Parents weekend to change name - Page 2

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In reply to good nuggets • 8:43a, 7/22/16

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And then for the next 50 years it will be "Old Army" or "red ass" to use the word "boys" when singing the song.
More things change, more they stay the same.

The person that is not willing to fight and die, if need be, for his country has no right to life.

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8:52a, 7/22/16

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In reply to good nuggets • 9:40a, 7/22/16

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JUST ANNOUNCED. Changing a line in The Spirit of Aggieland.

From "We've got to fight boys" to "We've got to fight non-gender specific identifying students"

We already replaced "boys" with "ones" in the War Hymn

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10:17a, 7/23/16

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Bought my daughter a Davey Crockett coonskin hat at a store near the Alamo and clerk told me the hippies are trying to outlaw the hat (because of the name) along with anything western because they killed the native Americans. What is happening to this world?

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10:55a, 7/23/16

Family Weekend touches Everyone, I think.

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In reply to agmrpink • 11:13a, 7/23/16

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Used to be Mother's Day weekend in Ol' Army Days, so the name changing to reduce the pain of some is nothing new.

Might as well nip it in the bud and protect the students who don't have anybody, and just name it "Weekend."

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