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Okay, I have never, ever posted on this board before but this is where I need to take a stand. As a student of Baylor let me try to shed some insight.

There's a reason A&M is called a Cult. There's a reason there is animosity towards the university. There's a reason you are called sheep humpers and milk men. There's a reason there are millions of "aggie jokes" out there and people enjoy making fun of the school. There's a reason why people make fun of the students, traditions, and alumni of this university.

The reasons are this: Your student body is, in a sense, brainwashed. I have asked aggies hundreds of times WHY they are doing what they are doing.
"It's just what we do" is the common response. Aggies who aren't brainwashed by their parents are brainwashed at their "orientation".
I personally know they are driven off to a remote site where hundreds of aggies attend a "camp" for a few days. This is where the common attributes that we hate about all aggies are spread. They are given two-stepping classes, A&M yell practices and all of the other traditions are etched into their brains. But something I heard from a friend in attendance that really stood out in my mind was this. They stood in a circle and spoke about what being an aggie meant to them and other decisions they have made in life. The girl goes on to emotionally state that choosing to be an aggie is the best decision she has ever made in her life and that this is truly where god wanted her to be. SHE HAS BEEN AT THIS CAMP FOR A DAY AND A HALF. This girl had no previous ties to the school and made this statement purely based on the experience she had at the camp. This bothers me deeply, this girl has already been reduced to a blind apologist who would surely defend any action the university or it's students would take, in a day and a half... The term "brainwashed" doesn't sound that far off anymore to me.

This post is starting to get lengthy so I will try and be a little less elaborate with my points. Aggies are the reason people ridicule the south.
I feel personally ashamed when people from other parts of the country visit this town or even get a glimpse of the culture of this school. This school has to have the highest Camo'd out, lifted up, v12 pickup to sedan ratio in the world.You get the idea. The amount of hate A&M has towards "tu" sickens me. I was on campus once when a student organization layed UT caps on the floor of the business school where the students were encouraged to stomp on the hat. This school hates UT more than it likes itself, and that's terribly sad.Give it up, they own you, and just because you wrote your school song about how your a better school doesn't mean you have to act that way. They don't care about you and completely own you in every aspect that a school could. Give it up.

Even the students at your school are realizing how over the top the traditions can get there. A 2 percenter is more like a 60 percenter now. Many students at this school are people looking for a cheap education that couldn't get into UT. I am tired of how the students of this school care more about it or beating "tu" than their own personal lives. As a poster before me stated, aggies are so uncouth about the way they approach their fellow texans who did not attend the divine school they did. They attack people from other schools in groups, but when caught alone and away from the others, can actually be quite reasonable people.


Yes, I know you can support everything you do with words like "tradition" and "jealousy". Aggies, please don't use these terms in support of your position or merely give a few examples of something. Also, please don't attack my school because I am completely aware of it's faults and understand the criticism we receive.

Just the fact that I would write something of this magnitude, or the fact that I chose this topic to make my first post ever should give you some insight into how much hate this school created for itself. You will feel the animosity Baylor has towards your school on Wednesday if you actually make the trip. We rarely pack the Ferrel Center, but somehow the frat boys and sorority girls will cancel all of their sing practices and float meetings to come watch us tear your team apart.

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This school hates UT more than it likes itself, and that's terribly sad.Give it up, they own you

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There's a reason A&M is called a Cult. There's a reason there is animosity towards the university. There's a reason you are called sheep humpers and milk men. There's a reason there are millions of "aggie jokes" out there and people enjoy making fun of the school. There's a reason why people make fun of the students, traditions, and alumni of this university.

The reasons are this: Your student body is, in a sense, brainwashed. I have asked aggies hundreds of times WHY they are doing what they are doing.
"It's just what we do" is the common response. Aggies who aren't brainwashed by their parents are brainwashed at their "orientation".
I personally know they are driven off to a remote site where hundreds of aggies attend a "camp" for a few days. This is where the common attributes that we hate about all aggies are spread. They are given two-stepping classes, A&M yell practices and all of the other traditions are etched into their brains. But something I heard from a friend in attendance that really stood out in my mind was this. They stood in a circle and spoke about what being an aggie meant to them and other decisions they have made in life. The girl goes on to emotionally state that choosing to be an aggie is the best decision she has ever made in her life and that this is truly where god wanted her to be. SHE HAS BEEN AT THIS CAMP FOR A DAY AND A HALF. This girl had no previous ties to the school and made this statement purely based on the experience she had at the camp. This bothers me deeply, this girl has already been reduced to a blind apologist who would surely defend any action the university or it's students would take, in a day and a half... The term "brainwashed" doesn't sound that far off anymore to me.

This post is starting to get lengthy so I will try and be a little less elaborate with my points. Aggies are the reason people ridicule the south.
I feel personally ashamed when people from other parts of the country visit this town or even get a glimpse of the culture of this school. This school has to have the highest Camo'd out, lifted up, v12 pickup to sedan ratio in the world.You get the idea. The amount of hate A&M has towards "tu" sickens me. I was on campus once when a student organization layed UT caps on the floor of the business school where the students were encouraged to stomp on the hat. This school hates UT more than it likes itself, and that's terribly sad.Give it up, they own you, and just because you wrote your school song about how your a better school doesn't mean you have to act that way. They don't care about you and completely own you in every aspect that a school could. Give it up.

Even the students at your school are realizing how over the top the traditions can get there. A 2 percenter is more like a 60 percenter now. Many students at this school are people looking for a cheap education that couldn't get into UT. I am tired of how the students of this school care more about it or beating "tu" than their own personal lives. As a poster before me stated, aggies are so uncouth about the way they approach their fellow texans who did not attend the divine school they did. They attack people from other schools in groups, but when caught alone and away from the others, can actually be quite reasonable people.


Yes, I know you can support everything you do with words like "tradition" and "jealousy". Aggies, please don't use these terms in support of your position or merely give a few examples of something. Also, please don't attack my school because I am completely aware of it's faults and understand the criticism we receive.

Just the fact that I would write something of this magnitude, or the fact that I chose this topic to make my first post ever should give you some insight into how much hate this school created for itself. You will feel the animosity Baylor has towards your school on Wednesday if you actually make the trip. We rarely pack the Ferrel Center, but somehow the frat boys and sorority girls will cancel all of their sing practices and float meetings to come watch us tear your team apart.

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