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79R14741 MAM-D
By: Herrero H.R. No. 1489
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi Islander
Democrats have received the Student Affairs' Organization of the
Year Award in 2005 for their exceptional work in raising political
awareness on campus; and
WHEREAS, Officially organized in 2003, the Islander
Democrats spent their first year learning the university's rules
and requirements, and by the fall of 2004, they had launched an
organized campaign to help elect Democrats to local, state, and
national offices and to assist students in making informed
decisions; and
WHEREAS, The organization's members volunteered at the
Nueces County Democratic Unity Headquarters during the months
preceding the fall elections and registered more than 500
first-time voters on campus; they also staffed a phone bank,
distributed campaign materials, served on the ballot board, worked
as election judges, operated an information table at the university
center, and served as hosts for a fund-raiser for Congressman
Solomon Ortiz; during the spring of 2005, they expanded their reach
by participating in the local city council election, marching in
the A&M Martin Luther King, Jr., Day parade, and sponsoring two
movie screenings; and
WHEREAS, Since their inception, the Islander Democrats have
become an important part of the political life of the students of
Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi, and it is appropriate to take
this opportunity to join in honoring the members of the group for
their accomplishments; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate the Texas A&M University--Corpus
Christi Islander Democrats on receiving the school's Student
Affairs' Organization of the Year Award in 2005 and extend to them
sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for the organization as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.