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Expires: 9- 30-96 Changes: A&M alters traditions in new conference Continued from Page 1 The freshmen scavenge for bottle caps in Bottle Cap Alley — the sea of bottle caps between the Dixie Chicken and the Dry Bean Saloon on Northgate. The caps are ham mered flat and fastened to the cadets’ shoes. “To have the honor of wear ing senior spurs (on senior boots), every cadet must wear fish spurs first,” said Foster, a senior political science major. Corps Trips The Corps, like many other students, organizes trips to away football games in support of the team. Traditionally, there were two designated Corps trips each year. One was to SMU in Dallas or Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, and the other was to Rice University in Houston or the University of Texas in Austin, depending on which games were played away. Without SMU, TCU Rice in the conference, the Corps will have new trips to take. This season, the Corps has tentative plans for trips to Austin and Baylor University in Waco. Band Travel As part of the Southwest Conference, the Aggie Band trav eled to most away football games. Band Commander Mike Hays, a senior speech commu nication major, said this cus tom will continue with the exception of the Southwestern Louisiana game because the school’s stadium is not large enough to give seats to the 460- member band. And for the Iowa State University game, the freshman band members will stay home because of a seating shortage. All halftime performances will be shortened by one minute to meet Big 12 regulations. Hays said the other schools’ students will be bewildered by the Aggie Band. “Last year, when we went to Colorado, people didn’t really understand it,” Hays said. “People, at first, were kind of hesitant because of all the peo ple with shaved heads walking around in boots. “Performing for people for the first time is going to be great.” Foster said that in addition to the band, the Aggie yell lead ers will “intrigue” the other schools’ fans. New Yell The yell leaders are also bringing something new to Aggie spirit this season. Head Yell Leader Chris Torn, a senior agriculture develop ment major, said the end por tion of “The Aggie War Hymn” — where A&M fans sway back and forth in a sawing motion — will become a new yell. Torn said “Saw Varsity’s Horns Off” is one of the most visible and intimidating things done from the stands, so he wanted to increase the number of times it was done. “I was a junior yell leader last year, and one thing I noticed was some of the funniest com ments from the other players about the swaying back and forth,” Torn said. “They didn’t just worry about the game, they were worried about what was going on in the stands. Even some of the t-sip fans look over and say that’s pretty cool.” Although it isn’t completely new, Torn said the yell is some thing for today’s students. “My father (Sam Torn) brought the “Beat the Hell” yelL to the campus in 1969, when he was head yell leader,” Torn said. “When he brought that, every body wanted something to call their own.” Midnight Yell Practice The proposed expansion of Kyle Field, plus the change from artificial to natural grass, changed the format of midnight yell practice. The student body will stand on the student side of the stands, rather than in the horseshoe, which would no longer exist after reconstruction. “If that’s the inevitable, then we’re going to have to move it “They didn’t just worry about the game, they were worried about what was going on in the stands.’’ Chris Torn Head Yell Leader sometime and that might as well be now,” Torn said. The University also wants to protect the field’s natural grass, which may prevent the Aggie Band from marching on Field with their dates during yell practice. Tentatively, the band will play from the stands and the junior cadets will stand on the track. Rivalries Competing with new schools lends the opportunity for new rivalries. A&M Athletic Director Wally Groff said he expects the south division schools, such as Oklahoma State University and the University of Oklahoma, to be the strongest rivalries of the new Schools because A&M will play them every year. "Colorado will be a strong rivalry, not because of the loi last year,” Groff said, “bi because we’ll be competing the national title. “We’re all excited about new league because it will pro vide us additional national expo sure mainly because we’ll belt seven states rather than one." Croft said the four schools A&M no longer plays weren’tbj rivals, “but we had long-ten friendships that will be missed. School Spirit Megan McMahon, Traditioe. Council chair and a junio: accounting major, said thj even with the changes scliod spirit will endure. “1 don’t think (the changes)^ affect our school spirit at all McMahon said. “Oneofthethk that make our traditions great! the school spirit behind it.” Joe Fenton, Corps of Cade; Center curator, said he expect A&M fans to take the change “in good sport.” “Everything bends with th times,” Fenton said. “Tradition go in and out and are change three or four times. “I think it’s a healthy situ; tion to see flight modificaiici among the traditions. It mea: people still care and are cn ative. If you take life too ously, you miss the point oftfe tradition.” To prevent any misundfi standings between A&M an other Big 12 schools, Traditions Council will contaii the other schools. “The Traditions Council n;: ... address things like stayii Kyle Field memorial, so we have a repeat of the Texas j last year,” McMahon said, reft ring to the Fights that broke among A&M cadets and UTf< “That’s something we want to happen again. A loi them don’t mean to be disrt spectful, they just don’t km about our traditions.’’ 1 Ccm\/€*l Free Checkin Grand Opening! Texas/Harvey Branch Come In Today!! Open a new i i i i i i i i ll Free Checking Account and take advantage of Overdraft Privilege! We’ll also be in the MSC August 28th, 29th and 30t and September 2nd—6th! 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