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Student rights?

This one goes out to all the students in the UNC system.

As you may or may no know, you have a representative on the system's Board of Governors, the top policy making body. What you may not know is that person, usually the president of the student body association, does not have a vote on the board.

Rep. Alma Adams is the chief proponent of a bill to give that student representative a vote and equal status to the other 32 governors. The measure passed the House Tuesday, but not after some tense debate.

I'll leave it to you to figure out which representatives are giving y'all a little respect and which ones just give you little respect.

Click here for audio of the floor debate.

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