Montgomery, AL – Sept. 26, 2018- Last night AUM’s Housing and Residence Life kicked off the
semester with their first meeting of the famous Hot Topics Café series. Last night’s topic was:
Legalize it? Students gathered to speak on various issues such as marijuana, immigration, guns
etc. and whether they believed they should or shouldn’t be legal.
The event was held at The Landing in The Nest. AUM has been hosting this series for about five
years now and the moderator of the event, Christin LeJeune, says that they intentionally pick hot
topics to speak about so that students may have a safe space to openly discuss these sensitive
topics. LeJeune says that the goal of the Hot Topics Café is for students to engage in peer to peer
learning rather than debating.
AUM’s Housing and Residence Life hosts the Hot Topics Café meetings once a month. The next
meeting will be held on October 23 and will be on the topic of sex. Students may contact AUM’s
Housing and Residence Life at 334-244-3296 or email them at housing@aum.edu for more
information. The Housing and Residence Life Office is located in The Nest in Room 1H35.
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Contact:
Chelsea Bassett
cbassett@aum.edu