-up sneakers. I couldn’t afford to invest in a suit at the time, but I was able to find a blazer at a thrift store. I proudly wore jewelry from my family and paired this with my wrapped moccasins that I had made in class. I recall the seam breaking on my moccasins and borrowing dental floss from a student at the hotel so I could repair them at the last minute.

I admit I had never worn a suit before and at first I felt nervous, like I was committing fraud by wearing such a costume. I had this ridiculous worry that someone would see me in my suit and just know that I didn’t belong. Granted, I did find out the hard way that you’re supposed to cut those white strings on the blazer vents and that you should never substitute tape for a lint roller. But the point of this is to be proud and comfortable in what you are wearing, whether it’s a thrift store blazer or a woven biil dress. Your clothes merely serve to border the picture that is you and your story. Your words and how you conduct yourself are really what matter.

Also, keep in mind the amount of security you will have to go through at the numerous government buildings. All your metalware, from belts to large jewelry, will have to come off each time you need to enter a building, and there will usually be a line of people waiting to get through the metal detectors behind you.

As for the weather, it rains a lot and sporadically so it might be worth packing a small umbrella. It is also winter in DC during Tribal College Week and therefore pretty cold, so bring a heavy jacket or wrap. In 2014, I thought I was being clever by just bringing a rain coat, thus saving me the hassle of dragging along my winter coat. However, the “snowpocalypse” storm quickly refuted this. We landed on a Sunday to clear skies and by Monday it was gray, with snow quickly piling up and intermittent freezing rain. We still had to walk to our meetings, albeit much more quickly. Don’t risk it: bring a coat—and gloves.

During your visits be on time! If this means setting multiple alarms and asking the hotel to provide you with a wakeup call, do it. Time in DC is monochromatic; things are very exact and focused. There is little to no concept of a grace period or a “maybe it starts around 2 p.m.” If you have 15 minutes to meet your senator and discuss budget cuts, you have 15 minutes to meet your senator and discuss budget cuts. Your congressional delegate serves a lot of people—it’s their job! So there are many other meetings they need to attend to and constituents they need to serve. Aside from time being so focused and precise, it is also scarce. Keep this in mind when sharing your story. For some states like Montana and North Dakota, where there are a larger number of tribal colleges, your meetings will be tightly packed and choreographed. There are multiple schools, students, and representatives in each meeting, so to avoid wasting time in front of the congressional delegates, a separate state meeting is usually held the first day of the Capitol Hill visit. During such visits, speakers are assigned orders and representatives are chosen. Montana, for example, has more TCUs than any state with seven; this means that it is especially imperative as a student representative to be mindful of your time limit. If you are at a 15-minute meeting with 9 minutes devoted to sharing student stories, and there are three students selected to speak, this means that you will have 3 minutes to share your story, unless you are told otherwise. Please be mindful of the other students whose stories are equally important and allow them time to share also.

Remember why you are there. You will be talking to congressional delegates who might not align with you politically on all issues. This was perhaps one of the harder things for me to learn— to hold my tongue. Having to refrain from making comments about policies to your senator while she or he is listening to you might feel akin to starving inside a bakery. But one of the many things I have learned is that there is a time and place for everything. There is also a way to make your passions known without hijacking the purpose of these meetings. You probably wouldn’t go to a vegan restaurant to endorse hamburgers. So it might not be best to attend meetings centered on education to push for the environment.

With that said, you can still take advantage of the opportunity by talking to others. I felt so strongly about certain policies and wanted more information that I asked each of the representatives along with their staff interns if I could have their business cards. This networking led to an internship the following summer in DC, where I was able to research the very policies that bothered me. That was the appropriate place and platform to pursue my interests, as I was representing myself and not a larger organization.

