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A promotional popcorn bucket featuring The Wild Robot outside of Bryan's Premiere Lux Cinema on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (Jenna Isbell/The Battalion)

‘The Wild Robot’: from idea to big screen

Shalina Sabih, Features Writer October 3, 2024

Audiences around the globe gathered in darkened theaters on Sept. 27 to experience the captivating world of “The Wild Robot.” As the screen illuminated with a stunning palette of blue and gray, viewers...

Dr. Chris Lee stands for a portrait in VMS 201 on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (Hannah Harrison/The Battalion)

VMS 201: A classroom that runs in the family

Brook Dryden, Life & Arts Writer September 26, 2024

In February 2025, part of the Veterinary Medical Sciences building will be torn down to build a new component of the veterinary school.  One classroom of the soon-to-be-demolished building is VMS 201....

An animal under the care of the Stevenson Animal Center. (Photo courtesy of the Stevenson Animal Center)

‘The love for animals drives everything we do’

Leticia Schenkel, Life & Arts Writer September 26, 2024

When somebody walks through the gate at Texas A&M’s Stevenson Animal Companion Life Care Center, they are greeted by the whiskers and snouts of the center’s most warm and inviting residents. From...

(Left to right) Architecture sophomore Emily Orozco and SEAL senior Elise Hernandez performs for the TAMU Ballet Folkloric Celestial at the HPC Hispanic Heritage Month Kick Off in Rudder Plaza on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (Ashely Bautista/The Battalion)

Folklorico comes to Aggieland

Julia Helsel, Life & Arts Writer September 19, 2024

Colorful flowing dresses dance among the bricks of Rudder Plaza, and the tones of lively Mexican music float across campus — all brought to Texas A&M by Hispanic Aggies.  With the arrival of...

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...

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