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Greg kwedar student business council

From Lone Star State to Los Angeles stage

Joshua Abraham, Opinion Writer March 6, 2025

In the 2000s, Greg Kwedar was a student at Texas A&M planning to enter the business industry. Fast forward nearly two decades and Kwedar is now a film director, producer and writer nominated for three...

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Specialty Chocolate takes over Aggieland

Kennedy Long, Life & Arts Writer March 6, 2025

Mitch Siegert, owner of Truman Chocolates, has taken on many culinary endeavors, from his time at the Culinary Institute of America in New York to working on the Food Network channel alongside names like...

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Three years after Russia’s invasion, A&M’s Ukrainian Club presses on

Ian Curtis, Managing Editor February 20, 2025

In the early hours of Feb. 24, 2022, economics senior Natalya Kolomiyets woke up to the sound of explosions echoing through her hometown of Kharkiv, Ukraine.  The things she’d been looking forward...

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‘It turned out so beautiful’: Winter wonderland comes to Aggieland

Ian Curtis, Managing Editor January 21, 2025

As soon as wildlife & fisheries sciences senior Caleb Williamson saw snow in Bryan-College Station’s forecast, he hatched a once-in-a-lifetime plan: a marriage proposal under the snow-covered Century...

A visitor feeds a goat at the Aggieland Safari on Monday, Nov. 11, 2024. (Lillian Lopez/The Battalion)

The wild side of Aggieland

Isa Chan Tack, Life & Arts Writer December 26, 2024

There is a wild side to Aggieland waiting to be discovered — besides the crowds of people at Aggie football games. From creatures ranging from small otters to towering giraffes and livestock, fascinating...

English junior and musician Jessica Pardede sits for a photo in The Battalion’s studio on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (Chris Swann/The Battalion)

This is Jessica Pardede

Sophia Munoz, Life & Arts Writer December 20, 2024

Her siblings are fast asleep in their beds, but Jessica Pardede is wide awake.  Melodies often find the English junior at unexpected moments, keeping her restless until she captures them. Lyrics have...

A&M's NMDP branch gets students to register to be potential stem-cell donors in Rudder Plaza on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024

Saving lives, one stem cell at a time

Shalina Sabih, Features Writer December 5, 2024

It was her freshman year when biomedical sciences senior Claudia Garrett heard Mark Vassar, a finance senior and president of Texas A&M’s National Marrow Donor Program chapter, deliver a compelling...

The Queen of Aggieland Reveille X sits on the field during Texas A&M’s game against New Mexico State at Kyle Field on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (Hannah Harrison/The Battalion)

Game day, the Rev way

Theresa Lozano, Life & Arts Editor December 5, 2024

As hundreds of thousands cheer the moment Aggieland’s queen is displayed on the jumbotrons at a Texas A&M game, a tradition lounges on the sidelines to watch her Aggies.  Seen as a distant...

(Left to right) Dance seniors Bailey and Lenzy Zettler pose for their dance at the PEAP Building on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024. (Ashely Bautista/The Battalion)

From the ground up

Brook Dryden, Life & Arts Writer November 27, 2024

Bailey and Lenzy Zettler spent their middle school years choreographing dances together in their backyard. But years later, the seniors have turned their passion into a successful business — all while...

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Aggie filmmakers to debut feature film

Julia Helsel, Life & Arts Writer November 21, 2024

Texas A&M students have risen to the challenge of making an independent, feature-length film. At 91 minutes long, “Maid to Kill” is a thriller/slasher film that follows a detective and his partner...

Aggies work on constructing the bonfire on Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (Abdurahman Azeez/The Battalion)

How to ‘Build the Hell Outta Bonfire’

Theresa Lozano, Life & Arts Editor November 21, 2024

Described as the “physical embodiment of the Aggie Spirit” by manufacturing and mechanical engineering technology senior and Senior Redpot Mason Taylor, the bright and blazing Student Bonfire returns...

Cast members of SUPERHERO & SUPERHERO performing in the Liberal Arts Humanities Building on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024.

‘This is a play that will give you a different experience’

Leticia Schenkel, Life & Arts Writer November 20, 2024

Does Gen Z still need superheroes? Students and faculty in Texas A&M’s College of Performance, Visualization & Fine Arts are raising the question in their premiere performance “SUPERHERO &...

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