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Happy Halloween everybody.

It’s Halloween. Time for a spooky edition of Roo Tales. [cue eerie music] Austin College (AC) was founded on Capitol Hill in Huntsville, TX. Sam Houston State University (SHSU) was founded on Capitol Hill in Huntsville, TX. Austin College’s first trustee was Sam Houston. Sam Houston’s first building was Austin Hall. AC’s “Old Main” administration

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AC Homecoming Week 2019: 5 Roo Tales for 5 Days

AC Homecoming Week 2019: 5 Roo Tales for 5 Days Monday: Raising Cane’s Tuesday: Griffith Stadium Wednesday: Kurdistan Thursday: Friday: We had a lot of political discussions at our Austin College fraternity table in Slater’s back in 1991-92. The Rodney King incident was a big one that year, as was Ross Perot and the upcoming

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AC Homecoming Week 2019: 5 Roo Tales for 5 Days

AC Homecoming Week 2019: 5 Roo Tales for 5 Days Monday: Raising Cane’s Tuesday: Griffith Stadium Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: It’s finally back! After 86 years, the World Series is returning to our nation’s capital. The Washington Nationals host the Houston Astros in D.C. in Game #3 of the 2019 Series this Friday. The last time

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Go Cowboys.

*1923* Austin College: “Hey Pete Cawthon, ya wanna coach Kangaroo football?” Pete Cawthon: “Hells yeah!” *1941* Philadelphia Eagles: “Hey Pete Cawthon, ya wanna coach Eagles football?” Pete Cawthon: “Ummmm, I think that’s laundry day.” Go Cowboys.

Go Roos. Beat Trinity.

Built roughly a century after the 1836 Battle of the Alamo, it was only natural that San Antonio would name their fancy new football stadium “Alamo Stadium.” At long last, the city had a venue that rivaled Dallas’s Cotton Bowl, Fort Worth’s Farrington Field, and Austin’s Memorial Stadium. Alamo Stadium construction began in the late

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