“How Much Does it Take to Confuse an Aggie?” (Top Comments of the Week)

By Rose Cahalan in Letters on September 23, 2011 at 5:54 pm | No Comments

We couldn’t agree more with Trident Military Education‘s response to our story on what new high school grads think about college: A college education has other benefits besides the tangible one of a high salary. Some people enjoy learning for the sake of learning … A degree also shows prospective employers that the candidate is tenacious and has the ability to set a goal and execute it. Well said!

We’ve heard from a number of you about this comical billboard, which at first we suspected was a Photoshop. The billboard pictured in that story is a ‘shop, but Holly and other readers pointed out that there’s a real one, too: This thing is real. Saw it on I-35 between Dallas and Austin today.

Frank Schiffel weighed in after reading our story on a wildly successful undergraduate research program: “…There is no reason why undergraduates can’t publish. Even if they do nothing but crunch the numbers, it’s still learning about doing research … Great to see this being done.”

President Powers expressed ‘delight’ that the Big 12 will stay together, but some of you were less than thrilled. Chadwick Lyne said: He’s as “delighted” as any girl that got ditched by her date a few minutes before the prom would be.

Our story on a group of proud Longhorns celebrating in Aggie country got lots of love. When we described how the Brazos Valley Texas Exes Chapter confused a bunch of Aggies by singing “The Eyes of Texas” in a College Station restaurant, Emily Heckmann Konkle said: How much does it take to confuse an Aggie, anyway? 😉

Stephani Espinoza wasn’t impressed by our story on how older adults make wiser decisions: @TheAlcalde I would hope the older you get, you make better decisions, lol! what kind of study is this? #wasteofresources

On Twitter, we got a shout-out from BevoBall: Just got around to reading the story in @TheAlcalde about the #Longhorn logo. Interesting stuff! #hookem #horns #weretexas

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