<p>Thanks! And I know of two more events not listed. A&M certainly tries hard, I'll give you that! :)</p>
<p>Dumb question: We're done all our touring so far in the summer. Does A&M have summer school? Could he sit in on a class if we went then?</p>
<p>They do have summer school... dont know if you could sit in on a class - that would be worth a call to Visitors Center.</p>
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Well, I went to visit A&M this weekend and stopped by Chilifest.
It was fun! I really liked the people. I'm just now waiting to see if I get in.</p>
<p>Two things I didn't like:</p>
<p>-Cops can be total jerks. But hopefully it was just because of chilifest.
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<p>Yeah, at first s was going to stay for Chilifest with my nephew, but then we all decided that because he's a junior in highschool, and the cops would be out in force looking to hand out MIPs, it was probably not a good weekend to be there. But, those are more his types of kids - and none of them were on campus on Friday afternoon! I'm sure they were all setting up for Chilifest!!</p>
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<p>Not nearly as disrespectful as some 20 year old twirp confronting my husband for wearing a non-descript orange shirt!! ;) But, it all stems from the same place. A rivalry that seems to go a bit too far and sways way into disrespect! But, I know it goes both ways.</p>
<p>Thanks klparker for all the tips! It really does help.</p>
<p>I don't like the saw'em off stickers/t-shirts - I just don't like the idea of giving TU that much props....
I think the shirts at Texas Tech were much more disrespectful...
Vick</a> 'Em Shirts: Too Soon? - TMZ.com</p>
<p>Ummh, yeah, those shirts take the cake - poor Reville!!</p>
<p>ag54, that incident with the orange shirt is exactly why I'm kind of embarrassed to be a part of A&M. There are many, many kids like that on campus who should be (age-wise at least) more like adults. It just seems like high school the sequel around here (socially). But I guess it's like that at any public university.</p>
<p>I’m a 53 year old “adult” and I love those bumper stickers. And I have even called folks out for wearing the color orange in the Dixie Chicken and Dudley’s Draw. Highway 6 runs both ways. I’m old as dirt and I will never change. I’m brainwashed maroon and darn proud of it. Oh, and do I have stories…</p>
<p>Good for you LiveOak!! </p>
<p>Really, who cares? It’s a rivalry, it’s heated, it goes both ways, it’s mostly fun. I’m from austin and I get crap for wearing maroon hats/clothes/etc. at places that are not even close to campus, places that are technically not even listed under an austin address (Buda, RR, Dripping, etc). Many of which from people who have never and will never step foot in a t.u. classroom. In the suburbs of austin I’ve had random longhorns throw food and **** at my car and try to run me off the road because my car has an “A&M Engineering” sticker on the back and because the Ags won that year in football. </p>
<p>If you are really that offended from someone approaching your husband, tell him not to wear the nasty color, or simply deal with it. I’m not crying because high school dropouts who purchase longhorn clothes and call themselves fans have “disrespected me”.</p>
<p>Do you really think it is appropriate and a good reflection on your college to confront innocent people for wearing a colored shirt?</p>
<p>If so, you have issues… and very little class</p>
<p>Have you ever heard of rising above the riff raff? Or the cliche - “lay down with dogs, get up with fleas”? Why would you want to sink to the level of trash?</p>
<p>ag54 - move on back to the UT forum. You know this goes both ways. We all know it goes both ways. let is rest</p>
<p>You’re right, I honestly don’t know why it bothers me… But, it does. I’m all for a rivalry, but rudeness just irks me to no end.</p>
<p>Anyway, all of this, along with our visit, have pretty much buttoned it up for my son.</p>
<p>I do have 2 Aggie nephews who I am inordinately proud of, so from a proud UT parent - Gig Em!</p>
<p>Moving on…</p>
<p>DS is doing SHIP this month. I hope he has a good time.</p>
<p>Educateme - I can relate a bit to your parents’ feelings. Five years ago I probably was saying the same thing as they are about TAMU when my daughter wanted to go there. I am a female, almost 50, and I went to an Enginnering school on the East Coast. Even after campus tours, TAMU was still number 3 where I would want her to go, but number one on her list. I had worked with numerous Aggies, and always found them to be top-notch engineers. I was just not as comfortable with the traditions such as “howdy” that I had heard about and experienced while on tour of the campus.</p>