At this point in my college career, I have been fortunate to attend three AIHEC Capitol Hill meetings representing two different tribal colleges and the AIHEC Student Congress. Since my initial meeting, my college track has changed dramatically: I have gone on to pursue internships in the capital, spending two intense summers interning through Quality Education for Minorities where I contributed to research on STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) inclusion at TCUs, and landed an externship at the Indian Health Service headquarters in nearby Rockville, Maryland, which focused on civic media and LGBT issues. I have been invited to the White House a few times, including the 2015 White House Tribal Nations Conference, a 2016 Office of Science and Technology Policy meeting, and I was recently nominated to attend the White House Summit on the United State of Women. I also participated in an upcoming national PBS series focused on underrepresentation in the technology industry; introduced the Second Lady of the United States, Dr. Jill Biden, at the 2015 Achieving the Dream’s annual Institute on Student Success; traveled internationally for research under the National Science Foundation Partnerships for International Research; and I have spoken on numerous panels. Recently, I was a summer scholar at the National Science Foundation, focusing on data curation.

I have gone from confusing the GRE with GED to applying to graduate programs. My obnoxious loud behavior that stemmed primarily from just wanting to be heard has been curbed over the years. While at times I may still be a bit obnoxious, I don’t feel the tired drain of having to perform routines just to get people to listen. I am now in a position with opportunities—and offers! I am able to create opportunities for my peers and share what I’ve learned with my networks. I have set my sights on earning a Ph.D., and while still far off from accomplishing that goal, I feel confident that I can. Hopefully one day I can come back and teach at the very tribal colleges that helped me so much.

If I had to identify the pivotal experiences in my college education that have helped guide me to my current course, aside from having an amazing support network of TCU friends and internship mentors, I would single out attending Tribal College Week. This was more than just an intensive experience in policy and leadership. It also served a larger purpose: it helped me connect and create networks with other students while exposing me to a wealth of Indian Country leaders to look up to—from the various TCU presidents to distinguished faculty who have worked within their communities. It was where I realized that it is possible for people like me to one day create and affect change. Washington, DC and the world as a whole sometimes feel light years away, but they are actually just there waiting for people to seize opportunity. You just have to speak up.

- Robin Máxkii 

Originally published in Tribal College Journal

https://tribalcollegejournal.org/storytelling-capitol-hill-recollections-recommendations-tribal-college-week/

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I mean yes technically, but there’s so much going into why it’s this way. The billions-dollar deficit of funding from state and local governments back-owed to HBCUs is more than enough to explain not having the economies of scale to run development campaigns to alumni. Maybe they focused on courting famous alumni to make that nonprofit budget stretch, thus the week-long homecoming block party. Big party prolly has few returns to the school via development. Meanwhile Pitt has the largest public university endowment in the United States and a monopoly on public higher Ed for half of one of the largest and most politically powerful states in the electoral college.

Howard isn’t actually eligible for many of the back-owed state and federal funds because it’s a private school and not a 1890 Morrill Land Grant (all the Agricultural, Technical and Mechanical state HBCUS) or Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) or Tribal College or University (TCU). More than anything, this lack of development activity shows that Howard needs to sue like the University of Maryland HBCUs that did and won in 2019. Tbh I wouldn’t be able to raise money with students doing a sit in over mushrooms in their bathroom. The offices responsible for the nonsense on campus are also culpable for the lack of fundraising. Phylicia Rashad vs. Debbie Allen’s reaction to sit in s demonstrates the difference between admin and alumni priorities .

You probably know this story better than I do but I gotta mention that Howard is all we have left from 40 acres and a mule. It’s the only educational institution left from, established by, and named after the Civil War Secretary of War/Freedman’s Bureau. HU managed to survive the undoing of Reconstruction by the KKK in congress. I wouldn’t exist if my grandparents hadn’t met there in 1954. I hope and dream that Bison Alumni can keep their disposable income to invest in the students gearing up to attend the school next and the historic Shaw-Howard neighborhood that’s become too gentrified to affordably house them.

Turnover is high and salaries are low in development, so I’d be shocked if there were more than 5 full time and 5 young college grads without health insurance benefits stuffing envelopes in an office off of Georgia Ave. Long answer, I know. I just took and taught a CRT based class at Pitt, Politics and History Higher Education, and I can’t scroll past this without nerding out. Thanks for the discussion prompt 🧑🏾‍🎓

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