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RHA, OCA plan
goals for ’85-86
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Riders in this hot air balloon take a ride and see the sights over campus
By KAREN HELLER
Reporter
The Residence Hall Associa
tion and the Off-Campus Aggies
have had a good year, but both
groups are expecting bigger and
better things next year.
RHA President Gina Harlow
and OCA President Stacey Rob
erts said they were pleased with
the Adopt-A-Fish program, in
which off-campus freshmen and
transfer students are paired up
with on-campus students. The
program gave the two organiza
tions a much-needed chance to
work together, Roberts said.
She also said that this has been
one of OCA’s best years, but that
changes still need to be made.
“One of the changes we’re
working on now is the revision
of our constitution,” Roberts
said.
The new constitution is OCA’s
primary accomplishment this se
mester. Roberts said the new
constitution will make job de
scriptions more detailed and po
sitions more binding. It also will
increase the responsibility of
some of the positions.
Furthermore, the new consti
tution will be more specific than
the original, she said — it out
lines a chain of command which
OCA does not have.
Harlow said RHA’s primary
accomplishment this semester
has been a proposal to extend
visitation hours, which she ex
pects to be ratified by RHA at its
next meeting.
The new hours, 9 a.m. to mid
night on weekdays, and 9 a.m. to
2 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays,
should be in effect by next se
mester, Harlow said.
RHA is trying to install micro-
waves in some of the dorms, and
lights around the aerobics track,
Harlow said.
One problem RHA had this
year was that no-one volun
teered to run for any of the ex
ecutive offices, but, Harlow said
“that is all taken care of.”
RHA created an election com-
mision to review and approve
several candidates. The list of
approved candidates will be sent
to all the dorm presidents, Har
low said, and RHA officers will
be determined by a majority of
write-in votes.
OCA’s primary goal for next
year is to continue to improve
relations with both RHA and
Student Government, Roberts
said, so that it can increase its
power on campus.
A&M spirit grows
quickly for some
By SUZANNA YBARRA
Reporter
Many choose to become Ag
gies; others have no choice.
Some get their first dose of
Aggie spirit when they’re old
enough to wear a Curity t-shirt
with “I’m a little Aggie” painted
on the front.
Others get theirs when they
walk on the Texas A&M campus
for the first time and hear “how
dy” from a total stranger. „
Older Aggies remember be
ing “Aggie-ized,” or gradually
spirited.
“In sixth grade you get to go
to the games,” said John Benson,
a College Station resident of 13
years and a 1984 graduate of the
University.
“In high school they let you
sell Cokes to help raise money
for the band,” he said. He re
members going to Silver Taps
and Muster with his parents.
“A lot of people start shying
away (from A&M) around col
lege age and choose to go to
other universities,” he said.
“They’ve had so much of it (Ag
gie spirit) while they were
growning up, they’re sick of it.”
But what is Aggie spirit? Ben
son gave it some thought and
said: “Aggie spirit is a commit
ment to A&M where you’re will
ing to give more than you re
ceive.”
Cathy McGuill, whose father
graduated from A&M, was
brought up loving A&M while
living in Austin. She said she
kept her Aggie spirit more on
the reserved side.
“I tried not to be outspoken,”
the junior accounting major
said. “I feel offended inside if
someone puts A&M down . . .
but I don’t say: ‘Hey, you’re stu
pid.’”
She said she wouldn’t force
her children to go to A&M, but
she hopes they’ll at least consider
it.
But not all Aggies were sur
rounded by Aggie spirit while
they were growing up.
Phillip Rosenfeld, a senior
management major, moved to
College Station from Baltimore,
Md.
The only Aggie in his family,
Rosenfeld joined the Corps of
Cadets.
“One day you’ll realize why
you go to Silver Taps,” Rosen
feld, former director of student
Y Fish Camp said. "You realize
that when you die you’d like to
have people come. It’s caring, in
a special sort of way.”
New Reveille
File photo
Reveille V, the First Lady of Aggieland,
poses for a picture during her first official
appearance at the Texas A&M-SMU game
in G. Rollie White Coliseum.