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Student holding Texas A&M Cactus Jack t-shirts on Thursday, April 4, 2024, at the Texas A&M bookstore. (Adriano Espinosa/The Battalion)

Travis Scott’s new clothing collaboration drops on campus

Mikayla Martinez, News Writer April 4, 2024

In the early morning hours, students lined up outside the MSC Barnes & Noble Bookstore, all in hopes of scoring a piece of Travis Scott’s newest Cactus Jack Texas A&M clothing drop on April 4.  The...

(Left to right)Chris Schueler of Christoper Production, DrPH, MCP, Captain, USPHS, and Director with the National Park Service, Sara Newman, and Former Assistant Secretary of Health Dr. Brett Giroir posed during the National Public Health Week: Invisible Corps Screening and Panel in Innovative Learning Classroom Building (ILCB) 111, Wednesday April 4, 2024.(Ashely Bautista/The Battalion)

Life on the frontline: Commissioned Corps members from Public Health Service visit A&M

Mia Putnam, Senior News Reporter April 4, 2024

At Texas A&M, it’s not uncommon to hear of Aggies commissioning into a branch of service like the U.S. Army or Navy. However, many students have never heard of the Public Health Service, one of the...

Members of the Singing Cadets practice at the John D. White '70 - Robert L. Walker '58 Music Activities Center on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. (Kyle Heise/The Battalion)

Once a Singing Cadet, always a Singing Cadet

Ana Renfroe and Amy Leigh Steward April 3, 2024

“I saw the people gather / I heard the music start / The song that they were singing / Is ringing in my heart.” Words from “No Man is an Island” and other classic songs will fill Rudder Auditorium...

Graduate forward Andersen Williams stands for a photo on Monday March 25, 2024 at Ellis Field. (Chris Swann/The Battalion)

Leveling the playing field

Kylie Stoner, Associate Sports Editor April 3, 2024

On Monday, 12.3 million viewers tuned in to watch Iowa defeat LSU in the women’s March Madness Elite Eight. The game, starring Iowa’s senior guard Caitlin Clark, broke ESPN’s record for most-watched...

Are books the ultimate status symbol? Opinion writer Isabella Garcia considers the implications of the hot case for hot-girl reading. (Graphic by Corynn Young/The Battalion)

Opinion: Reading, the new hot-girl trend

Isabella Garcia April 3, 2024

When you see posts of dark literature sprawled prettily across the floor, what comes to mind? Or of mysteriously obscured girls with perfectly disheveled hair standing in front of a case of books, chic...

Nancy Plakey-Videla stands in Evans Library on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024.(Abdurahman Azeez/The Battalion)

A&M professors discuss Texas border policies, legal clashes with federal government

Cameron Gibson, News Reporter March 28, 2024

For a few hours, a new law known as Senate Bill 4, or SB4, went into effect on March 20, making crossing the border illegally a state crime.  The new law permitted Texas law enforcement to arrest those...

Students and counselors at Fish Camp. Months of preparation takes place before freshmen Aggies encounter their first A&M tradition.

Fish Camp adds new transportation options at a cost to attendees

Ana Renfroe, Head News Editor March 28, 2024

Texas A&M Fish Camp is implementing new transportation options for incoming freshmen in hopes to increase accessibility. Established in 1954, Fish Camp introduces A&M freshmen to Aggie traditions...

Customers browse vintage clothing together at the Bygone Vintage market on Friday, Oct. 6th, 2024 at Tavo Coffee Co.

Inside the rise of vintage collegiate apparel

Ian Curtis, Sports Writer March 28, 2024

Take a walk through the Memorial Student Center bookstore, and you’ll be confronted by a purchasable museum of Texas A&M branding history. There are hoodies featuring the Vault T logo, crewnecks...

From feral to fostered

From feral to fostered

Camila Munoz, Life & Arts Writer March 27, 2024

Texas A&M houses almost 70,000 students and nearly as many cats. The campus is home to a high feral cat population, most notably around Heldenfels Hall, Butler Hall and the Biological Sciences Building,...

Just because you won’t be the next Bob Ross doesn’t mean you shouldn’t paint. Opinion columnist Charis Adkins says it’s about how it makes you feel, not how it looks. Now go out and do something creative. (Graphic by Tyler Thompson)

Opinion: Do something creative

Charis Adkins, Opinion Columnist March 26, 2024

Being creative is hard. Last semester, I picked up a skein of yarn and a crochet hook for the first time and decided to try my hand at a beanie, so I found a video tutorial online and jumped to it....

Opinion writer Maddie McMurrough says a parent’s job is to protect their child's innocence, and that means teaching healthy technology habits and restricted internet access. (Photo by Rebecca Cervantes/The Battalion)

Opinion: The iPad shouldn’t be the parent

Maddie McMurrough, Opinion Writer March 25, 2024

IPad kids should be declared a national security threat. Being the absolute menaces that they are, they inspired my generation to take up abstinence. Now, I’m not a parent, so I understand you’re...

Graduate G Tyrece Radford walks off the court for the final time after Texas A&M's loss against Houston in the second round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament at FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee, on Sunday, March 24, 2024. (Kyle Heise/The Battalion)

Heartbreak in Memphis

Hunter Mitchell, Associate Sports Editor March 24, 2024

Texas A&M men’s basketball’s game against Houston was a microcosm of its entire season: It was tough, it was physical and it was a fight to the very end. Unfortunately for the Aggies, they could...

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