Texas A&M

**KillerB** · 03-18-09, 12:15 PM

If you're in to the sports side of Texas A&M, here's a story about the Texas A&M and Texas rivalry.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/columns/story?id=3220036

-KillerB
Fightin Texas Aggie Class of 2006

**asianator365** · 03-18-09, 03:24 PM

So, I'm heading down there next month for the "Spend the Night with the Corps" program to figure out if I want to join the Corps of Cadets or just head off to the Honors Dorms as a civi. I think I'm gonna be hosted by the E-2 group. Gonna go see me Miss Rev.

**Pineapple!** · 03-18-09, 03:27 PM

Originally Posted by asianator365

So, I'm heading down there next month for the "Spend the Night with the Corps" program to figure out if I want to join the Corps of Cadets or just head off to the Honors Dorms as a civi. I think I'm gonna be hosted by the E-2 group. Gonna go see me Miss Rev.

Being in the Corp is similar to joining a frat in that....you build good relationships and you have many other former members of the corps high up on the ladder at jobs....you being in the corps as well gives you the one-up in their eyes.

**SoccerDog** · 03-18-09, 05:03 PM

Originally Posted by Tick

If you do end up going to A&M you can blow shit up with Flea and me on the weekends. 8)

Psh I go there and I ain't never blown nothing up with you guys :P

KillerB's unnecessarily long post pretty much explains everything. A&M's a great school.

-SoccerDog
Fightin Texas Aggie Class of 2012

**asianator365** · 03-18-09, 05:35 PM

Can someone explain the significance of putting a penny on ol' Sully?

**WileECyte** · 03-18-09, 05:38 PM

http://www.tamu.edu/home/aboutam/cam...ossStatue.html

**jmw_man** · 03-18-09, 05:57 PM

Trust me, if you put a penny on ol sully, it won't bring you good luck on exams.

**SoccerDog** · 03-19-09, 11:15 AM

Originally Posted by jmw_man

Trust me, if you put a penny on ol sully, it won't bring you good luck on exams.

Heh, I didn't even do it when someone was handing out pennies for free. I said, "No thanks, I'll just study."

**WileECyte** · 03-19-09, 12:19 PM

Originally Posted by Pineapple!

If you like tradition, you'll love A&M. Couple of goofy things I thought about A&M though: You can't walk on the grass, and you can't say "Elephant" unless you're a senior. Don't be fooled.

http://aggietraditions.tamu.edu/elephant.shtml

Elephant Walk marks the end of the usefulness of the Aggie seniors to the student body. Like dying elephants, which wander the jungle looking for a place to die after their value to the herd is over, thousands of seniors will join hands and wander aimlessly about campus visiting landmarks for the symbolic "last time."
The event occurs annually prior to the last regularly scheduled football game.

Seniors meet at Kyle Field for a yell practice and presentations. Afterwards, senior yell leaders and redpots will lead the group through campus.

The seniors will stop at Fish Pond, the Lawrence Sullivan Ross Statue, and the Corps Quadrangle for brief yell practices before heading out to the Bonfire site on the Polo Fields.

This Aggie tradition is known to underclassmen as "E-Walk" since it is bad for underclassmen to say the word elephant as it is classified as a "senior word."