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Wednesday, October 15, 1997
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SP-IR-IT...Got Spirit? Let’s Hear It. NT mascot, Scrappy, tries to enliv-
en the rather, somber NT crowd at a recent football game.
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, There’s a lot of enthusiasm instilled
in the athletes when they have the
students behind them. Look at UT
Austin. That’s what we can have if
everyone will step Up and partici-
pate.”
“Football is something school
spirit can attach itself to, but it’s not
something the school can manufac-
ture. You’ve got a university that has
come a long way under Chancellor .
Al Hurley’s leadership, and that’s
something to be proud of and build,
on.”
Richardson junior Tara Lincks
also believes that strong support for
football will make a difference in
’ ’ student’s attitudes.
“We will get there,” Lincks said.
“Football has such an impact, espe-
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A&M, and UT Austin.”
As special events chairman for the
spirit organization NT-40, Lincks is
excited to be an organizer for the
homcoming parade, but she wants
students to remember that school
spirit should last throughout the year.
“It’s not just for Homecoming. I
can’t imagine how people can feel a
part of things when they don’t even
try,” she said. “Organizations have
been the only reason that I have got
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The heaping spoonful of pride
that other universities feed their stu-
dents along with an education will
forever be missing from your diet.
The lack of school spirit at NT has
been a concern for some time. No
one is truly at fault. However, it will
take a generous group effort to pep
up the student body, faculty, and
community.
“So what,” you say. “It’s not my
fault we don’t have school spirit.
This is a liberal arts school, not a
football school. And what about all
those commuters? It’s really their
fault because they don’t participate
in anything'any way.” ~~
. It is this attitude that has brought
us down, and will continue to bring
us down.
Instead of blaming commuters,
students who don’t commute must
make the commuters feel welcome in
our organizations, at the football
games, and as active, participants on
this campus.
Walter Abbey is someone who has'
NT deep in his heart. Abbey is doing
his best to try to turn around the lack
of spirit both in students and alumni.
Abbey, a 63-year-old Dallas attorney,
graduated in 1959 ‘with a bachelor’s
degree in business administration.
While at NT, he was active in a fra-
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Abbey lived in the dorms with
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when students supported each other.
“Football players came to watch
us, and we always went tothegames-
to watch them,” he said. .
As this year’s Homecomingchair-
man and founder of the NT Alumni
Association, Abbey believes that a
strong show of support at the.home-
coming game would go a long way
in re-building school spirit.
“Don’t wait to show up at the sec-
ond quarter, because the excitement
begins with the kickoff,” Abbey said.
“Look at the loyalty that Texas A&M
exhibits. We need to show the same.
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