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re: Question for Aggies re: a weird tradition

Posted on 4/3/15 at 2:56 pm to
Posted by WestCoastAg
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Posted on 4/3/15 at 2:56 pm to
You'll find out once you are initiated
Posted by jso0003
Member since Jun 2009
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Posted on 4/3/15 at 2:56 pm to
I realize that an "alumnus" isn't necessarily a graduate, but it certainly has an elevated connotation compared to "former student".

When I hear "former student" I think "Jonathan Taylor is a former student of Alabama"

When I hear "alumnus" I assume that person has a degree and is in good standing with their university.
Posted by Sao
East Texas Piney Woods
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Posted on 4/3/15 at 3:11 pm to

Exactly.

Aggy has that "network" tho..,
Posted by Sao
East Texas Piney Woods
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Posted on 4/3/15 at 3:14 pm to
Adding

Good on ya, OP. Cut these band queers no slack. I love many of them but I call them weird as frick daily. Response? "Yeah, we know just hush...".
This post was edited on 4/3/15 at 3:15 pm
Posted by twk
Wichita Falls, Texas
Member since Jul 2011
2268 posts
Posted on 4/3/15 at 3:15 pm to
quote:

So I know we've covered most of the weird aTm "traditions" on here (e.g. jizz jars, male spooning, etc) But today I found out about one that I think may have slipped through the cracks, apparently y'all don't use the term alumnus? apparently the preferred nomenclature is just "former student" Can any aggies give a little background info?
You've been misinformed. While there is a thing about not being a "former Aggie," use of the term "alumni" is not forbidden. Hell, the Association of Former Students has its headquarters in a building named the "Clayton W. Williams, Jr., Alumni Center."
Posted by WRTC
Member since Sep 2014
768 posts
Posted on 4/3/15 at 3:16 pm to
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And they didn't get into UT.


very original, bravo.
Posted by EKG
Houston, TX
Member since Jun 2010
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Posted on 4/3/15 at 3:19 pm to
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Aggy has that "network" tho..,

IKR?
Greatness.


Posted by Chaos_Actual
Member since Mar 2015
431 posts
Posted on 4/3/15 at 3:26 pm to
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Same reason I refer to myself as a former active duty Marine. Once a Marine always a Marine.

Once an Aggie always an Aggie.

Just a thing.


Ok but that's exactly what an alumnus is
Posted by oman
Dallas
Member since Sep 2014
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Posted on 4/3/15 at 3:28 pm to


This post was edited on 4/3/15 at 3:30 pm
Posted by STLhog
Nashville, TN
Member since Jan 2015
17892 posts
Posted on 4/3/15 at 3:30 pm to
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very original, bravo.


Its truth. Wasn't hating.

Isn't it like top 3% or something at most high schools? If not less.

I had one friend who came to the U of A from Jesuit in Dallas, he got into UT and chose Arkansas.

Other than that, the rest of the boys weren't sniffing Austin.
Posted by WestCoastAg
Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 4/3/15 at 3:31 pm to
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Wasn't hating.
This post was edited on 4/3/15 at 3:32 pm
Posted by agswin
The Republic of Texas
Member since Aug 2011
4359 posts
Posted on 4/3/15 at 3:33 pm to
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Just wait until you find out about the college station hand shake


X na on the shake

Don't tell them everything.

Posted by tmc94
Member since Sep 2012
11559 posts
Posted on 4/3/15 at 3:41 pm to
quote:

When I hear "alumnus" I assume that person has a degree and is in good standing with their university.

originally I think that's how alumnus was used which may be one reason we use former student more often (though as was pointed out we use both and the OP is incorrect).

The Association was founded in 1919 and it wouldn't be shocking that a lot of the WWI classes never graduated and became career military. So my best guess is we made that distinction exactly like you do in your head. We wanted to sound inclusive of those former students in particular.
Posted by WRTC
Member since Sep 2014
768 posts
Posted on 4/3/15 at 3:42 pm to
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Its truth. Wasn't hating.


so funny, seeing as A&M graduates make more money on average than any other graduates. But hey, moral victory away!!!
Posted by EKG
Houston, TX
Member since Jun 2010
44966 posts
Posted on 4/3/15 at 3:43 pm to
Those rings are all different--individual.
Ours are all he same--cult.
Posted by Sao
East Texas Piney Woods
Member since Jun 2009
68123 posts
Posted on 4/3/15 at 3:49 pm to

Do you even antique?
Posted by Old Sarge
Dean of Admissions, LSU
Member since Jan 2012
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Posted on 4/3/15 at 3:54 pm to
Sao's jealousy of all things Daddy Texas A&M is always so cute
Posted by Kentucker
Cincinnati, KY
Member since Apr 2013
19351 posts
Posted on 4/3/15 at 3:57 pm to
quote:

I realize that an "alumnus" isn't necessarily a graduate, but it certainly has an elevated connotation compared to "former student". When I hear "former student" I think "Jonathan Taylor is a former student of Alabama" When I hear "alumnus" I assume that person has a degree and is in good standing with their university.


I don't understand why these threads persist. It should be obvious to fans of other SEC schools by now that A&M is unique and has no desire to "be like everybody else."

I think that, because it's a very conservative school, a lot of people look askance at how they do things. They don't fit the "everybody is a liberal when they're in college but become conservative when they have to work for a living" mold of most schools. Most Aggies, I would guess, go in conservative and stay conservative.

I don't see a problem with it. Their traditions may seem ritualistic and unchangeable to outsiders, but they're just one of the ways that a culture is maintained in their group which is no different from any other school, business, religious or civic group, or any other community.
Posted by EKG
Houston, TX
Member since Jun 2010
44966 posts
Posted on 4/3/15 at 4:01 pm to
Nah.
Mine's rose.
Most womens' are.
Posted by oman
Dallas
Member since Sep 2014
3280 posts
Posted on 4/3/15 at 4:03 pm to
Is the jealousy of A&M something that has existed forever (in SWC and Big12) or is this a new phenomenon?

In other words, are the SEC folks (or factions of SEC folks) the first group to be jealous of A&M?
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