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^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.
â– on Klinger, student development
â– ialist of the Office of Student Ac-
â– 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,
â– leaders, yell practices and [we]
■‘Howdy,’” he said. “We attend
i&M football games and get the
ame Aggie rings as the main cam-
â– 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.
â– 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.
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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.
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