aTm now dealing with vandalism of landmarks

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pissed off Aggies

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What does that look/sound like?

Glory Holes Matter

Clickbait threads with no links or pics are vandalism here.

awesome details and context

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What does that look/sound like?

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Probably a snap in a z formation

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Calls for the removal of the statue have increased in the past two weeks, but there's also an equal amount of push coming from current students and alum who want to keep it in the Academic Plaza.

This isn't the first time the statue has been the target of vandalism nor the first time there have been calls for its removal, but this latest attempt includes an online petition that's been signed by thousands and a scheduled protest Saturday afternoon on campus. Dedicated in 1918, Sul Ross is the oldest sculpture on campus. An A&M tradition is for students to leave pennies at its base for good luck before exams.

Lawrence Sullivan Ross was a Brigadier General during the Civil War and commander of the Texas Cavalry Brigade. After the war, he served as a Texas state senator, governor of Texas and, ultimately, president of the troubled Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, which eventually became Texas A&M University.

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In 2017, questions surfaced about whether the Ross statue would remain in its current place on campus after Confederate statues were removed overnight at the University of Texas. Texas A&M President Michael K. Young said the Ross statue would remain on campus to honor his role as president of the university. In 2018, someone vandalized the base of the statue by writing "Sully and A&M are racist #BLM" and "F--k A&M.”

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Ross is credited with saving the university after (I think) members of the legislature tried to disband it

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Picture of the sculpture garden in question prior to being defaced:

aTm people are mostly good in my book because they lean conservative. This fine young woman that used to work for me that is an Aggie has been sharing her virtue signaling crap for the past week.
She loves a&m dearly so I’m tempted to send her an article about this and asking how she’s liking it all now just to mess with her.

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In 2017, questions surfaced about whether the Ross statue would remain in its current place on campus after Confederate statues were removed overnight at the University of Texas. Texas A&M President Michael K. Young said the Ross statue would remain on campus to honor his role as president of the university. In 2018, someone vandalized the base of the statue by writing "Sully and A&M are racist #BLM" and "F--k A&M.”

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Will they tear this down?

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Sul Ross State University (SRSU) is a public university in Alpine, Texas. The main campus is the primary institution of higher education serving the nineteen-county Big Bend region of far West Texas.

Named for former Texas governor and Civil War Confederate general Lawrence Sullivan Ross, the institution was founded in 1917 as Sul Ross Normal College and was made a university in 1969.

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Oh hell naw