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After a weekend full of
events, Texas A&M students
said goodbye to their families
who came to Bryan-College Sta
tion to participate in the annual
Parents’ Weekend.
Parents’ Weekend began in
1919 when a group of Aggie
Moms got together to ease their
sons’ transitions as freshmen at
, A&M during a time when A&M
was an all-male military school.
“This year's Parents’ Week
end was a huge success,” said
Jeremy Poland, a marketing
subcommittee member for Par
ents’ Weekend and a senior
business major.
“I saw a huge number of
parents enjoying the time they
were spending with their Ag
gie children and enjoying the
Aggie spirit.”
A variety of events were
available for Aggie parents.
Several organizations held ac
tivities all across campus to
welcome Aggie parents, in ad
dition to the events put on by the
Parents' Weekend Committee.
Events included the Aggie
Moms’ Boutique, Midnight
Yell practice, the Residence
Hall Association’s Casino
Night, the Memorial Student
Center’s Variety Show and the
Whoopstock festival.
The Bevo Bum Barbecue at
tracted many Aggie parents.
“This year’s barbecue was
successful, and Roger Creager's
performance was outstanding,”
said Xavier Resendez, who
serves on the barbecue commit
tee and is a senior industrial dis
tribution major.
Creager performed at the
barbecue.
Jon and Johnette Jarvis
handed over their title as Par
ents of the Year to Bill and
Marilyn Youngkin Sunday at
the All-University Awards
Ceremony.
Bill is Class of'69 and was
a member of the Corps of
Cadets while attending A&M.
He served as Head Yell Leader
in 1969 and was also a member
of the Ross Volunteers.
Over the years. Bill has
maintained his involvement
with A&M. He was the presi
dent of the Association of For
mer Students in 1991, a Muster
speaker and co-founder and
charter member of the Former
Yell Leaders Association.
Marilyn is president of the
Chi Omega mothers’ club.
The Youngkins are strong
Fish Camp supporters and have
opened their home to many Ag
gie students for Fish Camp ac
tivities and functions.
Bill and Marilyn are parents
of Katie Youngkin, a freshman
psychology major and Libby
Youngkin, a senior internation
al studies major.
“We are very excited to
have the opportunity to work
with the Youngkins in the fu
ture,” said Lauren Anderson, a
junior education major, who
served as a sub-chair on the
Parents of the Year committee.
“We are thrilled that they
won Parents of the Year.”
Parents used the weekend to
spend w ith their children and to
learn more about what they do
outside of the classroom.
“We are so fortunate that
A&M allocates this weekend to
the parents because it is a good
time to show us what our
daughter does outside of class,”
said Mona Maher, mother of
Katie Maher, a sophomore ed
ucation major. “I'm so happy
that A&M emphasizes the im
portance of involvement.”
Aggie parents also were
able to participate in student ac
tivities and see changes on
campus.
“My parents like to meet
my friends and participate in
some of the activities.” said
Ashley Harman, a junior busi
ness major.
“They also like to look at the
improvements in the campus
from year to year. They get to
confirm that they are sending
their daughter to the best Uni
versity in the country.”
Hotels throughout the B-CS
area were completely booked
and parents were advised during
check-out time to make reserv a
tions for next year's Parents'
Weekend.
Restaurants in town also ex
perienced a boost in business
during Parents' Weekend.
“We were tremendously
busy," said Eric Bronson, man
ager at Johnny Carino’s restau
rant. “There was, without a
doubt, a positive effect on busi- ;
nesses.”
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John Ceresini, a sophomore at Blinn, said
that he thinks the new system will be beneficial
to students.
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started out in the fall, people were outside stand
ing in line for six hours. I’ve never had a problem
registering before because usually students just go
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ble adjusting to the new system. Jefferson said he
thinks that it will be successful.
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have been minimal so far.
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in, some have said the lines are busy, but the [In
ternet registration] lines are open from 2 p.m. to
midnight. Those who got in liked it because they
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