Post by Bornthrilla on Sept 27, 2008 11:34:49 GMT -5
It was electrifying. It was uniting. It was indeed a monumental event in the history of this school year. It was the first football victory in recent years.
However, something was different about this victory. After Saturday’s game, many students were celebratory and optimistic about the season.
There were even students who felt the win foreshadowed the victories Aggies will achieve in all endeavors throughout this academic year.
“Aggie Pride just surpassed the first hurdle in its long road to rehabilitation,” says Marcus Bass, 21, SGA President and senior business education major.
Though the first hurdle has been conquered, Bass recognizes that there is still work to do and issues to address.
The Student Government Association (SGA) has coined “AGGIE PRIDE REHAB” as the theme for the 2008-09 academic year. Rehab does not indicate that Aggie Pride is dead.
The theme simply realizes that there is work to be done and issues to address, as we continue to build our university community; all while expanding scholarship dollars and improving the processes in place - all for the students. The tone is set. The Aggie football squad has jumpstarted what is expected to be a historic year for the university.
The SGA is in the process of planning several events and activities that are intended to educate and motivate students to become interested and involved in their university community.
One of those events is the Kingdom-Queendom Come Conference. “The conference is designed to provide an opportunity for the kings and queens on our campus to grow into their positions of royalty through a series personal development sessions,” says TaNisha Fordham, 20, Miss NC A&T and senior journalism major.
The conference was a spin-off of the Annual HBCU Kings and Queens Conference that Fordham attended this summer, in Winston-Salem. “The conference gave me such insight into what it really means to be a queen, what it really means to walk in positions of royalty and service,” says Fordham.
As SGA journeys towards rehabilitation and improving the state of Aggie Pride, there is a level or responsibility that the students must take for what happens on our campus.
Students have to engage themselves and become more committed to the ideals of the university community, and to the notion that what lies ahead of us is indeed better than our current position.
We stand on the heels on history, as we move into the most historic presidential election in our country’s history; without regard to which ticket you choose to support. “We have a historic opportunity to make our voices heard and our issues resolved,” says Aryn Bussey, 21, senior journalism major from Detroit, MI. Civic engagement, spiritual renewal, increased productivity and establishing lasting and meaningful collaborations are all encompassed in Aggie Pride Rehab and in the spirit of victory, ignited by the football team.
This is a promising time in our university’s history. We are being challenged to grab the reins of our destiny and steer the chariot of future and promise.
What will we achieve with the momentum that we have been given? “I think we are in a good place to do great things for ourselves and our university,” says Jaron Jones, 21, vice president for internal affairs and senior soil science major. The football team realized one of their goals this past weekend-and it all started with one win.
The team has to work hard, practice harder, take responsibility to the entire team and prepare for each game; they take it one victory at a time. That same process applies to the entire student body. We have to work hard, study harder, and become responsible for and involved in the university community; we take it step by step, victory by victory.
Each win starts with the first step. That step signals a determination to keep stepping until we reach our victory, until we reach our rehabilitated state.
“I feel so rejuvenated and so ready to work even harder,” says Jones.
How committed are we to achieving a year of victories, on and off the field? How committed are we to reaching higher heights and deeper depths? How enthusiastic are we about supporting new and expanded initiatives that improve the state of our student body?
How willing are we to take the first step to rehabilitate a lifestyle that we all love dearly? That lifestyle is Aggie Pride, and this is where we begin to rehabilitate it! Welcome to AGGIE PRIDE REHAB!
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However, something was different about this victory. After Saturday’s game, many students were celebratory and optimistic about the season.
There were even students who felt the win foreshadowed the victories Aggies will achieve in all endeavors throughout this academic year.
“Aggie Pride just surpassed the first hurdle in its long road to rehabilitation,” says Marcus Bass, 21, SGA President and senior business education major.
Though the first hurdle has been conquered, Bass recognizes that there is still work to do and issues to address.
The Student Government Association (SGA) has coined “AGGIE PRIDE REHAB” as the theme for the 2008-09 academic year. Rehab does not indicate that Aggie Pride is dead.
The theme simply realizes that there is work to be done and issues to address, as we continue to build our university community; all while expanding scholarship dollars and improving the processes in place - all for the students. The tone is set. The Aggie football squad has jumpstarted what is expected to be a historic year for the university.
The SGA is in the process of planning several events and activities that are intended to educate and motivate students to become interested and involved in their university community.
One of those events is the Kingdom-Queendom Come Conference. “The conference is designed to provide an opportunity for the kings and queens on our campus to grow into their positions of royalty through a series personal development sessions,” says TaNisha Fordham, 20, Miss NC A&T and senior journalism major.
The conference was a spin-off of the Annual HBCU Kings and Queens Conference that Fordham attended this summer, in Winston-Salem. “The conference gave me such insight into what it really means to be a queen, what it really means to walk in positions of royalty and service,” says Fordham.
As SGA journeys towards rehabilitation and improving the state of Aggie Pride, there is a level or responsibility that the students must take for what happens on our campus.
Students have to engage themselves and become more committed to the ideals of the university community, and to the notion that what lies ahead of us is indeed better than our current position.
We stand on the heels on history, as we move into the most historic presidential election in our country’s history; without regard to which ticket you choose to support. “We have a historic opportunity to make our voices heard and our issues resolved,” says Aryn Bussey, 21, senior journalism major from Detroit, MI. Civic engagement, spiritual renewal, increased productivity and establishing lasting and meaningful collaborations are all encompassed in Aggie Pride Rehab and in the spirit of victory, ignited by the football team.
This is a promising time in our university’s history. We are being challenged to grab the reins of our destiny and steer the chariot of future and promise.
What will we achieve with the momentum that we have been given? “I think we are in a good place to do great things for ourselves and our university,” says Jaron Jones, 21, vice president for internal affairs and senior soil science major. The football team realized one of their goals this past weekend-and it all started with one win.
The team has to work hard, practice harder, take responsibility to the entire team and prepare for each game; they take it one victory at a time. That same process applies to the entire student body. We have to work hard, study harder, and become responsible for and involved in the university community; we take it step by step, victory by victory.
Each win starts with the first step. That step signals a determination to keep stepping until we reach our victory, until we reach our rehabilitated state.
“I feel so rejuvenated and so ready to work even harder,” says Jones.
How committed are we to achieving a year of victories, on and off the field? How committed are we to reaching higher heights and deeper depths? How enthusiastic are we about supporting new and expanded initiatives that improve the state of our student body?
How willing are we to take the first step to rehabilitate a lifestyle that we all love dearly? That lifestyle is Aggie Pride, and this is where we begin to rehabilitate it! Welcome to AGGIE PRIDE REHAB!
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