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Patrick McGinty is the 2014-2015 head yell leader. 

From Yell Leader Patrick to Pastor McGinty

Fallon Ferguson, Life & Arts Writer September 19, 2024

Many Yell Leaders have come and gone, but not all have returned to make a life in College Station. Patrick McGinty, Class of 2015, was a Five for Yell candidate both in his junior and senior year and has...

Portraits of former student Juniper Danielsen, computer science junior Vanessa Dickerson and biochemistry senior Matthia Klatt on the Texas A&M campus on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (Chris Swann/The Battalion)

‘Trans Aggies are Aggies too’

Ian Curtis, Features Editor September 19, 2024

As biochemistry senior Matthia Klatt stepped off of the elevator on July 1, she received a single email — and her world came crashing down. Klatt, a transgender woman, and the dozens of other students...

(Left to right) Freshman Mia Garza, Junior Emigdio Chapa, and Freshman Joaquin Razo performs for the Aggieland Mariachi at the HPC Hispanic Heritage Month Kick Off in Rudder Plaza on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (Ashely Bautista/The Battalion)

Viva la Aggieland Mariachi

Francesca Emmitte, Life & Arts Writer September 19, 2024

Aggieland Mariachi keeps Mexican culture alive on campus. The student organization performs traditional music and sets goals for their organization to grow and further reach the ears of people on campus...

Blinn Business freshman Joshua Eisenberg runs on the grass for exercise on field 8 of the Penberthy Rec Sports Complex on Monday, Sept. 17, 2024 (Addison McDowell/The Battalion)

Beneath the cleats

Shalina Sabih, Features Writer September 17, 2024

Women's rugby nutrition senior Hannah Blockinger was deep in her routine on the field as she ran through drills she’d perfected a hundred times before. The sun was just beginning to dip below the horizon,...

Biology junior and dog sitter Katelyn West instructs general engineering sophomore Antonio Liuzzi while Brenham's service dog, Skylar, a Golden Retriever, sits in Liuzzi's lap during a weekly Aggie Guide-Dogs and Service-Dogs group training session outside the Liberal Arts Building on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (Chris Swann/The Battalion)

Sit, stay, serve

Shalina Sabih, Features Writer September 12, 2024

On the first day of class, as students strolled along the cobblestone walkway, one figure stood out in particular. She held her head up high, sniffing the air as she took in the scents of trees and flowers....

Notre Dame fans talk to Aggie fans across the stands during Texas A&M’s game against Notre Dame at Kyle Field on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024. (Hannah Harrison/The Battalion)

‘The most intimidating place I’ve been as a visitor’

Ian Curtis, Features Editor September 3, 2024

Wherever his Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team goes, Jim Dailer follows. The Wheeling, West Virginia native has been a Notre Dame season ticket holder for five decades and has followed the Irish...

General Studies sophomore Joshua Pattugalan plays his accordian at the Academic Plaza on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024. (Sophie Villarreal/The Battalion)

Who is “Accordion Guy?”

Amy Leigh Steward, Editor-in-Chief August 29, 2024

It’s a common sight in Academic Plaza: a man, dressed in semi-formal clothes, wanders between the buildings with an accordion in his hand. Music makes its way from the brick-red instrument and winds...

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...

Agronomy graduates Kasun Pathirage, Christopher Gomez Jr. and Noriki Miyanaka conduct research in a field in Lubbock, Texas on Tuesday, June 11, 2024. (Photo courtesy of Lasan Ukwatta Liyanage)

Summers in Aggieland

Lasan Manujitha Ukwatta Liyanage, Life & Arts Writer August 1, 2024

Aggieland may have turned into a ghost town, but those who stayed behind are making the most of their summer. Certainly, the summer heat encapsulates a plethora of attitudes amongst the students. ...

Bob Rogers, holding a special edition of The Battalion.

Lyle Lovett, other past students remember Bob Rogers

Shalina Sabih July 15, 2024

In his various positions, Professor Emeritus Bob Rogers laid down the stepping stones that student journalists at Texas A&M walk today, carving a transformative path when he helped merge The Battalion...

Craig Reagan's 1973 brown Mach 1 Mustang features custom stickers of Craig and his wife, and is completely rebuilt from the ground up. The interior was completely torn out and replaced with new dashboard and radio.

Compassion in the car community

Shalina Sabih, Sports Writer July 9, 2024

This past Sunday, Cars and Coffee welcomed exactly one car: a sleek, brown Mustang that stood alone like a lone ranger in the Wild West. This Mustang, with its powerful four-barrel engine, didn't...

The Gladiators and other participants run off at the starting line to compete in the Red Bull Can You Make It? Challenge.

The long march of the Gladiators

Ian Curtis, Sports Reporter July 1, 2024

Weston Cadena — blissfully unaware of the irate staff inside of the skyscraper in Bratislava, Slovakia, that he has made his playground — is having the time of his life.  It was supposed to be...

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