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specializing in the 100-meter and 200-meter events, where she helped the Aggies win two of their three consecutive NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships from 2010 to 2011.

“I loved being at Texas A&M, I can safely say it was home away from home,” Tarmoh said. “The coaches were very caring and there is a spe-cial place in my heart for my Aggie teammates.”

While still attending A&M, she won gold at the 2010 NACAC U-23 Championships in the 100-meter.

Pat Henry, head coach of the A&M track and field team, is in Barcelona with the U.S. team at the World Junior Championships with current and future Aggie runners.

“Jeneba was and is a great Aggie,” Henry said, “She did everything she

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Going for gold

Veteran and soldier suicide rates increase

The unseen wounds of war of America’s military and veterans are creating an escalating number of deaths by suicide. Their souls are wounded from horrors they witness and relive over and over.

Suicide is a leading cause of non-combat deaths and accounts for nearly one in three non-hostile Army fatalities.

In the first 155 days of the year, there were 154 deaths by suicide for active duty troops, which is about 50 percent more than the amount of U.S. forces killed in action in Afghanistan, according to the Associated Press.

In the same time period for 2011, there were 130 suicides. Eighty of the suicides for 2012 have been in the Army.

Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta said there is a way to lower the number of military and civilian deaths by suicide.

Suicide prevention is a leadership responsibility, according to Panetta. Leaders throughout the chain

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of command must encourage individuals to reach out for help when needed.

Also as a military leader, it is important to edu-cate yourself and your subordinates about suicide prevention, according to war veteran and Army ROTC Executive Officer Luis Urbina.

“We give classes for those with potential for sui-cide,” said Urbina. “Those who show certain char-acteristics of pain, we make sure they seek medical help.”

Those in active duty feel the pain of losing a

Tarmoh London bound, will run relay

Jeneba Tarmoh has gold medals in multiple events around the world, along with a couple of NCAA Na-tional Championships, all before the age of 23. After turning professional a year ago, she will chase a gold med-al at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Tarmoh was born in San Jose, Calif. to Sierra Leone immigrants who both worked as nurses in the U.S. She attended Mt. Pleasant High School there before attending Texas A&M University and joining the track team.

Before her first semester at Texas A&M she attended the World Ju-nior Championships in 2008 with the U.S. team and earned gold for the 100-meter and the 4x100 relay.

While at A&M, Tarmoh began

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Olympic facts◗ The 2012 London Olympics will run from July 27 to Aug. 12. ◗ More than 200 countries will be competing in roughly 300 events. ◗ This will be the third Olympic games event held in London. The city held the fourth offi cial Summer Olympics in 1908 and the 14th following World War II in 1948. ◗ The Olympics will be televised nationally by NBC.◗ The 2012 Summer Olympics will be the 30th with the fi rst occurring in Athens, Greece in 1896. ◗ The U.S. currently holds the largest number of medals in Summer Olympic history with 2,297, including 930 gold medals. The next highest country is the – now collapsed – Soviet Union with 1,010 medals. ◗ Baseball, played in the Olympic games since 1992, is no longer considered an Olympic sport.

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Suicide is a leading cause of non-combat deaths many stem from post traumatic stress disorder.

See Tarmoh on page 3See Suicides on page 5

military track

Texas A&M University will out-source the management of the Univer-sity golf course to Sterling Golf Man-agement Inc., and begin renovation of the course when a contract is signed in

the coming weeks.Jason Cook, vice president for mar-

keting and communications at Texas A&M, said students can expect to see significant changes to the course. All 18 holes will be renovated and three new holes will be added for agronomy-related research. New hazards will be added to the course — both water and bunkers. The course will also feature a renovated and expanded driving range, Cook said.

“The Texas A&M Golf Course sits on an important gateway to the Uni-versity,” Cook said. “We want to ensure that the course is reflective of our world-class University, while also providing a quality recreational experi-ence for our students, faculty, staff and guests.”

Landscapes Unlimited, an award-winning golf construction and de-velopment company, will handle the physical reconstruction and renovation

of the golf course, according to Den-nis Corrington, director of recreational sports at Texas A&M.

Renovation of the course will begin when a contract is signed, which Cor-rington said could be in the next two weeks.

“It’s going to be the premiere on-campus golf course in the entire na-tion,” said senior finance major and stu-dent body president John Claybrook.

