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Page 3 • Friday, November 22, 2002
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THE BATTALION
I When Student Body President Zac Coventry,
a senior agricultural development major, ran for
Dfcjj pis position last spring, his motto was: “One in
Spirit and Purpose.” Now, through the Farmers
fight Festival, sponsored by the Fall Activities
Council, Coventry said he can implement his
nsion to unite the Aggie family.
I Coventry, who serves as the head of the Fall
Activities Council, said the purpose of the festi
val is to bring Aggies together.
I “The strength of Texas A&M
that Aggies stick together,”
foventry said. “We hope this will
(ring about that sense of unity.”
According to Andy Herreth, a
unior political science major
kid co-chair of the Farmers
light Festival, the event will
ick off at 4 p.m. on Nov. 25
dth games such as tug-of-war,
'ashers, horseshoes, hay bale
piling and a dominoes tourna-
nent, as well as performances
ly local bands Two Spy, Pilot
ladio and Benjamin Allen Band,
here will also be free food at
the event.
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The festival will include official Yell Practice
bid performances by the Aggie Band. Head foot-
lall Coach R.C. Slocum and select senior football
ilayers will speak at the Yell Practice, which
legins at 8 p.m. Following Yell Practice, Cory
VIorrow and Stroke 9 will perfonn in concert.
Herreth said the committee expects more than
|10,000 participants to join the festivities during
the day, and hopes to set a record number for
attendance at Yell Practice.
“I would like to see the Twelfth Man come
together,” he said. “That hasn’t happened in a
|few years.”
Jason Sherrib, a junior industrial science major
[and the other co-chair of the Fanners Fight Festival,
said he shares Herreth’s vision for the festival.
“A lot of people have been saying the Aggie
Spirit hasn’t been as strong in the past few years,”
Sherrib said. “We wanted to do something to bring
that back to life by having an event that is going to
be memorable. If it’s something that continues, I
think the spirit will continue to grow.”
According to Sherrib, the festival is mainly
targeted at students; however, the committee has
gone into the community to attract residents as
well, and is working through Aggie Relations to
draw fonner students to the event.
Sherrib said the objective for the festival is to
provide something free to unite students and the
Aggie community while trying to fill a lull in the
semester and bring back something unique for
the Texas game.
“We aren’t trying to replace
Bonfire; that isn’t the purpose,”
he said. “The purpose is for
students to get together and
have a good time.”
Sherrib and Coventry agree
they would like the festival to
become an annual event.
However, Coventry said he
does not know if the Farmers
Fight Festival will join the list
of Aggie traditions.
“Traditions aren’t planned.
You can’t legislate a tradition,”
Coventry said. “It is my per
sonal hope that this is some
thing that continues though.”
The Fall Activities Council was formed last
spring by former Student Body President
Schuyler Houser when the announcement was
made there would be no Bonfire. After surveying
students to gather information on activities they
would like to see conducted in the fall, the coun
cil developed several activities, including the
Farmers Fight Festival.
The Fall Activities Council has been planning
the festival since the summer.
In bringing together student leaders from
across campus, Herreth said he has met and
worked with many people who share an excite
ment to revive the Aggie spirit.
“I’ve gotten so much out of working with peo
ple who care about A&M and what it stands for,”
he said.
— Zac Coventry
student body president
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