Ags rationalizing their existence on Wikipedia

[horn85]

Classic example of aggies trying to rewrite history on Wikipedia..funny stuff.....

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[flaco]

Cliff notes needed.

 

[Ag with kids]

Considering we opened our doors 7 years before y'all did, were y'all too lazy to get going???

 

[Macanudo]

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[kangsta]

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[TahoeHorn]

I think any encyclopedia worth its salt should chronicle the Ag "traditions". The world should have some place to read about jizz in a jar on top of a bonfire.

 

[wildcat09]

What are these "aggies" horn85 speaks of?

 

[Ag with kids]

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[Ag with kids]

And...FWIW...
The state legislature approved a bill providing for the organization of the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College on April 17, 1871, and appropriated $75,000 for the construction of academic buildings and suitable accommodations. Governor Edmund J. Davisqv appointed a committee of three to find a suitable location for the college on a site comprising not less than 1,280 acres of land. That committee selected a site near Bryan, Texas, following the donation of 2,416 acres of land to the college by local citizens.

The Constitution of 1876qv specified that the Agricultural and Mechanical College was to be a branch of a proposed University of Texas. Following delays caused by political and financial irregularities characteristic of the Reconstructionqv era, the Agricultural and Mechanical College opened on October 4, 1876, with 106 students and a faculty of six, headed by Thomas S. Gathright.

We weren't made part of the "proposed" UT system until 5 years after we were established...

HTH

 

[RomaVicta]

We got this much better than A&M after giving them a head start? I did not know that.

Caneck! Caneck!

You sure that loony bin wasn't a branch of the State Hospital?

 

[kgp]

I don't think the jizz jar is as cool a tradition as nut-squeezing or refraining from the use of cheerleaders (at least female ones). While poo-flinging is a good one, it is still "new army." Scoreboards for dead pets and marching nut-to-butt to "guard the dog" are perennial winners, of course.
It makes me sad to think of our lame traditions, like the hook'em hand-sign, the orange tower lights, and all. Who outside of Austin has even heard of our stupid "tradition" of Hook'em Horns?

I think I may go obsess about other schools a little...
NOT!

My alma mater is, quite literally, THE University of Texas. To quote our usually more reserved AD, "We are the Joneses."

 

[blueag09]

There are quite a few Ags on Wiki. I, the uber Wiki geek, am one of them. Those same Aggies on that page helped promote the 2005 Texas football team article to featured status.

 

[horn85]

wow, blueag, i have to say i'm impressed by your wiki-know how....nice, and might i say, unbiased, take on MNC season....

is there an editor/arbiter from the wiki ranks that reviews postings, or is everyone free to post whatever they want? Just not too familiar with the concept...

 

[Bookman]

The jizz jar was in the Texas Monthly bonfire issue.

TAMC opened before Texas because there were major issues/discussions as to where to put the campus.

Nobody really cared about the agricultural branch so they put it BFE.

 

[blueag09]

This guy reviews the postings for all featured article candidates I believe.