names have mostly been removed for the sake of the guilty from email.
Maybe it is time to create new t-shirts. Something like...
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Hotard Exists.
Has and always will.
Save the Hilton.
Damn It!
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Or
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Remember the Hilton.
No… Hotard, Damn it!
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Reply with ideas for this, we can start a list and vote. One last t-shirt in dedication to Hotard would be great. An artist among us for graphics? Graphic ideas? Maybe a play on the Eagle over arching the Mouse shooting the rod. I can check with Jason’s ex-wife, Kelly, to see if she will draw something up.
Remember the plane banner for our 1st or 2nd year of “Hotard Exists” campaign week? How about marking up the sidewalks around campus with campaign slogans and Arrows pointing to Hotard? How about the subsequent coughing up of funds from all dorm mates based on the university mandated cleanup punishment?
Remember any other “Hotard Exists” campaign activities?
KJ,
AKA “Frayed Ends” of late night Risk playing on computer. Smoking cessation programs and beer-runs.
Subject: Re: Save Hotard Hall
Hotard become a suite of university offices??? Has the school gone
completely insane? Hotard was a great student dorm, with spaceous room
and AC (most of the time) at a cheap price. I mean, we all loved the
added features the dorm provided, from the asbestos lined luggage racks
running along the ceilings to the social 1960's or so bathroom decor.
But seriously, I don't Hotard would make very good office space for A&M
without extremely costly renovations. Has the school run out of nonair
dorms to knock down/absorb? Hotard was alwas the rut of the dorms, and
the fighting, underdog, "Hotard Exists!" mouse spirit was a vital part
of the dorm and those people who lived there. I remember the good times
at the Hotard Hilton ( roommates, friends, and meeting my wife at a
party with fellow Hotardians) as well as the bad times (the drunk
freshman falling out of the third floor window...ouch!). Hotard will
always have a special place in my heart and mind.
I hope someone can get a Hotard site up to store memorabilia. I think I
still have some of the school magazine that had the Hotard from Hell
crew on the cover (1994, I think). Also, if someone still has an extra
Hotard Hilton beer mugs, try to get that incorperated as well. Keep me
informed with whats happening at Hotard, and never give up.
Hotard EXISTS (Damn it)!
Chris
Ah, fond memories of wadded up Batts and basements...
What a shame to lose such an awesome piece of history on the campus!
That
dorm holds many fond memories for many classes of Ags (and I'm sure some
of
the prior inmates - before us that is!). Love the recounting of Hotard
from
Hell, Wes - has it really been that long? Sheesh...
Koosh ball fights, shower-hottubs, Stiletto, the babes in Neely the
night
before finals that one fall (whew!), "impact tests" and so many other
odd/fun memories...
Which brings me to another point... I was rifling through my closet the
other day, and stumbled across a collection of Hotard shirts from
'89-'93
including some of the more (in)famous "underground" shirts. Does anyone
have any interest in having these shirts for historical purposes?
"Hotard Exists!"
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> Austin,
>
> I can speak to the history of Dorm 13: Hotard From Hell. Perhaps the
> other guys can add to the story as well.
>
> It sprang from a cross-trick-or-treat event with one of the girls
dorms
> in the fall of 1989. It was one of the balcony dorms, if I remember
> right. We dressed up the halls all spooky-like, and put costumes on to
> make the experience a bit less bland for the visiting girls. It was
> pretty popular and everyone had a good time.
>
> The next year (1990) we decided to turn it into a proper event, so we
> got a budget from the hall council and went to town. We made a killer
> sign which we ended up using for 5 years, printed flyers, bought
> supplies, and hired a band to play out front. Admission was something
> along the lines of patron's choice of either $1 (or was it $0.50?) or
a
> canned good for our charity.
>
> Halloween 1990 was the first official Hotard From Hell event.
>
> From this event we learned:
> * Don't place open flames next to plastic sheeting.
> * A PA system with a CD player has more variety than a Black Crowes
> cover band.
> * Third floor pervs will grope women in the dark and get the whole
dorm
> in trouble.
> * Large quantities of cardboard boxes and black landscaping plastic
> should be in ready supply.
> * Fake blood does NOT wash out easily from dorm walls & carpet, no
> matter what the package says.
> * $1 is too cheap to charge for this.
>
> The next year we fixed all of these issues, and each successive year
we
> were better organized, better funded, and improved our system of
> getting people through. But no matter how well we did moving people
> through, there was always a very long line which sometimes started
> forming well before opening time. How awesome it was to see students
> from all over campus coming to enjoy an event we put on!
>
> It always amazed me how fast each floor was able to create their
unique
> and creative attractions from nothing. In a matter of hours, the dorm
> went from "dorm" to "Hotard From Hell" and back to dorm. Costumes,
> set-building, sound, lighting and even the occasional video setup, all
> assembled in the short period between end of class and opening time.
> Some were better planned and executed than others, but the fact that
> ANY of it got done at all was simply amazing. And it was all gone
> within an hour of closing time.
>
> Everyone had a great time, and we made some impressive contributions
to
> the Brazos Food Bank. It was my favorite annual Hotard event, hands
> down. It would be an absolute shame to see this fine, long-standing
and
> very popular Hotard tradition end in a pile of bureaucrats and office
> supplies.
>
> SAVE HOTARD!
> Gig 'Em!
>
>
> Skater Punk said:
> > Austin,
> > Thanks for the email. I lived in Hotard for 3.5 years, so this news
> > sucks!
> > I'd like to help, if I can, but right now it sounds like you guys
> > there need to organize a central person/website for people to
contact
> > to provide their information and comments. I still keep in contact
> > with about 10 old Hotardians and they have been copied on this
email--
> > but there should really be a website set up.
> > Anyone want to volunteer?
> > Wes?
> > Brad?
> >
> > Finally, I don't want to be a downer, but I seriously doubt that we
> > are going to stop this planned change, and we should take this
> > opportunity to gather stories, pics and memories and put them in a
> > centralized place to preserve the legacy of the dorm. (and to
> > preserve my memory -- which seems worse every day!)
> > Brad already has a website, but I won't volunteer him to take on
that
> > task unless he wants to.
> > "We are Hotard men..."
> >\\> > wrote:
> >> \, my name is xxxxxx I am currently attending
Texas
> >> A&M,
> >> class of '06 and am a crew chief here at Hotard. We just received
> >> letters
> >> from the administration that they are going to close down Hotard
and
> >> turn it
> >> into offices for the fall 2004 semster. I found this address
through
> >> some
> >> other links and figured you might like to know. I hope this is
still
> >> your e-
> >> mail address. We just found out last night and havn't had much
time
> >> to
> >> organize anything but we are planning on putting up a fight to try
to
> >> keep
> >> this from happening. Theres not much you can do right now besides
> >> e-mailing
> >> Dr. Gates, but in a few days when we get stuff together there will
> >> more to
> >> do. If you would like more information in the future about this
> >> please e-
> >> mail me back and let me know.
> >>
> >> Thanks and Gig 'em
> >>
> >> PS: I sent this to another e-mail but I found that on a web page
> >> that was
> >> pretty old so it might not exist anymore. Id also like to know
more
> >> about
> >> Hotard back in the day and Hotard from Hell. Thanks.
>
>
