A&amp;M alum here.  This is kind of a cynical take, but I think some of the things you mentioned are done for more than one reason, and they&#x27;re not all obvious at first glance.<p>For example, if lots of students walk on the grass around the MSC, it gets all trampled and torn up.  The administration would have to spend a lot of money to maintain or fix it.  But if the grass itself is a war memorial, then the students won&#x27;t walk on it.  In fact, they&#x27;ll police <i>each other</i> so that if anybody does walk on the grass, they get a stern reminder.<p>Oh, and the grass on the football field at Kyle Field is a memorial too.  Conveniently, the football team and the band can walk on this memorial without desecrating it.  But if the fans were to rush the field after a game?  Oh no, that would be extremely disrespectful.  So A&amp;M doesn&#x27;t have to deal with the same kind of post-game chaos that you sometimes get at other schools.<p>It&#x27;s really clever in a Machiavellian sort of way.