<p>My daughter did go there - it was her first choice- and I am a changed person. You will not find a bigger Aggie fan than myself. My daughter majored in the sciences, had an incredible education ( more well-rounded than what I got), was very active on campus, and loved every moment of it. Now, I wish I had gone to TAMU instead of where I went! She is now starting grad school (at another university) and is extremely well-prepared academically. But, she is greatly missing the Aggie atmosphere.</p>
<p>Best of luck. Just keep an open mind and realize their are good and not so good points about every school. Just listen to your head and to your heart to find the right school for yourself.</p>
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<p>Sure, as long as it’s non-violent… it’s harmless. It all depends on how people approach it. Anyone who has attended a school with a large sports program knows this. You can be respectable and still approach someone about wearing a rival shirt on the opposition’s campus. This is not a new concept. Do you think trying to run a car off the road while driving off-campus in South Austin because it has an “A&M Engineering” decal, and because the longhorns had just lost to A&M is “appropriate”? There are many rivalries I’ve seen nation-wide that are much more brutal, rude, and violent than the t.u. and a&m one. A kid approaching your husband seems hardly life-threatening.</p>
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<p>To each his own, and I respect your differing opinion, but the “howdy” tradition was started on A&M as a way to be friendly to one another, as well as with visitors on-campus. It is not meant as a means of intimidation or to make other feel awkward. Of course in today’s world, saying hi to a random stranger probably does seem strange to many.</p>
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<p>fusionshrimp, I don’t know what you mean by that, it was the Texas Tech guys who wore the shirt, not the Aggies. I fail to see how that reflects poorly on A&M fans when fans of another school wear a shirt directed at your mascot…</p>
<p>A&M is going through a lot of internal turmoil lately. I’ve never heard of a new university president basically given a failing performance review after just one year. There are some videos of the chancellor that made him look a little slippery IMHO. Doesn’t look or sound like the great aggie spirit we hear about. I’m sure the students are sick of all the conflict.</p>
<p>[Murano</a> Gets Poor First Annual Review](<a href=“http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/46865782.html]Murano”>http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/46865782.html)</p>
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<p>There has been recent talk at A&M to merge the chancellor position and the university president position into one that assumes both roles. An easy way to do this, from the chancellor’s point of view, is to give bad reviews to A&M’s president. This could easily sway opinion and thus give more power to chancellor Mike McKinney. That’s just one outlook though. Scoring an average of 2.7/5 in 40 categories is a little fishy for someone whose held the position for not even a year and a half (just as you implied). There has already been much speculation into why Murano’s scores were so low. Not to mention this is only* one* man’s opinion of the president.</p>
<p>Truth be told, this isn’t a huge conflict as you make it out to be. I’m sure most students at A&M haven’t took notice to this anyway. It’s not something that’s widely publicized here in town. Besides, we tend to be busy with more pressing issues.</p>
<p>eledia is bashing all over the Texas A&M University board…</p>
<p>Saw about Murano’s review on the front page of the Houston Chronicle lol. Didn’t know Murano was a hispanic woman. D:</p>
<p>Some swim friends of ours are at Texas A&M’s swim camp this week. All gushing over how wonderful the school is and always wanted to send their child there. They were shocked at the look on my face. Definitely a different generation. </p>
<p>My uncle from Lafayette told Aggie jokes all the time, so we always grew up thinking the people who went to Texas A&M were dumb and not a place where you would want to send your child to. </p>
<p>Did hear a romantic story about it when our cousin Shirley told of how her first date with her husband was an A&M football game, and that he kissed her when the team scored a touchdown, apparently, a tradition. Well, that was it. She fell in love, and they’ve been married for over 50 years. </p>
<p>Heard that it’s a good place to find a spouse. Many alumni marry each other.</p>