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Fans hold up BTHO newspapers as the East Texas A&M roster is called before Texas A&M’s game against East Texas A&M at Reed Arena on Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (Chris Swann/The Battalion)

Opinion: Pack Reed

Joshua Abraham, Opinion Writer November 11, 2024

  Texas A&M men’s basketball is going to win the national championship this year. This isn’t a drill. We’re making it to the Final Four and winning the chip. Getting kicked out of...

 Opinion writer Sidney Uy asks why we care so much about being beautiful. (Graphic by Luniqua Louis)

Opinion: Being beautiful is exhausting

Sidney Uy, Opinion Writer November 6, 2024

Picture this: The raw beauty, blondness and porcelain skin of Aphrodite in “The Birth of Venus.”  She stands in the center of a grandiose, pearlescent clam shell. She is naked yet modest. She is...

A&M Consolidated High School in College Station, TX on October 27, 2024.(Jessica Roppolo/The Battlion)

Opinion: The Texas public school system is broken

Joshua Abraham, Opinion Writer November 6, 2024

Most Texans have gone through the Texas public school system. Whether you liked your high school experience or not, everyone can agree that our schools aren’t perfect.  You might’ve done well in...

Opinion writer Joshua Abraham urges you to vote in this year's election because your vote matters (Graphic by Chi-Chi Zhang).

Opinion: Why you should vote in this year’s election

Joshua Abraham, Opinion Writer October 28, 2024

LeBron James is the greatest basketball player of all time. Argue with a wall — he’s better than Michael Jordan. This has been a big debate for as long as I can remember, and I’m here to take sides. James...

A stack of Penguin Classics books sit on a chair on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (Tilly Hillje/ The Battalion)

Opinion: Pages of perfection

Daniel Fu, Opinion Writer October 23, 2024

What’s the last book you read? Was it “Harry Potter” by J.K. Rowling? Maybe a Colleen Hoover romance or a Stephen King thriller? Or perhaps you’re immersed in the fantasy worlds of Sarah J. Maas?  While...

A King James Bible sits on a table on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (Tilly Hillje/ The Battalion)

Opinion: Truer than King James

Eddie Phillips, Opinion Writer October 15, 2024

Long before I picked up my first King James Bible, translators held a similar, often clairvoyant role. Picture a medieval town where a nervous parishioner hurries home after Mass, heart pounding with...

Opinion writer Joshua Abraham asks professors to stop yapping in the classroom and start making science fun again. (Graphic by Ethan Mattson)

Opinion: Make science fun again

Joshua Abraham, Opinion Writer October 8, 2024

  Imagine this: You’re an incoming freshman about to finally start your college career and your path to becoming a doctor. Excited and filled with ambition, you enter your introductory biology...

How should we navigate the evolving shift in gender norms? Don’t navigate it, says opinion writer Eddie Phillips. (Jeremy Thompson/Wikimedia Commons, 2.0 CC & Dan Brunsdon/Wikimedia Commons, 1.0 CC)

Opinion: Why I transitioned to Post-Gender

Eddie Phillips, Opinion Writer September 26, 2024

The glow of the Nintendo Switch was the only thing illuminating my cold, darkened living room. I had retreated to my friend’s San Francisco home, seeking refuge after a week’s work 40 miles south....

Opinion writer Maddie McMurrough says the world would be better if everyone had to work in the service industry. (Graphic by Zoe Rich)

Opinion: You don’t work in the service industry and it shows

Maddie McMurrough, Opinion Columnist September 26, 2024

  I have had the absolute — let me find the word for it — pleasure, yeah, sure, pleasure of working in both the food and retail industry. Having worked in these magical fields, I have learned...

Review: Try 'The Substance'

Review: Try ‘The Substance’

Joshua Abraham, Opinion Writer September 26, 2024

Rating: 9/10 Major spoilers ahead. I’m willing to bet any amount of money against anyone’s guess as to how this movie ends — they’ll lose the money.  In accordance with the marketing...

The Paralympic logo at the top of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons/Creative Commons)

Opinion: Don’t say you care about the Olympics if you aren’t going to watch the Paralympics

Joshua Abraham, Opinion Writer September 6, 2024

Have you ever heard of Noah Lyles, LeBron James, Katie Ledecky, Simone Biles or Sophia Smith?  If you haven’t, I can’t even say you live under a rock because an underground ant has definitely heard...

Various game boards sit on a table in the Battalion office on Wednesday, Sept. 4 2024. (Abdurahman Azeez/The Battalion)

Opinion: Get on board with board games

Daniel Fu, Opinion Writer September 4, 2024

In our age of digital entertainment, board games might seem outdated. But there's something about playing games with cards and pieces that can't be replaced by screens and buttons. Time and time again,...

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