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University outsources golf courseQuick stats◗ 7 full-time, 8 part-time employees◗ Course is 61-years old◗ $757,000 in revenue and $972,000 in expenses in 2011-2012See Golf on page 4

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Breeja Larson and Cammile Adams will represent Texas A&M University and the U.S. at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Both swimmers are the first Aggies to ever qualify in an indi-vidual event for the U.S. Olym-pic swim team.

Larson, sophomore general studies major, was the first of the two Aggies to qualify when she won the 100-meter breaststroke with a time of 1:05:92 and suc-ceeded in out-swimming the

world’s fastest breaststroker and two-time reigning world cham-pion Rebecca Soni.

“I’m still kind of processing it,” said Larson. “It’s just won-derful. It hits me step by step that I’m moving to the next level now. It’s cool to know that all the hard work you put in, all the sacrifices you made to get to your goals finally paid off.”

Adams, sophomore education major, qualified for the team

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See Swimmers on page 3

T he Olympic dream is becoming a reality for

two sophomore standout swimmers.

Sophomore duo headed to London


Sophomore education major Cammile Adams will complete in the 200-meter buttefly.

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Running, cycling and swimming are three of the most common ways people like to exercise, but it takes a certain kind of person to want to do all three in one day with no break in between. Those special fitness-focused types have something to get excited about with the debut of the TriAggieland athletic event — a charity sprint triathlon in College Station this weekend.

A competition combining three races into one test of en-durance, triathlons are popular with dedicated athletes around the world for the way they test the limits of each competitor’s physical conditioning.

This year’s first annual Tri-Aggieland will consist of three separate events: a sprint tri-athlon for solo adult competi-tors, a relay variation on classic swim-run-bike challenge for teams from different corpora-tions and sponsors, and a tri-athlon for kids. All proceeds from the events’ entry fees go to the Children’s Museum of the Brazos Valley.

It is the second annual kids’ triathlon event to be held in Aggieland. The first, held last summer, brought together 325 competitors ages 6 to 15 and more than 100 volunteers to help organize and manage the event.

Event director Jim Ross said the inspiration for the adult races came from the suc-cess of last year’s youth race.

“A few years ago, I realized

that we did not have a local triathlon in B-CS. Triath-lon is experiencing explosive growth in the U.S. right now, and it didn’t make sense that a community our size did not have this type of event,” Ross said. “After the success of our youth triathlon in 2011, we decided to add a Sprint Dis-tance Adult event for summer 2012.”

This year’s adult event has gathered nearly 450 registered participants, with more than half being out-of-town ath-letes traveling to compete in the race. The athletes will all be on the Texas A&M Uni-versity campus for the events.

The sprint triathlon will feature a 400-meter snake-style swim course in the Stu-dent Recreation Center’s na-tatorium. This means racers will swim down each lane, then swim under the lane bar-rier into the next lane.

After swimming, the ath-letes will proceed to a 12-mile bike course and a 5-kilometer run to the finish line through campus.

Volunteers will work tran-sition areas and aid stations at

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Aggies swim, bike, run around campus

TriAggieland Sprint Triathlon on Sunday will be a 400-meter swim, 12-mile bike and a 5K-run.

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For more info◗ The TriAggieland adult events take place Sunday, and the kid’s race will be held on July 24.◗ Registration for the adult sprint and kids triathlon is still open at www.triaggieland.com.

designated locations through-out the race course.

Among the local competi-tors entered in this year’s tri-athlon are members of Texas A&M University’s Triathlon Team — a student organiza-tion of about 180 triathlon enthusiasts with experience levels ranging from seasoned veterans to newcomers. De-spite the event taking place during the off-season, Triath-lon Team president and junior applied exercise physiology major Robert Dao said the team will be present at the event in a number of ways.

“We are not doing [the race] officially as a team, since that is something we just do in the fall and spring semesters, but we do have several team members racing including myself,” Dao said. “We will

be there as a sponsor of sorts selling shirts and snow cones to participants and spectators.”

Triathlon Team members compete in other events, but this is the first local triathlon members will compete in.

“We are very excited to have a race like this in town where we can show our col-ors and compete in our sport of choice in front of a home crowd of Aggies,” Dao said.

Ross said the event presents a chance to give back to the community and help people maintain good health and fit-ness.

“I am very passionate about kids’ health and fitness and the obesity epidemic in the U.S.,” Ross said. “I view triathlon as a small part of the solution to that problem.”

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Natosha Rogers placed second for the 10,000-meter event at the Olympic trials, but did not qualify for Team USA .

days later winning the 200m butterfly by more than a second with a time of 2:06:52.

