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When Julie Johnson, a senior education major, feme to G. Rollie White on Friday, she became one of 'fee few people already camping out. Now, she has been joined by hundreds of students. Johnson said she ’ las grown close to the group of people that she has p :V camped next to. q a “It’s like a little family,” she said. „ J. Johnson said she had to leave her own family in raouston early after Thanksgiving to get back in time to n 0 fj,le one of the first on the list to pull tickets. I “My whole family was like, ‘What? You’re camping „ ofiijout for tickets?’” she said. “They thought I was nuts. I was like, ‘Well, I’m an Aggie.’” 1 The Aggie excuse seems to be the most prevalent rea- jjm students give for camping out for tickets. James Moody, a senior accounting major, arrived at G. Rollie Saturday night. “I hate the t-sips, and that’s why I want to watch the gs beat the hell out of them,” he said. Eddie Gautier, a senior agricultural economics ma- ir, said he had figured out some justification for the massive camp out. “There is only one reason — it’s fun,” he said. But fun is not on every camper’s mind. Since guest tickets are limited, many students are mping out to get enough tickets for friends and fami-- b members who do not have sports passes. “People desperately want to go to a football game, and they want good tickets,’’Gautier said. Erik Hammond, a senior zoology major, said his reasons for camping out go beyond a simple desire for good seats. “I’m building a memory,” he said. Most campers will likely remember the huge amounts of electrical equipment at the makeshift campground that defies d int ' Adf- ssinf iout 4 y den)' OR lit >IT0R •ditoh OR Meliss* i, Amy Nance. in Hill v, Eli" lia Pei- s: Brad lloway Tiffany Al)l>i f / ini' on tl* he B" 1 ' • class'' and of' ,nd^ -2611. fall iS cond s A^’ Sterling Hayman, The Battalion James Miller, a senior nuclear engineering major, and Elizabeth Kees, a senior geography ma jor, relax and watch television while camping out for tickets. the less-than-true meaning of “roughing it”. “I think the thing that made me laugh the most was when I heard a microwave ding,” Johnson said. With televisions, VCRs and video games blaring throughout the lawn, the campground has turned into an entertainment center for students waiting for tickets. But some people have relied on the less technical, more old- fashioned means of entertainment like card games and dominoes. “It seems like everybody’s living rooms have been transferred out here,” Johnson said. The semester does not end with the game, so, with finals on the horizon, school work has not been completely neglected by the campers. Some people brought computers and made them avail able for other students to use. Traci Buttrill, a freshman biumedical science major, said she is taking advantage of the network of people around her. “People are proofreading my term paper and laughing at it,” she said. Buttrill said she has also found a group of stu dents to study accounting with. Although the loud, frantic atmosphere may not be conducive to study ing, a few students can be found with their heads in books and highlighters in hand trying to block out the noise. But camping out is still a huge break from rou tine, and many students say they just cannot ex plain to people why they would camp out for days just to get tickets to a football game. Johnson, who has been camping in shifts with friends so she can eat and shower, said she will not have any trouble explaining her camping expe rience to her children. “My kids won’t ask about this because they’ll be Aggiesj” she said. ORGANIZATIONS SHOW OTHERS YOUR PLACE IN THE BIG PICTURE OPEN HOUSE SPRING ‘96 OPEN HOUSE REGISTRATION IS NOW AVAILABLE REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS 5:00 P.M. JANUARY 17 COST: $22 PER TABLE, ONE TABLE PER ORGANIZATION PICK UP APPLICATIONS IN ROOM 216, MEMORIAL STUDENT CENTER FROM NANCY ADAMS ALSO ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR OPEN HOUSE ENTERTAINMENT, DUE 5:00 P.M. DECEMBER 4 OVER 10,000 WILL ATTEND! DON’T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY! QUESTIONS? 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