Only The Aggies

This sentence from the Chron sort of sums up Texas A&M:

Some of the issues with which the next president of the 44,000-student campus in College Station will grapple are whether to resume the Bonfire tradition that killed 12 people in 1999, how to increase minority enrollment at the 81 percent Anglo school and how to move forward on the stated goal of making A&M one of the nation's top 10 public institutions by 2020.

Ah yes. The institution's next president will have to deal with the pressing issue of burning a bunch of logs (Whoop!).

Oh, and he just may get around to the goal of making it a top 10 institution.

With the mentality that places Aggie Bonfire at the top of the priority list?!

Whatever.

And don't even get me started on the important debate over whether "Real Aggies" can be created online. I'm of the opinion that even a really talented writer of fiction couldn't create a "Real Aggie" from scratch! Who would believe it?!

[Posted at 23:48 CST on 05/11/02] [Link]