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A&M alum here. This is kind of a cynical take, but I think some of the things you mentioned are done for more than one reason, and they're not all obvious at f
by cvwright 11y ago
A&M alum here. This is kind of a cynical take, but I think some of the things you mentioned are done for more than one reason, and they're not all obvious at first glance.
For example, if lots of students walk on the grass around the MSC, it gets all trampled and torn up. The administration would have to spend a lot of money to maintain or fix it. But if the grass itself is a war memorial, then the students won't walk on it. In fact, they'll police each other so that if anybody does walk on the grass, they get a stern reminder.
Oh, and the grass on the football field at Kyle Field is a memorial too. Conveniently, the football team and the band can walk on this memorial without desecrating it. But if the fans were to rush the field after a game? Oh no, that would be extremely disrespectful. So A&M doesn't have to deal with the same kind of post-game chaos that you sometimes get at other schools.
It's really clever in a Machiavellian sort of way.
- mcguire 11y ago"For example, if lots of students walk on the grass around the MSC, it gets all trampled and torn up. ... In fact, [the students]'ll police each other so that if anybody does walk on the grass, they get a stern reminder." Several years ago, there was a bit of a squawk when an Aggie cadet drew his (ceremonial) sword on some visitors to campus who were walking on the grass. The "A" in "A&M" stands for "Agricultural"; it stands to reason that they're proud of their grass. (Obligatory disclaimer: UTAustin alum here. Come down to Austin! Walk on our grass! We're fine with it! Hell, walk on the grass at Darrell K. Royal Memorial Stadium, for all I care. Just try not to get pooped on by the grackles. They're nasty.) (Obligatory Aggie joke: Several years ago, they had a fire at the campus library. Several thousand books were lost. The worst part is, some of them hadn't been colored in yet.)
- dTal 11y agoI heard this one as "Did you hear that the George W. Bush Presidential Libary burned down? Both books were destroyed."