It was widely announced Tuesday that Gig ‘Em week, the week before classes begin in the fall semester where many organizations recruit and various events are held, will be renamed Howdy Week starting in fall 2017.
The week of activities began in 2000 and has been known as Gig ‘Em week up to now. The change comes after a separate student organization which hosted an unrelated Howdy Week in November dispersed a few years ago.
“Considering the fact that ‘Howdy’ is the university’s official greeting, making this change to our week of welcome for our students was a clear decision,” said Howdy Week Coordinator Megan Higginbotham in a press release. “We’re thrilled to be able to welcome our new and returning Aggies to campus using the university’s official greeting as our namesake.”
Some students, however, are not quite as thrilled about the change, and have taken to Twitter to express their frustration.
Howdy Week just doesn’t sound as authentic as Gig’em Week…
Gig’em just feels more redass than Howdy in general, but that’s just me.
— Ashy Gary (@A_A_Ron_Rodgers) March 21, 2017
Good morning everyone except for the people that changed gig ’em week to howdy week.
— Ed (@EdgarIPuac) March 21, 2017
Howdy week during the day, Gig’em week at night. https://t.co/RqEnOmjBkn
— George Ibarra (@George_Ibar) March 21, 2017
umm ….Howdy Week sounds weird…. I’m still going to say Gig ‘Em week
— GABY D (@TheGabyD) March 21, 2017
Stop trying to make “Howdy Week” happen. It’s never going to happen
— Logan (@Logan_paige13) March 21, 2017
@TAMU @NSFPtamu Change for the sake of change and fixing what isn’t broke.
— Nick Boggus (@BoggusLife) March 21, 2017
@TAMU @NSFPtamu pic.twitter.com/8OpwNYyRXg
— lindsey (@lindseymevans19) March 21, 2017
