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Ring finger power
Aggie ring should not symbolize elitism
ll r ■ 1 he purpose of ed-
I ucation is to re-
place an empty
mind with an open one.” —
Malcom Forbes
In its quest to rise above
the dross of other universi
ties in Texas and America,
Texas A&M has managed to
replace empty minds with,
not open minds, but minds
convinced that with an Ag
gie ring comes a status just
below God.
Being an Aggie has become automatically as
sociated with being a cut above the rest, instead
of what was learned as an Aggie making stu
dents a cut above the rest. This unrealistic, elit
ist attitude should be dropped.
Admittedly, the best of Aggieland can squish
the very best of any other school like insignifi
cant bugs. And it’s not like we’re getting any
competition from Austin.
We’re just that good. But, that’s because these
best-of-the-bests have reached into themselves
and grown for having come to A&M.
They have gotten more than a diploma and a
ring. They have discovered not just education
and the “other education,” but how to live and
how to learn for the rest of their lives.
The other people, the students and former
students who endlessly shout about how great
A&M and Aggies, and by extention they, are
have never really gained that, and are dragging
the collective reputation of Aggies everywhere
down with them.
These Aggies who are making yours and my
degree and general Aggieness less than it
should be need to realize something very im
portant. Like men with big, fancy cars, the more
they talk about how great being an Aggie is, the
more they are advertising how inadequate their
lives have become.
It really is pathetic.
Grade-school bullies improve their own self
esteem at the expense of others, by degrading
anyone and everyone around them. College stu
dents are doing the exact same thing.
Unfortunately, there is nothing better Ag
gies can do about these people. We just have to
deal with them, and apologize every time an
other offended non-ag looks down on us be
cause of them.
We have to quietly show the world that there
really is something different about A&M, not
shout it until the world has tuned us out.
An Aggie ring should be a symbol of what a
former student has accomplished, not the only
proof he or she threw away the opportunity.
We come into the University young and naive,
and we should all leave older and wiser, not shad
ows of real Aggies who have come into their own
through their college experiences.
Chris Huffines is a sophomore speech
communications major.
Chris
Huffines
columnist
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the mediocre football!
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the likes of Bob Davier
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face UCLA at the Con
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8 sports article:
Nebraska 54, A&M \r-
pears Coach Osborne's 1>
little more motivatedin^
Championship Gametk
Slocum’s team.
Nebraska wanted to it 1 '
than just stay close. The} 1
with some fire behind tin
never looked back. Sever
papers quoted last weekS
would be happy to juststt
until the fourth quarter^
see what happens.
With that attitude, hei*
the beating he took. Of cos
sure Slocum is happy bee
the victory over t.u., with''’
said he’d rather beat than
Big XII Championshipovf
braska. I don’t see a reaso:
ing in the Big XII Champ!'
you do not care enough to
With this philosophy,l c
why A&M is not a doming
force in college footballi
appears to be a greatcoat!
playing teams such asSar
ton State, USL and some o’
other powerhouses on the
ule this year. Then look!#
was outcoached again#
State and Nebraska.
A&M is a very talented®
but only a good team who 1
ing weak teams, which alio*
them to win nine games. I 0 ’
Mackovic was fired last#
t.u., but at least he canbepi
say he won a Big XII Chanf
onship against a team mu'
than his because he wan#
motivated his players for®
Hey Jeremy, do you thin!
Slocum might motivate!#
a little? That is part of his jo!
well, he beat t.u.
Jeffrey Gough, o~
Brian Griesemerf
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