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No Struggling or Exercise Doctor Recommended 100% Natural - 100% Guaranteed - No Drugs *For Program Details* CalL268-9634 Paid Advertisement Page 6A • Monday, August 31, 1998 yVggielife All-XJ Night attempts to rewrite histi A&M tradition enters a calmer era after administration threatened to stoptk By Riley Lagrone The Battalion T housands of Aggies will crowd into Kyle Field Wednesday night for Texas A&M’s annual All University Night, a sort of combination pep rally and seminar in Aggie Traditions. Hosted by the head yell leader, it is a chance to introduce the sports teams and cam pus leaders to the student body, welcome stu dents back to the University and get everyone excited about fall sports. In addition, All-U Night is the first opportu nity the University President has each year to speak to students and a chance for upperclass men to welcome the incoming freshman class. Since its beginnings, All-U Night has grown in popularity and attendance by leaps and bounds. The first All-U Night was held in G. Rollie White Coliseum, with an audience of 2,000. Only eight years later, attendance had grown to 8,000 students, filling G. Rollie to capacity. By 1985, the crowd was so large it was im possible to accommodate everyone who want ed to attend, and the decision was made to move the event to Kyle Field. Things were going well at All-U Night un til earlier this decade when things took a turn for the worst. Dorm competition, which had been gradu ally increasing over the years, began to get more and more heated, and profanity and vi olence became more prevalent. The situation reached its peak in 1992 when several injuries were reported. In addi tion, two women filed sexual harassment charges. The administration felt it was time to step in. If dorm leaders did not begin taking con trol of the situation, All-U Night would be come a thing of the past. To many dorm leaders, All-U Night is an op portunity to motivate freshmen and bring their dorms closer together. Aaron Hamby, a Moore Hall crew chief, said although there have been problems in the past, the focus of All-U Night can be motiva tion and dorm unity. “Because of the intensity level involved, tempers can flare at All-U Night," Hamby said. “Crew chiefs are always there to keep everything under control. Forth; it’s a good chance to compete-; dorms and become a tighter unit Chad Bates, a junior computet;;, jor, said his freshman All-U Night orable experience and oneofthefe he had to meet people inhisdonr “I don’t remember any majot[t my freshman All-U Night, justalir s What I remember most is making! my dorm,” Bates said. "I metagnv: down I didn't even know existed Katie Allison, a senior marketin* agement major, said if shedoesfe thing offensive, the best thingtodo in cine ear and out the other. "Sometimes dorm yells canget; of hand," Allison said. “It’ssometh one has come to expect andnoo: take it personally." Normally, All-U Night isheldotj day of classes, but the footballteair,; New Jersey to play the KickOffClass Florida State, so the day of thee: moved. This year’s All University NighuL this Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Freshmen Continued from Page 3 A A source of apprehension for freshmen is their first experience with a roommate. Gregory said she remains opti mistic about her new live-in com panions. “I think that if you go into a roommate experience with the idea that you can tolerate each other’s differences and look for the good in people you can work through any problems you’ll have with your roommate,” Gregory said. “Unless they happen to be a huge drug addict or something.” The old axiom “twice as much material in half the time” is still thriving in high schools across the nation. Freshmen are surrounded by little reminders that they are not in high school anymore. 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