Article: Virginia Tech, Texas A&M share common heritage, traditions

Travis Measley
University Wire
04-23-2007
(The Battalion) (U-WIRE) COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- It was founded in the 1870s as a land grant institution by its state government. It is one of only three public universities in the United States to have a corps of cadets program. It has historical athletic success and its athletes boast maroon uniforms. It started out as a mechanical and agricultural college but has developed into a balanced university over the past century. It has experienced great tragedy in the past decade, and yet its success as a university has not wavered.

Students at Texas A&M University may identify this university as their own. They would be correct, and yet, this ...

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