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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 26, 2002)
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In order for this provision to be met, at least six hours (4 if a graduate student) must have been taken for that semester; • Have completed JOUR 301 (Mass Communication, Law and Society), or equivalent; jxperienc daily cc • Have at least one year experience in a responsible editorial position on The Battalion or comparable daily college newspaper, -0R- Have at least one year editorial experience on a commercial newspaper, -0R- Have completed at least 12 hours journalism, including JOUR 203 and 303 (Media Writing I and II), and JOUR 304 (Editing for the Mass Media), or equivalent. Application forms should be picked up and returned to Dell Bomnskie, Student Media business coordinator, in room Oil A Reed McDonald Building. Deadline for submitting application: noon Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2002. Applicants will be interviewed during the Student Media Board Meeting beginning at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 6, in room 221 F Reed McDonald. An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer Committed to Diversity. AGG IELlF[ THE b ATTAII0\ Walk this way Elephant Walk and Jr. E-Walk kick off todai By Lyndsey Sage THE BATTALION In 1922, after the Aggie football team lost its second game of the season, two 1926 Aggie Band freshmen walked out of Kyle Field playing a mournful funeral march. / Hoping to break the losing streak “jinx,” one by one, other Aggies ^ joined in the march through campus. From that point forward, the two freshmen led the walk after every Aggie football game during the season. The same freshmen abandoned their walk after that year; however, they decided to resume it one last time their senior year and led a group of seniors through campus as they recount ed experiences at Texas A&M. Eighty years later, the senior class of 2003 will participate in this tradition, known as Elephant Walk. Sara Kusiak, a senior polit ical science major and chair of Elephant Walk, said it is a time for the senior class to come together and remember their years at A&M. “The purpose of Elephant Walk is for individuals to remember their time here and for the class to come together and remember things as a class,” she said. “It is both personal and something to share as a class. It is amazing how much nostalgia will be in peoples’ mind.” Kusiak, who has been planning the event in conjuction with the Jr. E-Walk coordinator sine this summer, said this event is an awesome opportunity for the classes to come together and grow more solid in their Aggie Spirit. The event will start at Law/Puryear Field in the morning with games and a catered lunch. According to Kusiak. the biggest attractions of the morning events are the elephants that are driven in from a carnival com pany out of San Antonio. She said the same elephants have been used for at least the past 10 years. ' “It’s neat because we are able to take pictures with the same ele phants that seniors took pictures with 10 years ago,” said Kusiak. Kusiak said the events are planned to give students a time to relax, eat and play. “It’s a time to hang out with friends and have a good time,” she said. “It’s a good way to wind down the semester.” After lunch, the senior class will go to Kyle Field where it will hear a speaker and have Yell Practice. At 2:03 p.m., the senior class will begin Elephant Walk. Traditionally, the seniors visit places around campus such as the Corp Quadrangle, Fish Pond and the Polo Fields. Meanwhile. Jr. E-Walk will step off from Law/Puryear Field at 2:04 and will end at Kyle Field. Kusiak said Jr. E-Walk, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, is designed to segregate juniors from seniors during Elephant Walk. Before Jr. E-Walk started, juniors would harass seniors dur ing E-Walk by throwing things at them. Once the harassment progressed, the administration threatened to end Elephant Walk. The Senior Class Council, which coordinates the traditions, sponsored a “Keep it Clean” campaign and started Jr. E-Walk to occupy the juniors during Elephant Walk for the seniors. Kusiak said Jr. E-Walk is focused more on the event and not the walk. “I did Jr. E-Walk last year. It was about getting our class together for the first time,” she said. “Elephant Walk has a com- llunior t Northwe; ' different tone. It ha: s and a time for our c wording to Kusiak, th< ilk. I he RUBEN Dll,UNA* THE BT 1 -® two aspects to it: to be there ass to come together one lie® senior clnss otticially di;u ' of the walk. The event is known as Elephant Walk to® e end of an elephant’s life, it will wander from thetel® ;h of a place to die. This walk symbolically marksthei e seniors’ usefulness to the student body and servesasi for juniors to look forward to (he coming year when J 5 the leaders on campus. #Ji» or biology major Layne Sager said she is excitedtop e in Jr. E-Walk because it puts her one step closer to he _Jie ring. 1||H “I think it will be a good time to go out and have tun not go to classes,” Sager said. “1 want to do it this year J next year 1 may be in vet school and won t be able to do Elephant Walk, which is one thing I would miss out on. Sager said she looks forward to spending the afternoon | friends from her class. . . Jjpi For Chris Duncan, a junior political science major, t e^ tion aspect is one reason why he is participating in the eve “For me, it's not necessarily a time to rem ' n ' sce f onvar j more for seniors,” he said. “It’s more of a time to loo to being a senior and the privileges that come with 1 a • ^ Duncan said the Elephant Walk tradition is also a ou tiling old friendships. oU j■ “I'm going with friends who I lived around and un § with as a freshman,” he said. “We haven t all been toge since we lived in Aston.” HOU Astros o ustaine< age vvhe attempte last weel Hunsicki Hidal two tean ing to Hunsicki being in “He’s his little well as and ham Doctors nerve ar LONGHORNS Vs AGS FOOTBALL GAME SPECIAL TEXAS A&M RATES One Bed Suite Two Adults Two Bed Suite Four Adults $79.00*. w $99.00*. ( Includes HOT BREAKFAST Buffet ) Transportation To Game Available H 7*W T HOR. IN SUITES LTIT m 7800 E. 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