GENDER ROLES EACH YEAR groups of incoming students are described with a broad brush of generational traits, test score averages, and some flat-out stereotypes. As the year progresses, the masses become individual students with their own stories, each as unique as their fingerprints. Somewhere in between is an approach that views the student body along gender lines in order to discover what practices and programs could be most useful for female, male, and transgender students. Three Talking Stick writers take a look at these segments of the student population (as well as the professionals who serve them) and what is being done in campus housing and student affairs to meet their specific requirements. TALKING STICK