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Page 3 • Tuesday, November 25, 2003
An elephant never forgets
Seniors take one final walk around campus, juniors E-walk their way to the top
By Nancy Dubinski
THE BATTALION
With the much-anticipated Texas A&M vs. University of Texas
football game less than a week away, the campus is consumed
with the Aggie Spirit and a tradition or two. Today is the day that
the fightin’ Texas Aggie Class of 2004 steps off on Kyle Field and
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“Four years ago, I learned about this walk at
Fish Camp. It’s so interesting now, when I am
about to do the walk, to see how far I have pro
gressed and how happy I am to have spent these
four years as an Aggie,” said Richie Rockwell, a
senior recreation parks and tourism sciences major.
“It is also neat because four years ago I had no idea
that when we step off on Tuesday, I will be step
ping off with my fiancee, the love of my life.”
Elephant Walk for the Class of 2004 kicks off
today with a speaker and pictures at 12:45, fol
lowed by step off at Kyle field at 2:04 p.m. Junior
E-walk steps off at 2:05p.m. at Law/Puryear Field
with pictures at Kyle Field at 3 p.m.
In 1922, two Corps of Cadets freshmen from the Class of
1926 began to walk around campus to the tune of a funeral
march to break the “jinx” that seemed to have been cursing the
football team.
Other Aggies saw this and began to join in, and this quickly
became a tradition for the rest of that football season, said Audrey
Cobb, a senior communications major and member of Traditions
Council.
In 1926, these same two cadets, along with other members of
their class, put on their senior boots, and, for one final time, they
paraded around campus to relive the days from just a few years
earlier that they remembered so fondly, Cobb said.
“Elephant Walk is a big day in the Corps because, first of all,
it gives the junior class the chance to step into the leadership roles
for the day,” said Michael Bartle, a senior animal science major
and Corps of Cadets member. “Secondly, the Zips (seniors) get to
gather and relive all of the trials and struggles that they have
endured to earn the right to wear their senior boots.”
Elephant Walk signifies the seniors’ final days of “usefulness”
to the herd and, like old elephants wandering off from the herd to
die, the seniors take a final walk to symbolize their moving on
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show of camaraderie
for the entire class to
come together
before going out into
the world.
— Whitney Brady
senior animal sciences major
and making way for the junior class, Cobb said
“It’s a wonderful yet bittersweet time for members of the sen
ior class to come together and celebrate the memories of the last
three years and their love for Aggieland,” said senior animal sci
ence major Whitney Brady. “What a great show of camaraderie for
the entire class to come together before going out into the world.”
The annual event occurs before the last home football game of
the season and commences at Kyle Field, where
seniors take pictures and participate in a yell prac
tice. Historically, the senior class then begins to
wander around campus stopping at various
locations including the
Quadrangle, the
Lawrence Sullivan
Ross Statue and Fish
Pond to do more
yells.
“I think it’s a
great tradition to
take stock in what
you’ve gained in
coming to Texas
A&M. It’s good to
share this time with the friends you’ve
made here and look back on the
memories you’ve made with
them,” said senior animal science
major Courtney Jenkins.
The Class of 2004 is anxiously
awaiting its turn to be a part of this tra
dition, but one thing seems to loom over
the heads of some.
“Last year at E-Walk, it was so cold and
rainy that it was almost to the point of being
miserable. But, together with my friends, we
stuck it out and I don’t regret it,” said
Stephanie Thompson, a senior agricultural
economics major. “Even if it’s cold, wet and
rainy, I’ll still be there because it’s ‘04’s
Elephant Walk, and a little bad weather
can’t stop us.”
Regardless of this possible inconvenience,
Thompson is looking forward to marching with*.,
the rest of her class.
“1 guess I have high
expectations for this year
and I can’t wait,” she said.
As the seniors are wan
dering around campus, the
junior class will be doing the
same thing, but their walk is
called Junior E-Walk, as “elephant” is
senior word and therefore can only be
said by members of the senior class. E-
Walk symbolizes the junior class step
ping up and becoming the leaders in
place of the out-going seniors.
Members of the Class of 2004 are
preparing themselves to “leave the herd.”
“I’ve always heard about it and I’m
really looking forward to experiencing
it,” said senior environmental design
major Trent League. “I’ve seen Elephant
Walks in the past and it’s exciting to
finally be a senior and take part in such
a great tradition.”
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