The Iowa Memorial Union Main Ballroom was filled with students from other Big 10 universities.
The legislation she'd written was on the table.
But when Emily Manders presented a proclamation before student government representatives from across the nation, she wasn't nervous about whether it would pass.
"I was more worried that this document would become just a piece of paper without any concrete action behind it," says Manders, a fourth-year environmental policy and planning major from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. "I'm very pleased to see that hasn't been the case."
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