Uli, I think i know that guy.

you do but he isnt a stick

he drinks big red like crazy though

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at least you werent the sapling

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Very true. They made him drill in traffic on George Bush by the Treehouse once. Simpler times back then I guess.

haha.

Yeah, the 98 Red Wood and Sapling were both Squad Leaders. Made for an interesting year.

Maybe ranger65 will care to elaborate on this topic...

He's good at the secret stuff.

thought just hit me: that was almost 10 years ago...dang...

65 would deny any knowlege and then use that cool memory wipe thing from MIB

Things must have been much more obvious in the late 90s than during the previous decade. Or, people got careless.

This has been a fun read.

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There is a reason that the only dorm on the quad that has(or did have in my day) Big Red in its Coke machine is the one that has Corps Staff in it.

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Just checked; not anymore

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Lance Uppercut
posted 10:34p, 05/07/07



The best secret club on campus was the basketball team before 2004. You could have done whatever stupid secret sh*t you wanted to in the stands and no one but Watkins and the basketball team and that guy in the jester hat would have been there to see you.

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That is some of the funniest **** I have read in quite some time

Did one have to be in the corps to be a TT, KK, or sticker?

uhhmmm the most secretive org wouldnit be on here..

Otter said:

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1. It is Stickers not Stikkas.

2. I wasn't a Sticker, try the other side. Many of my buddies were Stickers and we were open with each other about it all.

3. Martin's BBQ is a Sticker thing? It was just a corps/Cav/Bonfire thing.

4. The ring on your left hand does not identify a T or Sticker. A lot of people used to do that. Someone tried to tell me that one of my profs was a Sticker because of how he wore his ring. He was a non-reg.

5. Stickers and True Texans are in no way related to the Klan.

6. Neither have much to do with yell leader elections. If one happens to be running, then his buddies will help him out and that's about it.

7. Meetings were nothing more than hanging out together at a house or bar.

8. True Texan's have nothing to do with staying single. A lot of us are married, and our wives or girlfriends get into the camaraderie of the whole thing.

9. While being a member of such a group is elitist in itself, we don't act like we are better than anyone else. We don't walk around with an attitude problem like some would have you believe.

10. Despite what Lt01 says, we aren't trying to effect change. Frequently we promote it.

11. Despite what Lt01 says, we aren't doing this because we don't have any friends. Normally we select people that are already well networked and very popular.

12. Some people are very bitter because they were not picked.

13. The quad terrorist comment was absurd!

14. Army98, I'm pretty sure you know me. B.O.B?

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We just called them sticks in my day. And you're correct , absolutely no relationship. Agree with your most of your points. The others I have no opinion one way or another.

One-Eyed Fat Man said:

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Otter said:

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1. It is Stickers not Stikkas.

2. I wasn't a Sticker, try the other side. Many of my buddies were Stickers and we were open with each other about it all.

3. Martin's BBQ is a Sticker thing? It was just a corps/Cav/Bonfire thing.

4. The ring on your left hand does not identify a T or Sticker. A lot of people used to do that. Someone tried to tell me that one of my profs was a Sticker because of how he wore his ring. He was a non-reg.

5. Stickers and True Texans are in no way related to the Klan.

6. Neither have much to do with yell leader elections. If one happens to be running, then his buddies will help him out and that's about it.

7. Meetings were nothing more than hanging out together at a house or bar.

8. True Texan's have nothing to do with staying single. A lot of us are married, and our wives or girlfriends get into the camaraderie of the whole thing.

9. While being a member of such a group is elitist in itself, we don't act like we are better than anyone else. We don't walk around with an attitude problem like some would have you believe.

10. Despite what Lt01 says, we aren't trying to effect change. Frequently we promote it.

11. Despite what Lt01 says, we aren't doing this because we don't have any friends. Normally we select people that are already well networked and very popular.

12. Some people are very bitter because they were not picked.

13. The quad terrorist comment was absurd!

14. Army98, I'm pretty sure you know me. B.O.B?

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We just called them sticks in my day. And you're correct , absolutely no relationship. Agree with your most of your points. The others I have no opinion one way or another.

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15 years later....

Do you think anything has changed?

The left handed Aggie ring was related to how guys used to buy Aggie Sweetheart Rings for their fiancees. This was back before Women were admitted. Many couples used the Aggie Ring and the Sweetheart ring as their wedding rings. One of my Class of 83 buddies father who was an RV and graduated back in the 40s did this. Over the years I've met a lot of Aggies who's grandparents did this.

Funny because my buddy who I referenced was OPAS Finance Chair his Jr year, and a shoe in for OPAS Chair in Zip year, and as an RV legacy and SUPER well thought of guy/cadet by everybody, would have been an RV pretty much automatically, got disillusioned with some power struggles/factions within our outfit and quit the Corps within weeks of starting our Sergebutt year. Quit OPAS too. He went on and graduated and went to Law School at South Texas in Houston. A great guy and one of my best friends, but he was truly never the same after that power struggle. Totally took the wind out of his sails. He passed away a couple of years ago.

Ha, had forgotten about the stickers.

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Um... you were in the corps and never heard of the Stickas?

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The Swastikas and the Boots were a secret club back in pre WWII era.

This post got a 15 year bump which caused me to see it and now I'm intrigued. Any more recent Ags know anything of these organizations, Stickers or Sul Ross?

Getting an invite to the Stickers or TT would be problematic because any reasonable cadet would assume his buddies were pulling an elaborate prank.

I was unable to determine how to message you, so here I am. If you read this, Howdy! My name is Alton Jacoby, a current member of the Corps in Squadron 3. I am extremely interested in the Duncan Volunteers, and during my research, I found this comment. Could you possibly elaborate on what you know? Information on the DVs is quite scarce.

The black sheep frolics at midnight.

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The Siler Taps Bugle team isn't a huge secret. Heck - they we a ribbon on their uniforms for it. Everyone in the band knows which of their peers are members.

the easiest way to figure out who the current Stickers are is to see which BQs are hanging out with the hard-ass CTs. Sometimes it's as obvious as next year's Drum Major hanging out with one of the junior advisors of FDT and next year's Parson's commander.

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Silver Taps Team became secretive sometime in the late 90s, about 10 years after my time there. No longer wore their ribbons, no public acknowledgment of who they were. Announced tryouts via postings in the BQ dorms.

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The campus statue master plan committee.

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They must do a lot of shots at their meetings.

If we knew about the society, it wouldn't really be a secret would it?

what else do you know?

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I believe the True Texans and the Stickers are loosely related, but one is not a direct evolution of the other. It's been a while since I reasearched it, so that may not be true.


I wrote an article about them back in 96. Stickers used to be a much more influential organization, and dates back a LONG time. In recent years (as of 96), the organization has not carried much weight, and basically existed as a result of tradition, without the impact it once had.

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Is it now known as Rudder Association?