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Opinion: What are your desert island albums?

It's an age-old question: If you were stranded on a desert island, which three albums would you take with you? These are the only songs you’ll be able to listen to while time marches closer to your inevitable...

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The American Bar Association announced a new alternative admissions standard for students that does not involve taking the LSAT.
 

Opinion: Consider taking graduate school exams early

Kaleb Blizzard, Opinion Writer March 17, 2025

There I was, in my senior year of high school, clicking my pen as the final days of the semester rolled by. I was waiting for college decision letters, I was waiting for my annoying AP classes to be over...

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Opinion: Resurrect the girlboss

Sidney Uy, Opinion Writer March 17, 2025

You know her, and you love her. Even if you don’t, you actually do. Gaslight. Gatekeep. Girlboss.  Deep down, everyone has their inner girlboss. We all can tap into our inner girlboss and universally...

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Opinion: We need to talk about SGA election ethics

Wyatt Pickering, Opinion Writer March 10, 2025

After weeks of campaigning by numerous Texas A&M students, the spring Student Government Association, or SGA, election cycle is officially over. For students, this means no more campaign groups bannering...

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Opinion: It’s the little things

Maddie McMurrough, Opinion Columnist March 6, 2025

“Hi, it’s me. I finally have a minute at home. I’m going camping this weekend and I wish you were coming. I’ll send you some cool pictures. It’s like a waterfall hike, it reminds me of you. Maybe...

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Opinion: Anxiety is a superpower

Maddie McMurrough, Opinion Columnist March 6, 2025

This past weekend, my sister, her boyfriend, our good friend and I took a trip to Vail, Colorado for a concert. For anyone who hasn’t been to Colorado in February, it’s very snowy. We were under...

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Satire: Analyzing ‘Trump Gaza’

Kaleb Blizzard, Opinion Writer March 4, 2025

Amid a flurry of executive orders ranging from spending freezes to renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, President Donald Trump has recently released a bold new foreign policy proposal to...

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Review: ‘The Monkey’

Joshua Abraham, Opinion Writer March 4, 2025

Rating: 4/10 Horror comedies aren’t my thing.  I love horror movies and comedies — separately. Both genres have an ever-growing love in my heart. But put both of them together, and I always...

Editorial: Drag is free speech too

Editorial: Drag is free speech too

The Battalion Editorial Board March 3, 2025

This is a question of free speech. How would you feel if the Board of Regents kicked your student organization off campus because they didn’t like how you were dressed? What if they banned a politician...

The Aggies take the field before Texas A&M’s game against LSU at Kyle Field on Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. (Chris Swann/The Battalion)

Opinion: Out with ‘POWER’

Wyatt Pickering, Opinion Writer February 27, 2025

Some people just have to be the center of attention. Ye — formerly known as Kanye West — is no stranger to the spotlight, and has been involved in some of the biggest pop culture moments in the...

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Opinion: How to improve ‘Rate My Professors’

Kaleb Blizzard, Opinion Writer February 27, 2025

You’re sitting in on a lecture.  It’s close to the end of the semester, but the writing is on the wall: You will not be getting a good grade on this final. “Maybe I can get by with an 80....

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Review: ‘Captain America: Brave New World’

Joshua Abraham, Opinion Writer February 25, 2025

Rating: 3/10 However you may view the current presidential administration, I think everyone can agree the actions it has taken have been controversial to the general public. While there are many supporters...

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