“I guess it really has been a dream come true,” Adams said. “Signing the telephone booth, seeing your name up on the score board and up next to all the other Olym-pians, it’s just such an awesome feeling.”

Despite being only sophomores in col-lege and competing against professional swimmers and previous Olympians, Lar-son and Adams haven’t been fazed.

“They’re just normal average people,” said Adams about the field of competition. “I really didn’t get too nervous at all this meet actually. I was just having fun.”

As the Olympics approach, both Aggies have set high expectations for themselves as well as other Team USA members.

“I want a gold,” Larson said. “To do my best time would be my goal really and to go faster.”

“Just swim fast,” Adams said. “Honestly that sounds cheesy, but I’m excited for the meet in general, so just seeing how fast the rest of the USA swimmers go is going to be a lot of fun.”

Although these Aggies may make it look easy, getting to this point in their swim-ming careers has taken complete commit-ment and dedication.

“They’re both really hard workers,” said Texas A&M assistant swim coach Tanica Jamison. “They come in and they do exactly what we ask and they give 100 percent every time they’re in the pool.”

As swim captains at A&M, Larson and Adams continue to set a good example for the rest of the team.

“To see them achieve such a great goal really motivates our team for the upcom-ing season,” Jamison said. “They’re leading in the pool and out of the pool as well.”

Even though the Aggie swimmers will be training outside of Texas until the

Olympics begin, both will have a piece of home and familiarity traveling with them since the Texas A&M head women’s swim coach Steve Bultman has been chosen as the assistant coach for the U.S. swim team.

“I think we have the best advantage of having him there for us,” Larson said. “He knows our stroke and he’s the one who’s been critiquing it for two years now and so if there’s anything he knows I need help with, he’s right there.”

But Bultman won’t be the only one rooting for the Aggie swimmers in Lon-don. The Aggie Network has been living up to its reputation of supporting fellow Aggies.

“A&M has put so much support behind Breeja and I since we made it,” Adams said. “It’s been such an awesome experi-ence. I’ve had Aggies come talk to me. One guy came up and said ‘Class of ’58, I’m just so excited for you guys.’”

Moments like that make Larson and Ad-ams happy to represent not only the U.S., but Texas A&M at the Olympics.

“It’s really rewarding,” Larson said. “I’m just so glad that I can represent the Aggies because the Aggie Network is so huge and I know the support system is awesome.”

As for the future careers of each of these A&M athletes, anything seems possible.

“The sky is the limit for both of them,” Jamison said. “They both have really high expectations for themselves. They want to succeed and they want to excel and they’re doing things in the pool and out of the pool to help them succeed.”

SwimmersContinued from page 1


Top, Cammile Adams, bottom, Breeja Larson won their individual events, the 200m butterfly and 100m breaststroke. Right, Larson, outswam three-time Olympic medalist Rebecca Soni. Adams and Larson are the first Aggies to qualify for the Olympics in an individual event.

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Texas A&M University athlete Natosha Rogers is proof that every second counts. At the Olympic trials this year, she placed second in her 10,000-meter event, but lost her spot on the Olympic team by 14 seconds.

To make the Olympic team, athletes must meet a set time referred to as the “A Standard.” This standard can be met at competitions other than the Olympic trials, meaning the more races an athlete runs, the more chances they get. The race for the A Standard began May 1, 2011 and ended at the trials.

Rogers, senior agricultural communications and journalism major, had been training to compete in the 5,000 meter, and had only competed in the 10,000-me-ter three times before the Olympic trials. This put her at a disadvantage to seasoned professionals who had been training to meet the A Standard all year.

“The pros already had the time before the race,” Rogers said.

Texas A&M assistant track coach Wendel McRaven said they didn’t enter the year thinking they needed to chase the A Standard.

“Last year, I was nowhere near where I’m at now,” Rogers said. “You usually have to think a year in ad-vance about this kind of stuff.”

Due to an injury, she started her season later than most. When she sat down with McRaven, her goals were to finish top five or six in the Olympic trials.

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Athlete places 2nd, loses Olympic bid‘A Standard’ complicates Roger’s Olympic dreams

A season of diligent and consistent training put Rogers at a level of success that won her second place at the trials.

“She keeps surprising me with how much she con-tinues to improve,” McRaven said.

Rogers said competing on the Texas A&M track team pushed her to work harder. She said her coaches believed in her, and helped her believe in herself.

“Our team is a very successful team,” Rogers said. “It makes you want to be a part of it.”

Laura Asimakis, Class of 2011, joined Rogers at the Olympic trials. She said Rogers has been improv-ing every single race, and she knew Rogers would be a competitor for a spot on the Olympic team.

