About our school, written by my friend Lewis on his blag.
“I already knew this to be true, but I was really mulling it over yesterday. Texas A&M is a fucking great university. The school in Austin is a very good school no doubt, one of the top schools in the country. But it isn’t really anything special. I went there for a bit in grad school. It was nice. They obviously have a lot of money. But the only thing going for them that sets them apart from other state schools elsewhere is that is lucky enough to be in the capitol city of the great state of Texas. Nothing else really sets it apart. A&M has set itself apart despite being in a tiny town in the middle of nowhere. A&M does a lot and basically gets little recognition. I think the thing is that A&M is strong in the sciences but couldn’t give a rat’s ass about everything else. So people think Aggies are a bunch of hicks. The following is a list of [some of] A&M’s awesomeness:
- The mars lander that found ice at the poles. An aggie is the head of that mission.
- Norman Bourlag. Basically saved the Indian continent from starvation. Got a nobel prize and almost no popular recognition.
- Root stock from grape vines discovered by an A&M professor saved the French wine industry from a grape blight. Old grape vines in France still are growing on Texas A&M roots.
- I believe half of all officers who served in WWII came to A&M to get trained.
- Oil, all of it flows through A&M on its way to the rest of the world. i am pretty sure this is true.
- Robert Gates. The only one with a brain in the whole Bush administration. And they stole him from A&M.
- A&M has an extension station in every county in Texas. Every damn county.
- Replant. Big Event. The largest volunteer organization of any American university.
- Silver taps. Muster.”
And I would just like to add that we have hot hot hot male yell leaders on our football field, not female cheerleaders. And we have the best football fans ever.
A&M: FUCK YEAH.