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AGGIE LEGACIES
For some students, traditions begin at home
By Karen Janes
The Battalion
u "l luture Aggie” T-shirts,
i-H stuffed Reveille dolls and
A pets named “Aggie” were
common to many Texas A&M stu
dents’ lives long before they ar
rived on campus.
The student body is full of Aggie
legacies, students who have rela
tives who attended Texas A&M.
Aggie legacies have been raised
on Aggie culture. Many found
themselves eating, sleeping and
breathing Texas A&M all their lives.
As a result of growing up in Ag
gie families, Texas A&M legacies
were introduced to Aggie ways of
life at an early age.
Jennifer Pence, a second-gener
ation Aggie and a freshman ele
mentary education major, said she
has been an Aggie since birth.
“I was wearing an A&M T-shirt
when my parents brought me home
from the hospital,” Pence said.
Besides dressing their children
in Aggie attire, Aggie parents and
grandparents influence their chil
dren in numerous other ways.
Jill Ferguson, a sophomore bio
medical science major whose father
and grandfather are alumni, have at
tended every A&M home football
game since she was 5 years old.
“Even during the years that we
lived in Louisiana, we still came to
College Station for every game,” Fer
guson said. “To this day, my family
comes from Kingwood for the games
and has tailgate parties before kick
off. They never miss a game.”
Aggie football played a major
role in many Aggie families.
It was a tradition in Pence’s
household to go to Aggie parades
in her hometown of Fort Worth be
fore A&M-Texas Christian Univer
sity games.
Ferguson found herself im
mersed in Aggie traditions even be
fore actually becoming an Aggie.
“When I went to Fish Camp, 1
had to push for whooping during
the senior parts of the yells,” Fergu
son said. “I always learned them like
that from my dad and grandfather.
I just didn’t know any better!”
Bonfire has always been a way of
life for legacy Travis Normand, a
sophomore general studies major.
“Growing up in College Station, I
remember every fall watching the
guys build Bonfire and thinking,
‘Maybe I’ll be up there someday,”’
Normand said. "One of the neatest
experiences of my life was when I fi
nally got to help build Bonfire and
not just watch it as an outsider.”
After a lifetime of learning Aggie
culture, it is not surprising that the
legacies faced tough decisions
when it came to deciding on a col
lege. Some desired nothing more
than to carry on the family tradition
and become Aggies themselves.
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Living the traditions of A&M — family style
If someone had
told me five years ago
that one day I would
be dunking my Aggie
senior ring with my
dad, 1 would have
/ Nitfe taught in their face.
., , My dad and I have
gone to A&M football
tames together, cheer-
g on the Aggies to re-
ounding victories. We
ave annoyed the rest
f the family by con-
Columnist
Melissa Price
Senior
Journalism Major
pntly talking about Aggieland
id performing “ring checks” at
le dining room table.
But never in a million years
vould I have imagined I would
try to drink my dad un
der the table.
My friends have al
ways found it interest
ing that my dad and I go
to school together. We
may not wait at the cor
ner bus stop together
for the thrilling ride to
campus. And no, my
dad does not live with
me, although I am sure
my apartment would be
a lot cleaner if he did.
When my dad did attend class
es at A&M, from the summer of
1995 through the spring of 1996,1
kept my apartment virtually spot
less, just in case he decided to
drop in for a surprise inspection.
My dad, who commuted an
hour and a half from Houston,
got up at 5 a.m. just so one day he
could have the honor of saying he
graduated from A&M.
Right now, my dad is taking
classes at a community college in
Houston but plans to return to
A&M next fall. By then I will have
graduated, but there were certain
ly many laughs to be had when he
did go to school here.
Since my dad was usually
tired after a long commute and
hours of classes, we did not see
each other very often. Once in a
blue moon, we’d grab a beer at
Duddley’s and play “My profes
sor is worse than your professor”
for awhile.
One day, as I was talking to my
dad outside the Reed McDonald
Building, a friend of mine
stopped and said hello, gave me a
wink and walked on. I dismissed
her odd behavior until later that
day, when she asked me what I
was doing hitting on an older
man. Gee, I hope I didn’t make
my mom jealous.
For me, my dad defines the
true meaning of Aggie Spirit. I
have never seen anyone so moti
vated and determined to get his
degree from A&M. He kids that
my mom should put a “My hus
band and my money go to Texas
A&M” bumper sticker on her car.
It has been said time and time
again that there is a bond Aggies
share. But the bond between me
and my father is unique.
And on Oct. 19, 1996, as I
stood in front of a cheering
crowd of family and friends as
ready as I would ever be to dunk
my ring, I felt that bond. What
ended up being one of the most
stressful nights of my life was
also one of my most proud — not
to mention intoxicating.
After nudging my way through a
drunken crowd, I unsuccessfully
tried to get my friends and family to
assemble in the same area. Not only
was I supposed to dunk my ring
with my dad, but another friend
said she needed me there for moral
support. Apparently she didn’t need
my help, because I returned from
buying my beer to leam that she
had already dunked her ring — in
26 seconds.
Although my dad did not par
ticularly want to dunk his ring
that night because his friends
were not able to come in town, I
told him all my friends would be
disappointed if he did not. They
didn’t come to see me; they came
to see a 50-year-old guy down a
pitcher. And so he did, even
though he didn’t really want to.
I think he dunked his ring for my;
benefit. At least I like to think so.
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