Ms. Ketcham is emphasizing her credentials as a third-generation Aggie whose parents met at the school.

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The first African American Justice on the North Carolina Supreme Court was an Aggie.

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Senior Jon Steed, public information officer for the Texas Aggie Democrats, describes the campus as mostly apathetic but attributes students' politics to their backgrounds.

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Nor can he make money from selling Aggie football merchandise.

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