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kttalion ^Aggielif( Page 5A ♦ Tuesday, November 24, 1998 ADITIONS ]ontinued from Page 3 ^Jickens said there are a few sim- ariiies between the two schools. have a bonfire, but ours is held pin;’, I tomecoming Week activities,” esaid. “It is lit Friday night before the une, and it bums all night.” I Texas A&M at Galveston Bnlike the other System schools, leas A&M at Galveston is the only fBch school in the System. A&M- alveston and Texas A&M Universi- Hre closely tied, and Galveston olds all the traditions existing in qllege Station. ■on Klinger, student development ■ialist of the Office of Student Ac- ■es at A&M-Galveston, said he at- ;nded A&M in College Station, and then he came to Galveston, he was rised by the close affiliation. We have our own Silver Taps, ■leaders, yell practices and [we] ■‘Howdy,’” he said. “We attend i&M football games and get the ame Aggie rings as the main cam- ■students. Our Corps is maritime -they are similar but not identical. Ve have the Naval Academy and the st Guard.” linger said the difference in tra- itions are slight. ■We have our own bonfire on Joy. 21, so that our students can go I'tlie A&M Bonfire,” he said. “We uve a Maritime Ball instead of Ring lance. Instead of Fish Camp, we lave Salt Camp, which is a spawn iff of Fish Camp. We are also trying |have Elephant Walk. ” ne of the distinctly different tra- ;ons is the summer-at-sea pro rain. This allows freshmen to ex- erience what the corps is like and ecide if they want to join. Lirp Texas A&M-Texarkana Texas A&M-Texarkana is one of te newest additions to the System. Ifiginally part of East Texas State University, the university became a free-standing school under the Sys tem in 1996. Maureen Gillie, student activi ties programmer at TAMU Texarkana, said the university is very young and is searching for its place among traditions. “Our university is totally a com muter university and it is non-tradi- tional,” she said. “An average stu dent is 32, married with kids and has a job. Our students are upper- level senior and'juniors.” The eagle is the mascot, and the school colors are burgundy and navy blue. The school motto is “Achieving excellence and fulfilling dreams.” This is important to the students because they are older but still have the strength to come back to a university. Gillie said the university is work ing on building traditions. “We have a Springfest, which is held the first week of May before fi nals,” she said. “It is a picnic for the students. Because most of them have families, we have events for the kids, karaoke, a clown and university orga nizations have booths. We are also working on having a Christmas party. ” Gillie said the university does not have an athletic department, so the school is trying to initiate intramur al sports. “We have intramural softball games and a tennis and racquetball tournament,” she said. “Because our students are older, the sporting events we choose are geared so that it will not interrupt their lives. It is a sport that they schedule themselves. ” Gillie said the university and the students are still trying to find their way. “We are babies,” she said. “We are trying to find out who we are and where we want to go. ” Tarleton State University Originally called the Junior Ag gies, Tarleton State University offi cially changed their name in 1961 to the Texan Riders. Scott Bradley, traditions chair with the executive council at Tar leton and a senior agriculture busi ness major, said many of their tradi tions are tied into the founder of the university. “John T. was the founder, and he had a pet duck named Oscar R,” he said. “The duck is buried beside John T. One of our cheers at games is we say, ‘We are raising the spirit of Oscar R, which is raising the spir it on Tarleton.’” Purple Poo, a secret organization, leads the students in many of the university’s cheers. The guys are called the Tarleton peppers and the girls are the Tarleton sisters. They dress in purple and white, the school colors, and wear masks so no one knows their identities. Bradley said there are many unique traditions at Tarleton. “On the first day of school, stu dents take ‘a cruise around the is land,”’ he said. “There is a strip of land with road on both sides. People get on gooseneck trailers, and they go around yelling and cheering. We have a rock gate that encompasses the original 40 acres of campus. It was built in the ’30s and is about three feet tall.” Many of the traditions at Tarleton fall during Homecoming Week. Sunday starts the Homecoming Week’s activities with Silver Taps. Students light candles for each stu dent who has passed away. The night ends when “Taps” is played and the candles are blown out. Monday is the Silver Bugle Hunt. Organizations compete to find the place where the silver bu gle is hidden. Beginning on Wednesday and continuing through Saturday, a drum is beat to warn other schools that Tar leton is ready and waiting for them. A yell contest is held to determine who will begin the drum beating. On Friday, Tarleton celebrates its bonfire, and the homecoming game is on Saturday. polden Triangle Residents Fulfill your Speech 9 and Writing Skills quirements in only 13 days! 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