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Fish Camp ’96 initiates incoming freshme
By Christopher Rivera
The Battalion
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magine guzzling down a dis
gorging purged concoction
consisting of a medley of Vien
na sausages, sardines, milk,
Tabasco sauce and Copenhagen.
Picture timid creatures as they
are introduced to Aggie necessi
ties such as the art of humping it,
proper terms for the small secu-
iar school in Austin and those
doing time there, and the univer
sal Aggieland greeting, “Howdy.”
Welcome to Fish Camp ’96.
Since its conception in 1954,
Fish Camp has grown into the
ultimate Aggie initiation spirit-
~he Battalion
Photo by Stew Milne,
Dave Dorson, a freshman, wildcats at Olsen
Field before going to Fish Camp
fest. More than half of the incom
ing Class of 2000 attended one of
the five four-day crash courses
into the Aggieland tradition.
One of the many who were over
come by the spirit that permeated
from counselors clad in overalls
was Kevin Peck, a freshman busi
ness major, who said he enjoyed
the Fish Camp experience.
“It was red-ass as hell,” he
said. “I had a blast. The coun
selors treated you as friends, not
like campers.”
Incoming freshmen partic
ipated in a number of activities at
the orientation such as volley
ball, discussion groups, dances,
relay games, yell practice and
shaving cream fights.
Among those
leading the freshmen
in the controlled
insanity designed to
introduce Aggie tra
ditions and make
friends was Lindsey
Maxwell, Fish Camp
counselor and
sophomore biomed
ical science major.
“We want to help
make the freshmen
feel more comfort
able and to provide a
support link,”
Maxwell said. “The
whole thing was a
wonderful experi
ence.”
Andy Keeling, a
freshman zoology
major, said he took a
little time to warm
up to the boiling
Aggie spirit.
"It took about a
day and a half to get
into it and feel com-
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he said. “I gets
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s tions for 150 ;
involved counselors demonsm because nore
ing good hygiene by sharing
same toothbrush.
Misti McNeill, a freshmanbu
ness administration major,
she thought the antics were fun later on.”
"It was
expression
disgusting but
on their faces
hilarious,” she said.
Leslie Asher, a freshiri
petroleum engineering maja
saici she thought it was a rewa:
ing encounter.
“I learned a lot about Aggie
ditions,” she said. “The counsel!
were great and 1 felt welcom
was like being part of a family'
T-Camp transfers college students into Aggie
By April Towery
The Battalion
S ummer 1996 marked the 10-
year anniversary of Texas
A&M’s T-Camp, an orienta
tion program for students trans
ferring into A&M.
The camp holds three sessions
during the summer at Camp
Hoblidzelle in Midlothian, Texas,
20 miles north of Dallas.
The three-day sessions are
well-attended, although Damian
Torres, T-Camp director and
senior business analysis major,
said the organization has not
been as popular as Fish Camp.
“Some transfer students don’t
feel the need to go to camp
because they are already familiar
with the university and college life
in general,” Torres said. “Fish
Camp focuses on the first time
college experience, whereas T-
Camp is more mature — we know
they know how to study, so we’re
basically just setting them up with
a network of people.”
Torres said T-Camp had fewer
participants this year, a possible
result of scheduling conflicts.
"The first session began while
summer school was still in session
and the last session finished too
many days before school started,”
Torres said. “Most students like to
come to camp right before school
starts so they can just stay here and
not have to keep making trips back
and forth.”
Torres said he wanted to be a
counselor at T-Camp because of a
good experience he had as a
transfer student at Howdy Camp,
a program similar to T-Camp.
Howdy Camp is for spring
transfer students who either grad
uate early from high school or
transfer from college in the mid
dle of the school year.
Torres said he was glad to be a
part of T-Camp '96.
“When I went to Howdy Camp,
I liked my counselors a lot and
wanted to pass on the experience
and make people feel welcome
like they did for me,” Torres said.
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fortable, hut after that it w
cool,” he said.
Class of 2000 Freshmen we
introduced to the spirit
Aggieland by Aggie Wranglei
yell leaders, ice breakers, dano
and skits performed by thefi
Camp counselors.
Carl Roth, a Fish Camp con
selor and sophomore accountii
major, said he strived to nu
freshmen he as outgoing aspo
sible and make them get excin
about the spirit ofTexasA&M
“We try to help bring outthi
personality and get the
pumped up for A&M,” Rothsai
Jeremy Miles, a freshmange
eral studies major, attendedt
year’s Fish Camp and discover
lie felt at home in Aggieland.
“I found this Fish CampexJ 1
rience and Aggie traditions tol
fascinating," he said. “I nei „
want to go home.”
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Stephen Dunn began Hoi'
Camp in January 1990 when
saw how transfer students nei
ed an orientation like any ot
new student at A&M.
“Often transfer students aid
gotten about,” Dunn saidp
most significant goals aretolei:
“Fish Camp focuses
on the first-time
experience, where
as T-Camp is more
mature.”
Damian Torres
T-Camp director
transfer students know thatsoi
one cares about them.
“We realize that freshmenart
the only new students, and that
want to see that they start
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