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As the saying goes, “from the (side looking in, you don’t understand it, and from inside looking out, you can’t explain it.” The rea ls students choose to be involved at A&M seem be rooted in the vibrant Aggie on this campus Kristin Delong, a senior . immunity health major, spend ™ ire time working with her ganizations than she doe class. She has been a Fish imp counselor for two years, involved with the all-women idership group Maggies and i chair of MSC Hospitality, a mice organization, which she ined her freshman year. “Honestly, I have a full-time > outside of class,” Delong said easily put in 40 hours a week Aggielife The Bait align Page 3 • Monday, September 27, 2004 PAGE BY JULIE BONE By Teresa Weaver THE BATTALION fo be a Texas A&M student and not become olved in a single organization might seem blas- rosion at the mtinuing toeij s that cause us ship, given ils Ic. that chronii s — known asi ed to the exu 20s for stabft ius leak one 's were greete; u ith the sltipi id sometimes it seems I’m in the At A&M, it is all about the Aggie Spirit. Here, stu dents are com pelled to make a difference. ospitality cube every second I’m >f us excited, Kin class.” ed it’s stil With the pressure of leading student organization. Delong — Laura Boren Fish Camp, GUIDE, T-Camp and Howdy Camp adviser ranged an easy class load this semester. She said she orries that next semester will be harder to keep up, it that she never feels like she’s losing her drive. “1 haven’t burned out, but I get up every morning id ask myself why I do all the things 1 do,” Delong lid. “The answer is always the same. I love the mis- on and the people behind what 1 do. It’s about being issionate about what you’re doing. If that wasn’t icre. it wouldn’t be worth it.” Scott Orr, a senior political science major in the s of Cadets, is the commanding officer of com- anyE-1, and has been a member of the Ross Volun- trs.andhas participated in many other organizations unng his three years on campus. Rejoined the Muster Committee his junior ,.. gear and used his experience there to explain why 7ar I, it servtpl '. . ^ i \Vic BnWsVi Cf it was named/! ,S. Atlantic fk Day in 1944, isualties when tillery off Fa ’acific supper tattles at students put so much emphasis on organizations. “Students help with Muster because it is one of the best examples of what it means to be an Ag gie. The day of Muster, students spend time with the families and give them a chance to understand what their child did and what they were a part of here,” Orr said. “It’s about showing the outside world what Texas A&M is about.” Orr spent last semester with four to six hours of sleep each night because of his commitments to organizations. “After class, there would be RV training for two hours, Muster committee for two hours, and by then it was 10:30 p.m.,” Orr said. A “Then I’d do my homework for class as well as work on Mus- || ter before I got any sleep. And T the next day it was the same thing over again.” Orr handles all the pressures of school and organizations with the memory of being a freshman in the Corps. “As a fish, they put so much on your shoulders, your natural reaction at the end of the year is to go out in the community and continue that work load,” Orr said. “They train you to be this ‘Super Aggie.’ Since then, it’s been easier to handle all the stress.” Fish Camp is an easily recogniz- able organization on campus due to the amount of time and work student leaders put into it. With co-chairs chosen in November and counselors selected in February, most of the spring semester and all of the summer are devoted to preparing for camp, said Laura Boren, the adviser for Fish Camp. Boren, besides advising Fish Camp, also oversees advisers for GUIDE, a freshman mentoring organization; T-Camp, a camp for transfer students; and Howdy Camp, a student-run orientation for spring semester transfers. With the level of responsibility and intensity co chairs must deal with, Boren said most co-chairs have no other major leadership involvements. Still Boren said around 25 percent of co-chairs are actively involved in other organizations. “There is always a point where a leader gets overwhelmed and feels they can’t complete their ION iday during the lal ;cept University Mill)) lege Station, TX7IW ity, 1111 TAMU.Cdt* JniversityintheDro i phone: 979445411 loom. went by The BM' issihed advertise} rs are 8 amtoSpi idem to pick upases r e HI lT- St tm »ES "Whoever got her heart got the best part of her." 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 SHARE YOUR LIFE. SHARE YOUR DECISION. www.donorworld.com 1.800.355.7427 www.organ.org 1.800.788.8058 tasks,” Boren said. “That’s why we have co-chairs, you have a partner to balance out the work load.” Boren said there is a different attitude about in volvement at A&M than at other schools. “At A&M it is all about the Aggie Spirit. Here stu- GRACIE ARENAS - The Battalion dents are compelled to make a difference,” Boren said. Orr’s advice to freshmen is to get out there and be involved. “Do as much as you can for as many people as you can, and then you’ll really start to understand what it means to be an Aggie.” Super Safari OBX presents CAEDMON’S CALL October 16 - Simpson Drill Field FREE Music & Games First 500 receive Caedmon's Call tickets October 17 - Caedmon’s Call G. 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