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Football head coach Mike Elko at The Big Event opening ceremony.(Adriano Espinosa/The Battalion)

Countdown to kickoff

Shalina Sabih, Sports Writer August 26, 2024

On Monday, with only less than a week left for its season opener, Texas A&M football coach Mike Elko along with junior left tackle Trey Zuhn III and sophomore linebacker Taurean York stood on stage...

Incoming journalism professors Mariano Castillo and Flora Charner sit with former student and Battalion staff member Ken Sury at the FJSA Hall of Fame reception ceremony held in the J. Wayne Stark Galleries in the Memorial Student Center on Friday, April 19, 2024. (Hannah Harrison/The Battalion)

New hires re-energize Aggie journalism as major, minor enrollment grows

Nicholas Gutteridge, Managing Editor August 22, 2024

Two CNN journalists, a Dallas Morning News editor and a program on its way up. For thousands of students at Texas A&M, it’s just another new initiative on campus. But for the more than 100 staffers...

David Eubank prays over wounded civilians during a Free Burma Rangers mission in Ukraine. (Photo courtesy of David Eubank)

‘Our job is to love people’

Ian Curtis, Features Editor August 21, 2024

Nursing senior Sahale Eubank found her calling on the front line of the fight against the Islamic State.  The town of Al-Baghuz Fawqani, Syria — the last piece of land held by ISIS — was surrounded...

Former congressman Beto O’ Rourke talks to a student outside the Memorial Student Center on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024. O' Rourke made a surprise visit Wednesday morning on behalf of his political action committee Powered by People in support of democratic candidate Fred Medina, who is running for Texas House District 14. (Chris Swann/The Battalion)

Beto O’Rourke makes surprise A&M visit

J. M. Wise, News Editor August 21, 2024

Politician Beto O’Rourke paid an impromptu visit to Texas A&M’s campus Wednesday. Visiting as a part of the political action committee Powered by People, he and his staff were in Rudder Plaza encouraging...

Senior guard Aicha Coulibaly approaches the net during Texas A&M's game against Mississippi State on Feb. 4, 2024, at Reed Arena. (Adriano Espinosa/ The Battalion)

Buckets coming soon — (Taylor’s version)

Justin Chen, Sports Writer August 19, 2024

Though basketball doesn’t start for a few more months, the non-conference slate of games for Texas A&M women's basketball has been announced on Monday, Aug. 19. With coach Joni Taylor at the helm,...

Mountain Valley Fellowship church, where Chi Alpha held their meetings.

Embattled ex-campus ministry seeks revival

Nicholas Gutteridge, Managing Editor August 17, 2024

Chi Alpha, the former student ministry under the Assemblies of God umbrella, is seeking to rebuild at Texas A&M after its suspension in January. The suspension was issued after the organization was...

Texas A&M defender Margo Matule (22) kicks the ball during the first half of Texas A&M’s exhibition match against Rice at Ellis Field on Saturday, August 3, 2024. (Chris Swann/The Battalion)

A&M soccer kicks off 2024 campaign

Justin Chen, Sports Writer August 17, 2024

After a soccer-filled summer highlighted by Euros and Copa América — including Texas A&M’s very own Kyle Field hosting a friendly match between Mexico and Brazil — the beautiful game is back...

Head Coach Joni Taylor reacts to a foul call during A&M's game against Tennessee on Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024 at Reed Arena. Taylor returned to Aggieland with a gold medal after serving as assistant coach on Team USA. (CJ Smith/The Battalion)

A&M brings home a school-record nine Olympic medals

Matthew Seaver, Assistant Sports Editor August 17, 2024

The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris have officially come to an end. Texas A&M had seven different Aggies secure a school-record nine medals, breaking the previous record of seven set at the 2020 Summer...

Texas A&M quarterbacks Conner Weigman (15) and Jaylen Henderson (13) throw the ball during the second day of fall football practice outside the Coolidge Football Performance Center on August 1, 2024. (Chris Swann/The Battalion)

The Battalion sports desk’s predictions for the 2024 football season

Luke White, Sports Editor @lukewhite03 Prediction: 8-4 Several years ago, most Aggies would sigh at the thought of another 8-4 season, a result that felt all too commonplace over the past decade....

Things could have gone differently. (Graphic by Nikhil Vadi)

Opinion: Relationships reduced to transactions

Isabella Garcia, Assistant Opinion Editor August 17, 2024

Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of our lonely existence. In fact, we’re starved for it, consuming endless movies, romance novels and trashy songs to get some semblance of...

The Academic Building on Thursday, July 27, 2023.

A&M relabels 8 schools to colleges

Mikayla Martinez, News Editor August 15, 2024

Texas A&M Provost and Executive Vice President Alan Sams, Ph.D., announced Thursday the university is officially changing the names of 8 schools to colleges.   The shift in designated terminology,...

Freshman RB Rueben Owens (2) runs with the ball during Texas A&M's game against ULM at Kyle Field on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023.

Running back Rueben Owens II to miss 2024 season with lower body injury

Mathias Cubillan, Sports Writer August 11, 2024

Texas A&M sophomore running back Rueben Owens II is expected to miss the entire 2024 season after sustaining a lower-body injury in an intrasquad scrimmage, per ESPN’s Max Olson. The 6-foot-1,...

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