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Students pick up a class of 2028 T-shirt from boxes during the Howdy Week Ice Cream Carnival at the Kyle Field Plaza on Friday, Aug. 16, 2024.

Howdy Week welcomes students to Aggieland

J. M. Wise and Nicholas Gutteridge August 17, 2024

The lights go dark. Karaoke plays on one side of the Memorial Student Center. A live band sings on the other. Howdy Week is back, welcoming over 72,000 Aggies for the fall semester.  Running from Aug....

The Academic Building on Thursday, July 27, 2023.

A&M relabels 8 schools to colleges

Mikayla Martinez, News Editor August 15, 2024

Texas A&M Provost and Executive Vice President Alan Sams, Ph.D., announced Thursday the university is officially changing the names of 8 schools to colleges.   The shift in designated terminology,...

Three first place winners highlight the winners from The Battalion, Maroon Life magazine, and Aggieland Yearbook

Texas A&M Student Media takes home sweepstakes trophy after winning first place at ACP Clicks & Clicks

Amy Leigh Steward, Editor in Chief August 7, 2024

The Associated Collegiate Press announced the results of its semi-annual Clips & Clicks contest on Monday, with Texas A&M Student Media winning first place overall. This is the fourth consecutive...

The intersection of Bizzell Street and College Avenue on Monday, Jan. 22, 2024.

Farmers fight Hurricane Beryl

J. M. Wise, News Reporter July 20, 2024

Aggies across Harris County and surrounding areas faced tremendous destruction from Hurricane Beryl when the storm made landfall near Matagorda Bay on July 8.  Warnings of the dangerous conditions...

Rudder Association members advocated to remove gender-affirming care from A&M

Rudder Association members advocated to remove gender-affirming care from A&M

Nicholas Gutteridge, Managing Editor July 3, 2024

In the months leading up to University Health Services announcing gender-affirming care will no longer be offered by Aug. 1, members of the conservative alumni group The Rudder Association advocated to...

The outside of Beutel Health Center on Monday, October 23, 2023.

University Health Services to stop offering gender-affirming care starting Aug. 1

Nicholas Gutteridge, Managing Editor July 2, 2024

A University Health Services announcement sent on July 1 said the Beutel Student Health Center will no longer offer gender-affirming care as of Aug. 1.  “We understand that this news may come as...

President Mark A. Welsh III answers reporters questions on Oct. 4, 2023 at the Hall of Champions. (Julianne Shivers/The Battalion)

A&M Qatar prepares for 2028 closure

Nicholas Gutteridge, Managing Editor June 26, 2024

The Texas A&M Qatar campus has begun to wind down operations after the A&M Board of Regents voted to close the branch in February. In an update from President Welsh, he said a transition team from...

Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp attends the Class of 1972 50-year reunion in Kyle Field on April 20, 2022.

A&M System’s Title IX director suspended after supporting Biden’s Title IX changes

Nicholas Gutteridge, Managing Editor May 23, 2024

Weeks after stating the Texas A&M System would comply with President Biden’s Title IX changes, Director of Title IX and Student Conduct Compliance Rick Olshak has been suspended with pay while the...

The Editor-in-Chiefs of The Aggieland Yearbook, The Battalion, and Maroon Life magazine pose for a photo in The Battalion office studio on Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (Chris Swann/The Battalion)

The ‘Write’ stuff: A&M Student Media announces 2024-25 leadership

Ana Renfroe, Head News Editor May 4, 2024

Texas A&M Student Media is proud to announce its new editors-in-chief of its three publications. Neuroscience freshman Amy Leigh Steward has been selected as the summer and 2024-25 academic year...

Texas A&M is scrambling to implement changes for the new Title IX regulations by Aug. 1, with officials hoping the new rules will improve cases. Some victims aren’t so hopeful, however. (File photo by Cameron Johnson/The Battalion)

A&M scrambles to meet compliance for new Title IX rules by August

Stacy Cox, News Reporter May 1, 2024

After being stalled for two years, the Biden-Harris administration established new Title IX regulations. All public institutions, including Texas A&M, will implement the changes on their campuses...

Aggie students gather to protest university funding of Israeli weapons manufacturing in Academic Plaza on Monday, April 29, 2024.

Students at A&M gather for pro-Palestine protest, calling for university divestment

Ana Renfroe, Head News Editor April 29, 2024

Hundreds of Texas A&M students protested the Israel-Hamas war and assembled in Academic Plaza, demanding A&M divest funds and denounce supporting organizations benefitting from Israeli occupation. Planned...

A candleholder stands during the 100th annual Muster ceremony held at Reed Arena on Sunday, April 21, 2024. (Chris Swann/The Battalion)

2024 Muster highlights the Aggie Spirit

Mia Putnam, Senior News Reporter April 23, 2024

Every year, Muster reminds current and former students why we are called the Aggie family. This year was no different when thousands of Aggies traveled to Reed Arena for the 100th campus Muster on...

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