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Most used words in Country Music

I decided to analyze my favorite country music playlist and thought these were the words I heard most often...These might not be the top used words for the genre but I sure do hear them pretty often :) #lovecountry

Aggie Silver Taps

It is the 3rd of April 2012 today and I am returning from the Silver Taps Ceremony. In this world, where discipline and values are fading, I got a chance to experience something tonight that shook me completely. Being an international student, I first learned about most of the Aggie Traditions through the Internet and then experienced them as my student life progressed. Having spent most of my time on West Campus I had never got a chance to know what Silver Taps was all about, until tonight. 
It had rained for a couple of hours and I was returning home from Evans as the rain died out. I was surprised to see the Academic Plaza was dark and assumed that the rains had messed up with some electrical equipment on campus; so I decided to follow a couple of cadets through the darkness as I walked towards Houston Street. Their long raincoats, caps and the sound of boots made me think I was in a European War movie. I watched in admiration and followed them only to see more cadets standing near the flag pole in perfect silence. Absolutely nothing and no one moved. I thought it was a Corps drill and decided to walk a little away, not wanting to disturb the silence. As I walked past the Academic Plaza, lightning flashed and I saw something like never before… silhouettes of hundreds of Cadets standing near the steps of the Academic building, perfectly still, looking forward in complete silence like statues of iron. I was completely taken aback and walked towards the century tree. The Albritton Tower chimed and the sky flashed with silent lightning, as if joining these statues of iron in their silence. I whispered to an old man asking him about what was going on. He told me that this was the Silver Taps in remembrance of Aggies who had lost their lives. After a long silence, groups of cadets started marching towards their dorms as their stomping heels broke the haunting silence. Silver Taps is a very sacred tradition and I can still feel goose bumps writing about the experience. 
I find it hard to believe that such discipline, values, traditions still exist on earth! I am thankful to be an Aggie and part of an institution which instills such noble values. I hope to use what I learn here in everyday life ahead. It is not surprising why many generations of the same family still choose A&M as their University. As a parent, I would do the same. 


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