“If she would have had one more [chance], she definitely would have gone,” Asimakis said.

Rogers said she was disappointed but thankful for getting as far as she did. She said she considers herself lucky to have had the opportunity to compete at the Olympic trials.

For now, Rogers said she is going to focus on graduating and competing for Texas A&M. Goals are already set for world championships.

“A year from now, hopefully she’s getting ready to go to the world championships in Moscow,” McRa-ven said.

Fourteen seconds may have held Rogers back from a trip to London, but her second place finish will likely be a springboard to a successful career as a runner. Rogers said if she stays healthy and able, she is going to try for the Olympic team again in 2016.

“It’s about giving it everything you have,” Rog-ers said.

could to help our teams to be successful.”She left with her last year of eligibility to go

professional where she was shortly sponsored by Nike and ran in the 2011 USA National Out-door Championships in the 200-meter. She finished third behind Shalonda Solomon and Carmelita Jeter, gaining her spot on the 2011 IAAF World Championship team with the U.S.

While preparing for the 2012 Olympics, Tarmoh competed in a few trial runs to qualify for a spot on the U.S. team. One race was the 100-meter, in which Tarmoh and Allyson Felix tied for third place.

The photo finish tie between the two third place runners was the first of its kind, and U.S. Track and Field officials did not have an official policy in response to a tie. A run-off was de-cided — instead of a coin toss — to determine

who would take the third spot on the 100-meter team.

Minutes before officials called the tie, Tar-moh was taking a victory lap around the track in front of the crowd in Eugene, Ore.

The day the run-off was scheduled to take place, officials announced Tarmoh conceded the third-place spot to Felix.

“It was a heartbreaking decision,” Tarmoh said. “I don’t think I’ve cried that much in a long time.”

Tarmoh is still London bound. She made the 4x100-meter relay pool and will serve as an al-ternate for the 100-meter event for her fourth place finish.

“My goal is to continue getting faster and stronger,” Tarmoh said. “I want to be the best athlete and role model I can be.”

Since turning her sights to the Olympics, Tarmoh has seen a lot of changes to her training.

“My life has changed so much; I’m still ad-justing to a new coach, new strength program and being a professional athlete,” Tarmoh said.

TarmohContinued from page 1

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Jeneba Tarmoh, Class of 2012, advances to the Olympics in the 4X100 relay.

I guess it really has been a

dream come true ... Seeing

your name up on the

score board and up next to all the

other Olympians, it’s just such an

awesome feeling.”

— Cammile Adams,

sophomore education major


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911 Gardenia, CS. AvailableAugust 1st, new 2 story brickhome, 4bd/2.5ba, perfect studenthousing close to A&M Campuswith 2-car garage, patio for grill-ing and a small fenced yard,$1500/mo., First Month's Rent isYour Deposit! Call or text817-915-0258 or [email protected]. Hurry,time is running out!

Apartment: 2/1at Southwest Park-way and Anderson. $500/mo. Onbusroute. 682-365-0282.

August Leasing. 4bd/2ba house.Close to campus, wood floors, tilefloors, ceiling fans, W/D, fencedyards. 979-776-6079.www.aggielandleasing.com

August Move In, spacious3bdrm/2bth duplex, W/Dprovided, $895/mo. 979-693-0551.

Available August 15th, 2bd/2baapartment, W/D, approximately900sqft, $585/mo, call210-387-5030.

Beautiful 2bd/1ba duplex in C.S.,3-minutes from campus, remod-eled, all new, many extras, W/D,Internet, cable, drapes, fencedbackyard, quiet, $490/mo, oneweek free, 979-422-3427.

Beautiful 3bd/2ba condo on shut-tle route with move in specials,203 Navarro, small pets ok,979-268-3200.

Bryan: Summer Fourplex Specials!Only $200 deposit, 2/1 completelyremodeled, new app. & W/D (808Navidad) $569, 2/1.5 townhousestyle, with W/D connect & fencedyard (1208 Verde) $589, NO HUD,979-450-9093 or 979-450-9094(espanol).

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College Station: 3/2, 1240sqft.Newly remodeled! All StainlessSteel Appliances! Close to shuttle,W/D, lawn/pest/maintenanceincluded. 905 Balcones (offWelch), $1000. KAZ Realty979-324-9666.

Cozy 2bd/1ba condo. OffWellborn, in Bryan. Fireplace, FP,no HUD, $495/month total.254-589-0585. 254-289-8200.

