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By Andrea Rodriguez
The Battalion
ear Mom and Dad,
\Life has been hard for the past four or five
years, but I’m finally sending you the
graduation announcements you’ve been
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her it has been the best four, five or six years of their lives, grad-
ies are leaving with an experience they will never forget,
idy Ramirez, a senior sociology major graduating in December,-
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ion,
Jrez, a member of Omega Delta Phi fraternity, said join-
Irganization helped him adjust to college life,
led to be really shy, and joining the fraternity helped ! t
vtiatize and meet people, ” Ramirez said. “And it helped
feTkin front of crowds.”
ting people can be the biggest asset of college life. Often
|tudents meet friends who will stay with them for a lifetime.
(idith Caffey, a senior biomedical science major graduating in
per, said she has enjoyed college because of all of the friends she has >|]
let my best friends here, and 1 know I’ll have them for the
of my life,” Caffey said, “I learned a lot more about life
igh people I met here than from the one’s I grew up with.”
see Seniors on Page 4A.
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Incoming freshmen ready
o embrace A.ggie way of life
By Stephen Wells
The Battalion
oe Freshman Aggie enters his first days at Texas A&M
with plans of working out at 6 a.m. every day, studying
during the afternoon and dating beautiful women at
night. In the process, he figures he can graduate with
honors and a string of extra-curricular accomplishments.
One-hundred-thirty credit hours, 30 more pounds and no dates lat
er he realizes just how difficult it is to see what makes up Texas
A&M from the outside.
For many college-bound high school graduates, simply making
the choice to attend Texas A&M is accompanied by apprehension.
Charlie Garza, a freshman computer science major, said he had to
look at more than numbers to decide to become an Aggie.
“Actually, it was kind of funny because I was the guy
who said he’d never come to A&M,” Garza said. “In fact,
I almost decided to go to UT. I looked at Texas A&M be
cause of the good computer science department and
found out that people here don’t try to judge you like at,
say. Rice. That decided it for me. ”
The challenge of college academics comes with its re
wards. New found responsibility is coupled with inde
pendence.
Sam Keen, a freshman chemical engineering major, said
he has been looking forward to this step in his life for years.
“So far I’m really liking living away from home,” Keen said.
“It’s something I’ve been looking forward to for a long
time. I’ve wanted my own apartment since I was 10, so
living in a dorm away from home is a great step for me. ”
Holly Gregory, a freshman biochemistry major, said
independence has its advantages, but parents are still good for
some things.
I think it’s important to get away from home during your college
years,” Gregory said. “It makes you independent. But my mom did do
dirty clothes for me before she left town.”
Jason Costella, a graduate of Texas A&M,
warns about putting too much faith in
self-reliance.
“Independence is great until you only have a dollar to do five
loads of laundry,” Costella said. “Negative check balances kind
of take the shine off of independence, too.”
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