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Carter Mallory elected student body president

Hilani Quinones, Senior News Reporter February 28, 2025

Biomedical sciences Carter Mallory will serve as the next student body president after two days of campus voting, the Election Commission announced Friday evening. His running mate, university studies...

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Student body president candidates: who they are

Julia Kazda, Associate News Editor February 27, 2025

Colton Whisenant and Brock Barrington  Agribusiness junior Colton Whisenant is seeking the student government’s top position with his running mate finance junior Brock Barrington.  Leading with...

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Student body president candidate launches text campaign

Nicholas Gutteridge, Editor-in-Chief February 24, 2025

Student body president candidate Colton Whisenant and his team have begun a text campaign after acquiring an unknown number of students’ phone numbers and the associated names.  Five text conversations...

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Student body president debate displays candidates’ platforms, plans

Tenny Luhrs, Associate News Editor February 22, 2025

The 2025 Texas A&M student body president and vice president debate took place Thursday night, where candidates presented their platforms for the next year.  Hosted by the Student Government Association...

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Student government elections arrive

Tenny Luhrs, Associate News Editor February 20, 2025

Student Government Association elections will be held from Feb. 27 at 9 a.m. to noon on Feb. 28. Students can choose their preferred candidates on vote.tamu.edu once voting begins. Listed in alphabetical...

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Student Senate supports Welsh’s enrollment plan, commemorates Hurricane Harry’s

Dafne Martinez, News Reporter February 7, 2025

The latest meeting of the 77th Session of the Texas A&M Student Senate convened on Wednesday to address key topics, including student enrollment growth, campus housing and a resolution commemorating...

Interim president Mark Welsh III speaks to students, faculty during the State of the University Address sharing the university's new strategy and vision in Rudder Theatre on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. (Chris Swann/The Battalion)

‘They rarely have all the facts’: Behind the scenes, conservative influence on Aggieland soars

Nicholas Gutteridge, Editor-in-Chief February 6, 2025

The notification was one of a million.  She let it sit for a moment before grabbing the phone and bringing it to her face, expecting nothing more than a question from her co-worker or a response from...

On-campus senator Riley James Pritzlaff speaks during a Student Senate meeting in the Koldus Building on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (Chris Swann/The Battalion)

Student government passes controversial budget, debates bills

Stacy Cox, Senior News Reporter September 26, 2024

The Student Government Association, or SGA, Student Senate met for the third time this semester on Wednesday, featuring criticism, debates and multiple new bills and acts passed, including the SGA Budget...

76th Speaker of the Senate Marcus Glass, left, poses with incoming 77th Speaker of the Senate Ava Blackburn.

Student leaders reflect on years of service in final Student Senate meeting

Justice Jenson, Senior News Reporter April 18, 2024

The Student Government Association wrapped up its 76th session by giving out awards such as the Senator, Committee and Statesman of the Year while also allowing its longest-serving members to address the...

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Student Senate honors wildfire victims, Aggie first responders

J. M. Wise, News Reporter March 28, 2024

Texas A&M student senators moved by the Smokehouse Creek wildfires created a resolution to commemorate the work done by Texas A&M volunteers. The Texas Wildfires Resilience Resolution passed unanimously...

Student body president-elect accused of ‘major’ campaign violation

Student body president-elect accused of ‘major’ campaign violation

Hilani Quinones, Assistant News Editor March 8, 2024

On Thursday, March 7 Texas A&M’s Judicial Court convened for the hearing of Student Body President-Elect Cade Coppinger v. Election Commissioner Jared Ramos. The hearing revolved around a major violation...

Junior Finance major Cade Coppinger elected as Student Body President for 2024-2025 school year. (Adriano Espinosa/The Battalion)

Coppinger, along with other candidates, win in Spring 2024 election

Mia Putnam, Senior News Reporter March 2, 2024

Spring 2024 election results were announced by the 12th Man statue on March 1 at 7 p.m. With a total of 5,629 votes in the sixth round of voting, Cade Coppinger won Student Body President and Ankit Lulla...

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