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Page 3* Monday, April 7, 2003
Family Tradition
mtudent dunks ring with father, sister, brother-in-law
By Shena Bausch
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^Four Aggie class rings were buried under 16
to recent ob^coops of multi-flavored ice cream, whipped
volvement in cream, cherries and chocolate sprinkles Saturday
tffairs by otb as (Carrie Foran dunked her new ring with her
said Amem family of old Ags.
y role in jB^oran, a senior community health major,
ast conflict dunked her 2003 class ring with her father, Class
•ssciitial that jQf ]076. tier sister. Class of 1999 and her broth-
mi tall and i.' 2r -j n -i aWi Class of 1999 at Swensen’s Icecream
ng this issue & fc ine Foods .
■‘I wanted to do this with my family because
► (Texas) A&M has been such a tradition to our
tied from family for such a long time,” Foran said.
Bwan is a third-generation Aggie in her fami-
ce money anc|y and will be the 12th family
its funding l member to graduate from A&M.
its events. ZinBporan said the first Aggie of
, officials f am jiy g radu ated in 1941.
k^vauseit Tht; 14thA gg' e of her family,
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^^^ferles D. Foran III, “Chad,” is in
.n,, a n ^id I t f le Arrn y an ^ ls currently serving
" about the t f ie country, she said. The 15th
Variable, whc was just accepted for the
the MSG fall semester,
nt of Student : MForan said she chose to dunk
ave been cor her ring in ice cream because she
jotential di wanted to share the experience
members o: with her family.
offering ■ Hrrhe family ate their way
urn said. ’^Dugh the ice cream, occasional-
anmng Aggiftjy smearing it on each other’s
faces. Foran’s father’s 1976 class
ring was found first, and her 2003 class ring was
found last.
iForan said she wanted her father to be a
part of the ring dunking tradition because there
iversity and wasn’t a dunking tradition when her father was
>ers at its in,jschool.
Saturday in' ■“He had never done this before, so I asked
land. him to fly in from Phoenix to do this with me,”
proud of she said.
n’s past sit Foran said her family should be a part of this
now striving
a betiet papc : " ■ ,
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My father and
mother put me
through school,
and I wanted them
to share in this
tradition with
me.
— Carrie Foran,
senior community
health major
happy time in her life because they have always
supported her.
“My father and mother put me through
school, and I wanted them to share in this tradi
tion with me,” she said. “I wanted to show them
that I cherish what they have done for me.”
Foran’s father, Charles D. Foran, Jr., a
mechanical engineering graduate of 1976, said it
was great to be able to share in the tradition with
his daughter.
“It was awesome because she has worked so
hard to get here,” he said.
Charles D. Foran, Jr. said they were definitely
full after eating 16 scoops of ice cream.
“We were waddling out of Swensen’s,” he said.
Foran’s sister. Holly Foran Beier, was over
seas her senior year and did not get a chance to
dunk her ring.
Beier said she thought she had
missed out on the Aggie ring
dunking tradition until her sister
called her.
“When Carrie called me to
do this, it was a good surprise,”
she said.
Beier said she was a senior
when her sister came to A&M as
a freshman, and the two were
roommates.
“It was great to come back to
share this with Carrie - to see her
come so far,” she said. “It was a
lot of fun to be a part of this tra
dition with her.”
Beier said dunking her ring
rds
ued from f
at Swensen’s with her family was a perfect
experience.
“I couldn’t have shared it in any better way
than with my family,” she said. “It was the
most complete way of doing this tradition; it
was real fulfilling.”
Foran’s brother-in-law, Joshua Beier, Class
of 1999 and a mechanical engineering major,
said he had missed out on the ring dunking tra
dition when his future wife, Foran’s sister, was
in Hungary.
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(From left to right) : Senior community health major Carrie Foran, father Charles Foran Jr. (Class of 1976),
sister Holly Foran Beier and Joshua Beier (both Class of 1999) show off their rings after dunking them at
Swensen’s Icecream & Fine Foods on Saturday afternoon. Carrie is the 12th Aggie in her family.
“I wanted to wait for her to come back, so we
could dunk our rings together,” he said. “But the
event never materialized.”
Joshua Beier said getting to share in the
ring dunking tradition with his wife and family
was wonderful.
“This was a great opportunity that came up,”
he said, “and it worked out well for us.”
Foran’s roommate, Sara Birdsong, a senior
community health major, said her roommate
was able to include her entire family in on the
ring dunking tradition by dunking their rings in
ice cream.
“I think it was pretty cool the way Carrie did
it, because you can get your whole family
involved,” she said. “I think it was great that her
parents got to come in from Arizona, especially
since Carrie doesn’t get to see them that often.”
Birdsong said A&M is a big tradition in her
roommate’s family.
“With Carrie being the 12th Aggie in her fam
ily, the Aggie ring holds a lot of significance to
them,” she said.
Bav Mehga, a Swensen’s employee, said par
ties of 20 to 25 people come in after Aggie rings
are passed out.
“That’s usually about all we have in here from
the time rings go out on Thursday until the
Saturday after,” he said.
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