Cozy 2bdrm/2bth condo 3-blocksfrom campus, yard, w/d connec-tions, over 1000sqft., no HUD, up-dated, $595/mo total, 506-A Col-lege Main Available August.254-289-0585, 254-289-8200.

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House. 126-A Richards, C.S.3bdrm/1ba. 979-822-6439. Rentby owner.

Newer 1/1, 2/2, 3/3 townhomes,close to campus, cable/internet,$810-$1200. Broker/owner979-777-5477.

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Claybrook said the Uni-versity will make a $1.75 mil-lion investment in the course, which should be recovered almost immediately through investments from other com-panies.

“Essentially, the Univer-sity is getting an amazing golf course at very little cost to the school,” Claybrook said.

It is anticipated Texas A&M will avoid $300,000 in annual expenditures through this management agreement, Cook said. Sterling Golf is pledging to invest signifi-cantly in the course’s infra-structure, which will result in additional cost avoidance for Texas A&M.

Cook said one of the goals of the project is to keep greens fees low and affordable for students.

Other details, such as em-ployment staffing levels and

percentage of profits Texas A&M will receive, remain under discussion and will be determined when a contract is signed.

“I think, long-term, this is going to be a good thing,” said Mark Haven, associate director of golf and outdoor activities.

Claybrook said the goal of the renovation project is to tell the story of Texas A&M through the golf course. The driving range and each hole is expected to be named after prominent figures of Texas A&M, with the goal of tell-ing the history of Texas A&M as the game is played.

“I think that it is going to be not only an amazing golf course, but it’s going to be an amazing piece of landscap-ing,” Claybrook said. “I think it’s very unique for a univer-sity to have a golf course on


the campus, and I think it’s just another thing that makes A&M so special.”

Construction is expected to begin September of this

year, with the target date for completion and re-opening Sept. 1, 2013.

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companion this way. A suicide in a military unit can lower the morale of the rest of the troops.

“It makes us concerned for others,” said Ur-bina. “It saddens you. We all take it personal, they’re our buddies.”

During military training, troops can be pre-pared to withstand harsh treatment as a prisoner of war, but it’s difficult to be prepared for the mental aspect, said Heather Sterling, freshman wildlife and fisheries science major and former member of the Corps of Cadets.

“It’s one thing to go through all that you have to experience while overseas,” Sterling said. “But it’s hard to relive it over and over. Some people may think the only way out of it is to take their lives.”

Although the reasons for military suicide are not completely understood, many of the mili-tary members who take their lives with suicide experience post-traumatic stress disorder, an anxiety disorder that can occur after experienc-ing a traumatic event.

This can cause one to feel afraid or feel that they have no control over what is happening.

Symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder include distressing recollections, flashbacks of combat, nightmares, anxious or fearful feelings, feeling disconnected from the world around you and things that happen to you, and feeling emotionally and physically numb.

Although many military personnel and vet-erans have these symptoms, they don’t realize that it is a problem. Those feelings become the new normal, said Mark Stevens at the Veterans Crisis Line.

For those who join the military right out of high school, time in active duty may be over-whelming as they haven’t had time to grow up. “Some don’t have experiences to compare to which makes what they experience overseas even more significant,” said Stevens.

For a veteran returning home, it may not always be a smooth transition.

“While they are away, their families adopt

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new routines and once they return they have to try to find a way to fit back into the lives of their loved ones,” said Stevens. “Other times they are expected to pick up right where they had left off.”

As a returning veteran, it may be hard to get back in touch with a previous role of being a parent or spouse. They lose their previous skill set because they are used to taking care of just their selves.

As service men and women return home they also lose a sense of camaraderie. Despite coming home to family and friends, they lose their peers who have experienced what they have and don’t have anyone to talk to who un-derstands what they went through.

Getting help can point a troubled veteran in the right direction, but many say it is a sign of weakness. Treatments that have been effective for post-traumatic stress disorder include cog-nitive processing therapy and prolonged expo-sure therapy.

Cognitive processing therapy teaches one how to identify trauma-related thoughts and change them so they are more accurate and cause less distress, while in prolonged exposure therapy, one talks about trauma over and over until the memories no longer upset the indi-vidual.

Veterans at Texas A&M University can also receive assistance with adjusting back to college life through the Veterans Services Offices.

At the Veterans Services Offices students can talk with mentors, receive counseling, and gain insight into joining a branch of the ROTC.

U.S. ARMY SUICIDE DATAApril 2012

15 potential suicides: four have been confirmed as suicides and 11 remain under investigation.

