Harvard vs. Texas A&M: Which shares your values?

Orlando Sentinel ^ | October 12, 2001 | Peter A. Brown

[Frank Grimes]

something I have been wondering. I have a new daughter(who turns 1 year old on the 16th!) and we are saving up to send her to the college of her choice. We of course think she is brilliant(which she is) and think she will be able to choose from any college she wants. Are there any of the "elite" colleges that may be well known for having conservative values, or at least not such liberal snobbery as Harvard or Brown? We are in Oklahoma, so SMU and Rice are close. Any suggestions?

[Jonx6]

"15th public university? WTF are you talking about, chief? It's ranked in tier 4 of "National Universities" by USNWR.

Check it out Tier 4 if that TAMU education you apparently received has equipped you with comprehension of the English Language and nature the opposable thumbs that keyboards require!"

Now that... is funny!
Make an @$$ of yourself, why don't ya!

[ArrogantBustard]

Bill O'Reilly

had about 30 minutes of air time to fill. He did so masterfully by getting both Newt and Charlie stirred up. The only thing he could do was nit-pick the speech, so he did. BTW, is it just me, or does Charlie Rangell look like he drinks way too much MD 20/20?

AB

[Frank Grimes]

aaarrrgghhh! sorry for the double post

[Coolidge75]

I'm glad that my Tier 4 education came in handy today...:-)

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

I supposed the State of Texas would confine itself to creating just one campus of full of hicks and rednecks. But apparently there are many.

Bigot!!!

[beekeeper]

Because no educated person who wants to establish a shred of credibility would admit to going to a tier 4 state school in the middle of Texas. It's a joke.

Only A&M joke I know, and it is true is- What do you call an Aggie two years after they graduate?

Boss.

With my son it was two months.

I know and have been associate with several Harvard grads. They were fairly far removed from the real world. I forget just what William Buckley said, but it was on the order of if he had a choice for President and it was between taking the top Ivy League School grad and a person taken at random from the Boston phone book, he would take the phone book. More common sense. We have an elite college near us. It has shrugged off the attacks as not having anything to do with them since it does not interfear with their lifestyle. They are completely detached from the reality of this country and mirror exactly what is in the article. Even Bill Gates had sense enough to drop out of Harvard.

[pikachu]

One of my uncles used to run steam boilers at Harvard when he was a young man. When WWII started, he joined the Navy and his experience with boilers quickly got him in the engine room. After the war he went back to see about his old job and was told in no uncertain terms that he was not wanted. On his way off campus, a janitor had told him how the engineering professors had blown up the boilers the week after he left. It seems the profs didn't have to read the instruction manuals since they knew better than anyone else how to run a boiler and they were Harvard professors. They spent three winters witout heat due to their stupidity.

[Nubbin]

How could any person professing to be a conservative not like Texas A&M with it's traditions, the Corps of Cadets, and the Fightin' Texas Aggie Band. My favorite tradition is the 12th Man. (the reason A&M students stand for each entire football game. They stand in readiness in case they aare needed to into the game like the original 12th man, E. King Gill.

The late Dr. Gill of Corpus Christi relates the tradition of the 12th Man

"It was in January, 1922, following the 1921 football season. The Aggies were SWC champions and had been invited to play Centre College in what was then called the Dixie Classic in Dallas. I had played on the football team but was on the basketball team at the time, and those in charge felt I was more valuable to the basketball team.

I was in Dallas, however, and even rode to the stadium in the same taxi with Coach Dana Bible. I was in civilian clothes and was not to be in uniform. Coach Bible asked me to assist in spotting players in the press box.

So, I was up in the press box when, near the end of the first half, I was called to the Texas A&M bench. There had been a number of injuries but it was not until I arrived on the field that I learned that Coach Bible wanted me to put on a football uniform and be ready to play if he needed me. There were no dressing rooms at the stadium. The team had dressed downtown at the hotel and traveled to the stadium in taxi cabs. Anyway, I put on the uniform of one of the injured players. We got under the stand and he put on my clothes and I put on his uniform. I was ready to play but was never sent into the game."

[Homer Simpson]

Don't worry Grimy, it happens to the best of us.
Did I ever show you the pictures of me in space?

[shield]

I sent my daughter there over UT due to their conservative views and their patriotic beliefs. Another reason was the fact there was a very low HIV/AIDS problem compared to UT.

[FFIGHTER]

"Give an army of West Point grads and I win a battle, give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I'll win a war."

George S. Patton Jr.

[Coolidge75]

I love that quote.

[MountainPete]

Well, we clearly watched the same program but saw two different things . . . I will admit that I am not a B O'R fan, for the reasons I stated.

As per ol' Charlie, yeah, could be the ol' Mad Dog or maybe Schlitz Malt Liquor (they still make that stuff?). I suspect he drinks what ever he wants to, eh?

[Frank Grimes]

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Bump for great rememberances and Aggie spirit!

[1L]

As an Aggie who was at A&M during the Gulf War, I can personally testify that A&M is the most culturally and politically diverse campus in the world. While it was at that time about 80% conservative, the newspaper and (of course) the faculty was overwhelmingly liberal. The newspaper came out against the Gulf war, and while us clear headed Aggies saw better, we respected their right to their opinion. The opposite is not always true, however. The liberals hated us then and still hate us, but there were so many of us, that they had no choice but to guard their words. At A&M, you can be whatever you want and nobody really cares. THAT is multi-culturalism.

[Issaquahking]

No wonder Bill Gates had to drop out of Harvard and go start a computer company!!!!

[Texaggie79]

GIGG'EM!!!!

[Cincinatus' Wife]

BUMP!