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To: Jay777

Excuse me, isn't the University of Texas in the Peoples Republic of Austin?

How long before this very funny exhibit meets a less than funny fate at the hands of administrators or other students?


55 posted on 11/30/2006 11:28:27 AM PST by freespirited (The MSM is the root of all evil.)
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To: freespirited; Arrowhead1952
isn't the University of Texas in the Peoples Republic of Austin?

This would be funny if it wasn't so true. However, I've been a graduate student in the college of engineering for several years and find engineering students are generally much more conservative than the campus as a whole.

The student body is actually not even that bad. We do have some professors who are off the deep end (journalism Prof. Robert Jensen is an example). And the residents of Hyde Park where I live and downtown Austin seem to be either really liberal or socialist. I think most students though just don't pay attention to politics, get through their degree, and get on with life.

I did my undergrad in New York. I never figured that the move from New York to Texas would take me deeper into liberal territory.

As far as UT / Aggie football... I think *in general* UT fans are pretty friendly. I have had nice things said about us for instance by many Ohio State fans who were in town for our game. (Incidental I found the Buckeyes to be very amiable when they were here... it was a real treat to see their cheerleaders at the Posse East, my favorite local bar, right before the game).

However, my sister goes to A&M. I've had the most hateful things said to me by Aggies at games, and even professionally haven't been to impressed with their behavior. I think that it is in bad taste to not refer to my school by name in a professional setting (Aggies refuse to say UT, instead call us TU, or worse) and last time I was introduced in a professional setting to an Aggie (out of school 20 years) his first statement to me: "Are you a queer boy?". The worst though is probably the treating of a friend of mine who is a "1%-er" at A&M. I think A&M is a good school but sometimes when people take the school spirit thing too far I think it also wants to be a cult.

-paridel
84 posted on 12/04/2006 10:55:06 PM PST by Paridel
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