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Swan song: 'This is an experience I'll tell my grandkids about one day'

Swan song: ‘This is an experience I’ll tell my grandkids about one day’

Mikayla Martinez, News Editor December 5, 2024

I never thought I’d see my name in the on-campus newspaper. Since I was a little one, my nana raised me around the news. Being at her house every day after school meant I would be watching Austin’s...

Hurricane Helene pictured from the International Space Station as it orbits 257 miles above the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Mississippi on September 25, 2024. (NASA/Flickr, 2.0 CC)

Climate change behind Hurricane Helene’s record-breaking rainfall, according to A&M professor

Jennifer Alatuogu-Okechukwu, News Writer November 6, 2024

Hurricane Helene’s historic rainfall wasn’t random, according to research conducted led by John Nielsen-Gammon, the Texas state climatologist and a Texas A&M regents professor, who found that climate...

A monarch butterfly feeds on a flower's nectar at The Gardens at Texas A&M University on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. (Shlok Bhat/The Battalion)

Monarch butterfly season arrives in Brazos Valley

Tenny Luhrs, News Writer November 6, 2024

Monarch butterfly season has set upon Bryan-College Station. The orange and black insects are filling the skies as they pass through Brazos Valley for the second time on their migration journey south into...

Aggies Invent hosted the "Viz Information" competition at the Zachry Engineering Education Complex on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022.

Students protest Lockheed Martin during campus visit

Mikayla Martinez, News Editor November 5, 2024

Students protested weapons manufacturer Lockheed Martin during the company’s Nov. 5 campus visit. At the Student Engineering Council’s “Lunch and Learn” program in the Zachry Engineering Education...

Texas voting laws have been under scrutiny for restricting voting access.

Early voting numbers up in Brazos County, down across nation

J. M. Wise, News Editor November 5, 2024

As election day arrives, nearly 40,000 Brazos Valley voters have cast their ballots. In an election cycle that has seen shakeups from the top of both parties’ ballots, more Texans than have used...

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WSJ ranks A&M as No. 1 in the state again

Mikayla Martinez, News Editor October 30, 2024

Texas A&M has been ranked No.1 in the state for the second consecutive year. According to The Wall Street Journal rankings, Rice University is second and the University of Texas at Austin follows further...

Texas voting laws have been under scrutiny for restricting voting access.

Texas voting laws restricting the ability of students to vote

Amber Pettit, News Writer October 29, 2024

Various Texas voting laws have been under scrutiny for the restrictions they have placed on voters. House Bill 3120 and Senate Bill 1, enacted in 2021, introduced restrictions on obtaining mail-in...

Graduate and senior level students wait in line for the ticket booths to open during student ticket pull for the McNeese State football game outside Kyle Field on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2024. (Isabel Lubrano/TheBattlion)

Ticket scams surge

Mikayla Martinez, News Editor October 20, 2024

With anticipated Kyle Field matchups such as the LSU and Texas rivalries on the horizon, ticket scams are back, according to campus police. As Texas A&M students and fans scramble to secure tickets...

Graduate student Tessa Williams swabs petri dishes at the Veterinary Research Lab on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (Armani Jones/ The Battalion)

A&M researchers develop E. coli as UTI treatment

Tenny Luhrs, News Reporter October 9, 2024

Aggies are coming together to research a strain of E. coli bacteria that can be used to combat antibiotic-resistant urinary tract infections, or UTIs. The research began in Subash Lab in the Department...

Texas A&M student nurse administers a flu shot to a patient on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023 at Beutel Student Health Center. (CJ Smith/The Battalion)

Student confidence in healthcare low amid cost crisis

Stacy Cox, Senior News Reporter October 9, 2024

A recent study compared 10 high-income, developed countries, including the United States, based on their healthcare systems. The U.S. was ranked last for multiple reasons, including high costs and [ADJECTIVE]...

A&M students grab branded hats during Kendall Jenner's 818 Tequila visit to Shiner Park on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (Adriano Espinosa/The Battalion)

Kendall Jenner visits Northgate to promote tequila brand

Jordan Fox, News Writer September 19, 2024

On Monday, Sept. 16, Kendall Jenner visited College Station, bringing her 818 Tequila to the heart of Aggieland. The reality TV star and entrepreneur visited several popular Northgate bars, including Shiner...

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What the presidential candidates promise students

Mikayla Martinez, News Editor September 12, 2024

A tale of two candidates — Vice President Kamala Harris met former President Donald Trump for their first debate on Tuesday, setting the stage for the election on Nov. 5. From foreign affairs to inflation...

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