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Page 3 • Wednesday, September 8, 2004
PAGE DESIGN BY JULIE BONE
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■ Hamid officially started stand-up comedy in
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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
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A&M siujMtter place than I found it.”
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ed Aggie,|ov. 5, is also a second-year medical student
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llat being in medical school is difficult but
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cept with less Krispy Kremes and we’re not
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•■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.
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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.
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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...
They’re doing a lot to bring our image up to stan
dard, that we are equal to the men,” she said.
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