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" So I heard a rumor recently that made me angry/sad/surprised/blah in general. Texas A&amp;amp;amp;M is well known for being rich in tradition, and one of the traditions we have on campus is our building, the Memorial Student Center. No, the BUILDING isn&amp;#039;t the tradition, but what it stands for. The MSC is a &amp;quot;living memorial&amp;quot; for all the Aggies who died in service to our country, and to pay respect, you don&amp;#039;t walk on the grass surrounding the building and if you&amp;#039;re wearing a hat, you &amp;quot;uncover&amp;quot; (take it off) when you enter the building. There is a campus living room, called the Flag Room, where you can study, nap, or just hang out. There&amp;#039;s a two-story bookstore, three places to eat, a post office, the Choral Activities Office (shout out!!), and even two art galleries, not to mention all the conference rooms. Outside, there are sometimes live bands, and you always see at least five people you know. The MSC brings the enormous campus of A&amp;amp;amp;M together; it creates that small campus feel. The horrible rumor I heard was that the MSC is closing for three years starting the summer of 2009 for renovation. To make it even worse, the rumor is TRUE. You may be like &amp;quot;....what&amp;#039;s the big deal?&amp;quot; I&amp;#039;ll tell you the big deal. The new MSC won&amp;#039;t be open until after I graduate, unless I make a &amp;quot;victory lap&amp;quot; and have to stay an extra year. That means that for three long years, all of the Aggies at A&amp;amp;amp;M won&amp;#039;t have the heart of campus. The place that brings everyone together on a daily basis will be closed. I&amp;#039;m so afraid that the MSC will lose it&amp;#039;s meaning, because by the time it is re-opened, a whole new wave of students will be on campus. We don&amp;#039;t WANT the MSC to close. We don&amp;#039;t WANT it to lose its meaning. I&amp;#039;m really hoping that we have an honorary Memorial Student Center, where we can&amp;#039;t walk on the grass, or wear hats in the building, so the tradition and meaning of the MSC isn&amp;#039;t lost all together. Maybe we can just re-locate temporarily. If you&amp;#039;re an Aggie, hit me up on my MySpace or leave a comment and let me know your opinion on the matter. Even if you aren&amp;#039;t an A&amp;amp;amp;M student (or aren&amp;#039;t yet :) ), let me know what you think. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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