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Dates: Oct. 11, 18, 25 & Nov. 1 - Time: 7:15 p.m.
Dates: Oct. 12, 19, 26 & Nov. 2 - Time: 7:30 p.m.
Advanced: Add Style with more Swing - Learn the Whip, Lariat & More
Dates: Oct. 11, 18, 25 & Nov. 1 - Time: 8:45 p.m.
Dates: Oct. 13, 20, 27 & Nov. 3 - Time: 7:30 p.m.
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Cost: $20/Student
$22/Non-Student
mature tradition for those "tea-sips" just
down Highway 6. They can have it!
A. C. Chester
Class of'93
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Corps man carries spirit
down through the years
In these days of dwindling resources,
dwindling economy, dwindling patriotism,
dwindling military and dwindling jobs,
there is one thing that in over thirty years
has not dwindled.
About 1957, I — a T-sip and a Greek —
met a Corps man from Texas A&M. I saw
this man pin on his second lieutenant's bar
and go into the United States Air Force. He
went to Korea with the peace keeping forces
in the sixties, and I recall vividly his greatest
wish. It was for someone to send him a
recording of radio broadcasts of the A&M
games. It didn't matter that by the time he
got them they were months old.
Somehow he found other Aggies to with
hold Muster in the spring. Vietnam came
and found this man wearing Capt. bars in
the war. I remember him writing how the
Aggies took turns in carrying an Aggie flag
every time they flew into enemy territory. I
don't know if he was able to see TV coverage
of the games, but I knew he cherished every
tattered newspaper article about the school.
Once again, the spring found a group of war
weary, tired but smiling men gathered for
Muster.
Stationed in Germany during the Cold
War years, he slept with a red phone next to
his bed for three years. The red phone was a
direct line to the command headquarters that
would wake men up often for war or alerts.
It went off regularly.
He could watch replays of the football
games and gather now in a real building in
the spring for Muster and to carry a candle
for those of his classmates that had passed
away.
During this time, he sent two sons and a
daughter to his alma mater, and he worked
as a civilian in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan,
Venezuela, Kuwait and finally on U.S. soil —
Honolulu, Hawaii.
When he was at the Middle East and
South American posts, he would wait for
video tapes of the games. Ho looks forward
to each game with great expectation — so
■ much expectation that those close to him
worry about him.
He has a lucky shirt he wears whenever
a game is played. How he acquired the
knowledge of all the players, where they
were from and all their statistics amazes his
children.
I have been privileged to know some Ag
gie greats like H.B. Zachry and Sterling C.
Evans, and I have been privileged to know
some lesser-known Aggies. And I am here
to tell you, win, loose or draw that there is
no dwindling Aggie Corps man. Their num
ber may decrease, but not the heart of the
man. In times of peace and in times of war,
they carry the flag, they carry the soul, they
carry the heart of Texas A&M.
Shirley Hancock
Honolulu, Hawaii
Tradition doesn't mean
show tongue to nation
As all "good Ags" know, the Texas A&M
Corps of Cadets is officially held in high es
teem across the A&M campus and through
out all alumni circles as the "keeper of the
Aggie spirit." And I myself must admit the
commanding officers look very distin
guished as they grace the sideline of Kyle
Field for all Aggie football games.
However, I never in all my four years at
Texas A&M considered what I saw at two
previous home football games as a "famous
Aggie tradition." As I sat in my living room
watching the game via national televised
coverage from ABC, I was totally disgusted
at what I saw from our so-called leaders in
the Corps.
After each Aggie touchdown, I cheered
with avid enthusiasm as Rodney Thomas or
Leland McElroy broke the plain and brought
us closer to victory. But all the cheering end
ed when the cameraman brought me a close-
up of a commanding officer exchanging a
slobbery French kiss with his date seated in
the front row of Kyle Field.
There is no exaggeration here, as you
could actually see the two tongues touching
after each touchdown.
Ask yourselves. Corps members and fel
low Aggies alike, because it's not all the
C.O.s doing it, it's just those who are spotted
by cameras due to their closeness to the field:
"Is this really Aggie tradition?"
Don't get me wrong, fellow Aggies. I love
A&M and all the spirit and tradition that fol
lows the name, but I wouldn't like for the na
tional and local viewing audience to get a
bad impression of the school I "think so
grand!"
Please Ags, save this disgusting and im-
Eliot Williams, along with many others,
severely underestimates the depth of
thought produced by Thomas Jefferson and
James Madison concerning American Gov
ernment.
If he were to examine the ideas in The
Federalist, Eliot would find the true perver
sion facing this country to be corruption.
Above all else, these men were students of
mankind and justly feared the spiritual and
physical oppression of greed. Virtue, they
believed, allowed men to come together for
the common good, not for economic interests
of a materialistic minority.
For his idea about life without taxation, I
can only question his perception of reality.
Does he really think everyone pays taxes? 1
also question the sincerity of his plea to end
the emphasis on cultural division. His state
ment, "...preferential treatment for blacks,"
betrays his true feelings.
Speaking of African-Americans, I wonder
if he realizes they were torn from their
homeland for the love of money. And wel
fare, does he understand that American busi
ness is protected form the "Free Market" by
tariffs? Does he understand that public ser
vices originate from taxes? And what about
farm subsidies? Guess what — another gov
ernment handout.
But, Eliot is correct in calling for a new
paradigm. All Americans must learn the
predicament laying at the heart of the human
condition.