May 201216 potential suicides: four have been confirmed as suicides and 12 remain under investigation.

201278 potential active-duty suicides: 42 have been confirmed as suicides and 36 remain under investigation

2011165 confirmed as suicides: no cases remain under investigation*

*Updated active-duty suicide numbers for 2011SOURCE: Department of Defense


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Texas A&M University is known for its loud, enthusi-astic traditions, like Midnight Yell and the Aggie Band. But there stands a softer, more somber side to our University dedicated to remembering fall-en Aggies and offering closure to remaining students, former students and family.

“Silver Taps is one of the most sacred and important traditions at A&M and is one of the main things that holds the Aggie Spirit together,” said graduate student and Tradi-tions Council member Alex Coleman. “No other Univer-sity in the world honors stu-dents this way.”

The ceremony is on the first Tuesday of the month in remembrance of students who have died the previous month.

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Family members of fallen Aggies light candles while softly calling “Here” during Muster Ceremony.

The first Silver Taps oc-curred in 1898 in honor of Lawrence Sullivan Ross, for-mer governor of Texas and President of A&M College.

At 10:15 p.m., all lights on campus are turned off and Al-britton Tower begins to chime hymns. Silently, students gath-er around the Sul Ross statue in Academic Plaza. At 10:30 p.m., the Ross Volunteer Fir-ing Squad marches and fires three rifle volleys, then buglers play Silver Taps three times from the dome of Academic Building: once to the north, south, then west. It is not played to the east because the sun will never rise again on the fallen Aggies.

“It’s very important to be at every single one. There’s no reason not to go — it’s a great way to be in the Aggie family,” said senior accounting major and Yell Leader Drew Nelson.

A flag is flown over the State Capitol building in honor of the fallen Aggie, then is given to the family, along with a bronzed shell casing from the 21-gun salute and a Benjamin Knox print of “Silver Taps.”

Coleman said seeing the families at Silver Taps is a mov-ing experience. “If you have ever seen the face of a mother when she steps into Academic Plaza and sees it full of students, you would never miss a Silver Taps,” Coleman said. “It is a beautiful mix of awe and grief. They suddenly realize what the Aggie family is.”

Echo Taps is a tradition that mourns a fallen comrade or former member of the Corps of Cadets. The day the Corps is notified about a death, an announcement is made stating an Echo Taps ceremony is per-formed that night.

At 10 p.m., the Corps gath-ers on the Quad, wearing their midnight uniforms as a symbol of respect. Two buglers play Taps and one bugler plays a phrase of Taps. During the pauses in the song, the other

bugler echoes the same phrase, thus the name Echo Taps. Ev-eryone is welcome to attend.

The tradition of Aggie Mus-ter on April 21 was deemed official in 1922, but the his-tory of the event stretches back some 41 years prior. On June 26, 1883, a group of Aggies gathered together to reminisce and celebrate the memories of their college years. This be-came habit, and by 1903, the gathering evolved into a full on celebration, complete with field games and banquets.

Muster is celebrated in more than 400 places with the largest ceremony taking place in Reed Arena.

Campus Muster, dedicated to the current 50-year class, is an all-day event, beginning with a special program for former students that includes tours of the campus. At noon, current and former students gather in Academic Plaza for the Camaraderie Barbeque that recalls the tradition of the original Muster celebration: bringing Aggies together. That evening, the Muster cer-emony consists of an address by a special speaker, the read-ing of poems and a Roll Call for the Absent. During Roll Call, as the names are read, a friend or family member an-swers “Here” and a candle is lit, symbolizing that fallen Ag-

gies forever remain.For Nelson, Aggie Muster

is a calming ceremony.“We all know that one day our names will be called. That’s a very comforting feeling to have,” Nelson said.

Silver Taps, Echo Taps and Aggie Muster remain promi-nent symbols of unity within the Aggie Network.

“It really separates us from other schools,” said senior in-ternational studies major and Corps Commander Marquis Alexander. “It’s a way of hon-oring the lives of other Aggies, not just remembering them but recognizing that they’re still with us.”

if you go to Silver Taps◗ The campus will be darkened at 10:20 p.m. ◗ At 10:30 p.m. an honor guard from the Ross Volunteer Co. will march across campus from the Corps of Cadets area to the plaza, where its members will fi re three rifl e volleys to honor the memory of these students. Buglers from the Aggie Band will play a special arrangement of “Taps.” The tolling of the Albritton Tower bells will signal the end of the ceremony.


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