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ne| battau 11 page! 'ill be issuj seniors o- ; )t. 27 to ^ Itojuniors; ; °phoinorei ; I i 7 to linen. 1 be picltf- room IK bring the- bem so it^ larked void umorous 1 got their c. bad some md wait it Aggielife The Battalion Page 3 • Wednesday, September 8, 2004 PAGE DESIGN BY JULIE BONE iverybody’s whooping for the weekend reated to replace Bonfire camaraderie, First Yell activities kick off Friday By Kirk Ehlig THE BATTALION L V i cana! sn’t mini a card t in use. getting , they dc ildonado ur identit olen then Kamran Hamid, a Plano native and graduate of studentsdf xas A&M Class of 4 ()3, is not new to the First »w card ,*11 s t a g e ' He first opened for Martin Short in )r speech 2|02 and was the headlining act in 2003. ■ Hamid officially started stand-up comedy in ■e summer of 2001 after seeing the comedian 111 Cosby perform at 2000’s First Yell. |Now Hamid is opening for his mentor. Bill ftsby, on Friday during the activities for the ftekend of First Yell. |“Even outside of comedy, it is a privilege to ftrk with someone who has done so much for |e bettemient of society. Long after people have er: fJrgotten his shows and stand-up, they will re- i person ■ember Dr. Cosby’s altruism,” Hamid said. “1 Bn't really care if the world remembers who 1 stributethft but I hope that 1 may also leave this planet a A&M siujMtter place than I found it.” Masksaid| Hamid, who has another show at Rudder on ed Aggie,|ov. 5, is also a second-year medical student H. do no: aj A&M as well as a comedian. Hamid said llat being in medical school is difficult but illwarding. [■“It’s kind of like being a PITS officer, ex cept with less Krispy Kremes and we’re not iBeless,” Hamid said. •■This Saturday, the events begin with the Cook off Class BBQ, which is cooked by nine barbeque te ns of former students who arrive on Friday afternoon and cook brisket and Slovacek sausage ,■1 night. This meal, which will be S8 per person, aBH be served from 11a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Rud- ^ftr Fountain Plaza and is part of the Weekend “■arm-Up activities. u | The First Yell activities will conclude wdth the Hotball game against Wyoming at 2:30 p.m. at “Byle Field. UThis is the sixth annual First Yell, an event that the yell leaders started in 1999 as a way to kickoff the new school year. *This is always on the occasion of the first home football game, providing a welcome to new, returning and former students,” Rusty ‘Thompson, assistant director of the Memorial Student Center, said. W After the Weekend. Warm-Up, comedian and i replact /stem h ” Mas 11 and nt and hope tli te Studc or politic a and acci my of stci Ls higher e. ble private »r hard-w .'ford said for hiak Wohlger legislature ■ lents, and: Senate, li nt major: muth is i live andte uth has it •arc." Re: telp her it prosperif actor Bill Cosby, who performed at First Yell in 2000, is returning to A&M to perform at this year’s First Yell. “I don’t think Bill Cosby is ever going to let anybody down. His expressions on his face are enough,” Bishop said. Ryan Bishop, a senior yell leader and finance major, said the yell leaders started the entertain ment for the Athletic Department and they bring in an entertainer along with student groups. “Our emphasis is on the students, and we get a big name out there to bring people in,” Bishop said. Bishop said he that ever since the last Bonfire in 1999, Aggie Spirit has been lacking. He said that no matter the different organization all the students worked together, and since Bonfire is gone, the Aggie family is fading. “It’s not the Bonfire burning,” Bishop said. "It’s (students) working together as a team. It re ally does hurt camaraderie on campus. There is nothing that has replaced it.” Bishop said he hopes First Yell will help bring back that spirit. “We want to make sure that people are excited about being back on campus, give them some thing to do when they’re here and hopefully at tract people to football games and other sporting events,” E3ishop said. First Yell, which used to be primarily run by yell leaders, now has an eight-member committee of students that helps with everything from the Weekend Warm-Up to the barbeque. “We put out applications in the spring because for five yell leaders to do it all alone, with all the traveling we do in the summer, is kind of a daunt ing task at times. They’ve really helped us out a lot.” Bishop said. Bishop said Bill Cosby was chosen to perform again because of his appeal to all ages. Thompson, who is also a former yell leader and Class of‘85, said the First Yell coordinators felt that enough time had passed since Cosby was last here. Although Cosby w'as not available for an interview, Thompson said he and the yell leaders are honored that he chose to return. “The student body has turned over for the most part, so most of the students did not have a chance to see him last time,” Thompson said. ON during the lalK University tote* Station, TX7M 111 TAMU, Cd? rsity in theft®' me 979-845-3!!; n. t by The Baft* ' ;d advertising e 8 am to5pr to pick upasrti OOperschool|fi* "Whoever got her heart got the best part of her." ft 0 Our daughter Leslie, class of ’07, saved 6 lives when she became a donor. She had such a serving spirit that we knew right away this is what she would have wanted. Being a family of Aggies, we're grateful that our daughter was able to help others. -- Jim 73 and Marilyn Snell College of Veterinary Medicine Texas A&M University Come sign a donor card in the MSC or Blocker between 9 am and 3 pm on Wednesday, September 8th. SHARE YOUR LIFE. SHARE YOUR DECISION. www.donorworld.com 1.800.355.7427 IMAGE COURTESY OF TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY RELATIONS Actor/comedian Martin Short greets the audience at First Yell 2002. Actor/comedian Bill Cosby will return for his second visit to Aggieland as the headlining performer for First Yell 2004, which will begin at 8 p.m. Friday in Reed Arena. Thompson said the concept for the show al ways includes a big-name entertainer, but that some of the best entertainment is found nearby. “But we also want to open the show' with the best of student entertainment from Texas A&M University,” Thompson said. “We have wanted to showcase these students to our former and current students, again as part of the ‘welcome back to Ag gieland' concept.” Opening acts for Cosby are The Singing Ca dets, The Aggie Wranglers, comedian Kamran Hamid, Apotheosis, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and musical group Mountain Aire. Aside from First Yell activities, another way to spend Saturday afternoon is by learning about one of the most significant changes in Aggie his tory. The 30th Anniversary Reunion of Women in the Corps exhibit at the Sam Houston Sanders Corps Center beginning at 11 a.m. will accom pany various weekend activities for reuniting former cadets. “The goal of the exhibit is to show' that wom en have been in the Corps for a while now,” said Lisa Kalmus, curator of the Corps Center. “Just like the men, they are being prepared for service to the state and nation.” Betsy Kelley, a sophomore theater arts major in the Corps, predicts that the exhibit will be a “good thing” for the Corps. “I think it will bring a lot of awareness that yeah, we are in the Corps, but we’re still girls, and it’s OK.” Kelley said women in the Corps are now more respected than their counterparts of 30 years ago. “It’s better now that we are integrated... 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