The individual must continually decide
what is right and what is wrong with no ob
jective standards to turn for such answers.
The individual must decide for himself what
standards to accept or reject. This is true free
dom and it has a price. Because we freely
choose, we are solely responsible for our
choices.
Yet, with this realization comes the anxi
ety produced from responsibility for per
sonal decisions, actions and beliefs. These
are choices the individual must account to
God.
People such as he find it easy to ignore
this dilemma by parroting the words of oth
ers- who also choose to ignore personal re
sponsibility. The result is a faith in objective
scientific paradigms that fly in the face of our
subjective humanity, which exists in an un
fathomable totality.
I must add that at one time I naively pro
fessed opinions similar to Eliot Williams.
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Monday, October 11, 1993
★ Rec Facility Hotline 845-0737
★ Read Court Reservations 845-2624
★ Intramural Rain Out Info 845-2625
★ Penberthy Golf Range 845-9655
★ Outdoor Equipment Rental ...845-4511
★ Rec Sports Office 845-7825
Crisis
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Exercise Classes
Informal Recreation
Instructional Clinics
Intramurals ★
Sport Clubs
★
TAMU Outdoors
Week At A Glance I Kyle Field Ramp Romp IV
Intramurals
Mon., Oct. 11
November 6, 1993 9:00 a.m.
Entries Open;
* Badminton Doubles
Kyle Field Ramp Romp IV
Pickleball Singles
Punt, Pass, & Kick
Wrestling
Canoe Trip
Entries Close:
* Kayak Roll Clinic
* Intro to Hang Gliding
* Kayak Workshop
Hie 5K course begins at Kyle Field, winds its way through the
A&M campus, and culminates at Kyle Field where runners
tackle the ramps of the football stadium (not the stairs).
Listed below are the intramural sports opening for the rest
of the semester. If you need more information, stop in the
Rec Sports Office, 159 Read, or call 845-7826.
Divisions: Male/Female: 17 years & under, 18-19, 20-21,
22-24, 25-29. 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60+.
Entry Fees:
Texas A&M students & faculty/staff with a rec membership: $7
Non-Texas A&M students and non-rec members: $10
Late registration for all runners (after Nov. 2): $12
Sport
Open
Close
Fee
Bowling Singles
Oct. 25
Nov. 2
Varies
Archery Singles
Nov. 1
Nov. 9
Free!
Weightlifting
Nov. 1
Nov. 9
Free!
Eight-Ball Singles
Nov. 8
Nov. 16
Varies
Sports Trivia Bowl
Nov. 8
Nov. 16
Free!
Tues., Oct. 12
★ Entries Close:
* CoRec Two-Pitch Softball
Handball Singles
RAcquetball Doubles
Track & Field Meet
Wrestling
Awards: Fastest male and female runners will each receive a
$250 travel voucher from Continental Airlines, a pair of Reebok
athletic shoes, courtesy of Campus Sports and trophies from
Awards & More. The first three males/females in each age group
will receive medals.
Registration and fees are taken in 159 Read, Mon. - Thurs.,
8 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., and Fri., 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
*
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*
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Door prizes and awards will be given*
Proceeds to help benefit local Special Olympics.
Thurs., Oct. 14
★ Captains’ Mtg.:
CoRec Two-Pitch Softball-
5 p.m., 164 Read
Fri., Oct. 15
★ Handball Singles &
Racquetball Doubles
Brackets Posted-2 p.m.
Mon., Oct. 18
Entries Open:
* Field Goal Kicking
* Flickerball
Officials' Mtg.:
Flickerball-6 p.m., 164 Read
Golf Lessons
It's your last chance before
winter to take golf lessons on
campus!
Two four-session Beginner/
Intermediate clinics offered:
Registration ends tomorrow for CoRec Two-Pitch SoftbalL
’ Monday & Wednesday
5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Oct. 25, 27, Nov. 1,3
TAMU Outdoors
Listed below are the trips and clinics for the rest of the semester,
you need more information, please call Patsy, 845-3093.
If
►Tuesday & Thursday
5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Oct. 26, 28, Nov. 2,4
*Two vouchers for round-trip tickets on Continental Airlines
will be awarded as door prizes. The trips must be taken within the
continental U.S. or Mexico. No purchase necessary. Winners must
be present to receive their awards. For more info, stop in the Rec
Sports Office, 159 Read, or call 845-7826.
Trip
Trip Date
Eatries Open
Eatriea Close
Fee
Kayak Roll Clinic
Oct.14
NOW
TODAY
$ 12*715**
Intro to Hang Gliding Oct.16-17
NCAV
TODAY
$75*/82**
Kayak Workshop
Oct.16-17
NCW
TODAY
$50*/55**
Canoe Trip
Oct.22-24
NOW
Oct.18
$35*/40**
Backpacking Trip
Nov.5-7
Oct.18
Nov.l
$35*/40**
Mt. Biking Day Trip
Nov.7
Oct.18
Nov.l
$25*/30**
Rock Climbing Trip
Nov.12-14
Oct.25
Nov.8
$45*/48**
Classes are held at the
Penberthy Golf Range, located
west of Olsen Field. Each class
is limited to 15 members.
$20/class for rec members
$25/class non-rec members
^Students & faculty/stafT with a rec membership
**Faculty/staff without a rec membership & the Bryan/College Station community
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