Letters to the Editor Archives

Letter to the editor: No-More-Student-Drivers

Trey Bass, Guest Contributor • April 15, 2024

Dear Editor, I am writing to discuss the current state of our city and some glaring issues I have noticed being perpetrated on the innocent families that call College Station home. I am but a concerned...

Letter to the editor: Texas A&M journalism cut off at the knees

By Ryan Faulkner, Michaela Rush, Casey Stavenhagen & Nathan Varnell • July 20, 2023

Mere months after Texas A&M President M. Katherine Banks promised to “elevate the profession” of journalism and make the university the “number-one choice for students wanting a journalism...

Letter to the Editor: Potential changes coming for housing options in College Station

By Matthew Ellis, Guest Contributor • August 28, 2022

The city of College Station was incorporated in 1938 to better serve students and residents beginning to locate around the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. Eighty-four years later, the city...

Letter to the editor: Fish Camp responds to recent articles published in The Battalion

By Fish Camp 2021 Director Staff • February 22, 2021

Howdy, Fish Camp is deeply saddened by the experiences of the survivors of sexual assault that occurred while they were participants or members of our organization. Our organization condemns any and...

Letter to the editor: Sullen Sully

By Louis G. Tassinary, Guest Contributor • September 16, 2020

Louis G. Tassinary is the Associate Department Head of the Department of Visualization. To the editor, On the morning of Wednesday, June 19, 1930, William Roan, an African American, was found dead in a...

Letter to the editor: Allowing public funding for religious schools is the real way to make America a secular state

By Gary Frankel, Guest Contributor • July 23, 2020

Gary Frankel is a society, ethics and law senior and the Chairman of the Texas A&M College Republicans.To the editor,RE: "The death of a secular state"On July 12, The Battalion posted an op-ed concerning...

Letter to the editor: Black Student Yearbook not representative of Aggie Spirit

By Trey Felder, Guest Contributor • January 28, 2020

Trey Felder is a member of the Class of 2010 and an United States Air Force veteran. To the editor, RE: “Black Student Yearbook looks to highlight A&M’s African-American community” It...

Letter to the editor: Time to beef up our beef facts

By Brooke Vyvlecka & Cullen Eppright, Guest Contributors • November 19, 2019

Vyvlecka is an agricultural communications & journalism sophomore. Eppright is an agribusiness sophomore. Both students have grown up around beef cattle production and are students in the College of...

Letter to the editor: Habitat for Humanity helps make B-CS a home for all

By Charles and Whitney Coats, Guest Contributors • October 18, 2019

Charles and Whitney Coats are staff members at B-CS Habitat for Humanity. Both graduated from Texas A&M’s Bush School of Government and Public Service in 2010. Whitney attended TAMU for undergrad...

Letter to the editor: renew the rivalry

James Hodges, agribusiness junior • November 29, 2018

In Aggieland, it’s said if something is done twice, it’s a tradition. What about 118 times? It’s been 7 years since the last t.u. game, a tradition older than the 12th Man itself. If...

Letter to the Editor: Former student responds to Sul Ross statue controversy

Michael Compton, Class of 1967 • November 28, 2018

Dear Editor, Upon reading about the controversy over the statue of Lawrence Sullivan Ross a thought came to mind of some words of wisdom I heard long ago. I am a member of the Class of 1967 and I am also...

Letter to the editor: Chancellor Sharp says statue honors Sul Ross’ service to all Texans

John Sharp, Texas A&M University System Chancellor • November 20, 2018

A recent letter attacking Lawrence Sullivan Ross in The Battalion claiming he “has ties to white supremacy, and committed many gratuitous acts of violence against people of color” is totally...