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Opinion

The referees and starting lineups of the Brazilian and Mexican national teams walk onto Kyle Field before the MexTour match on Saturday, June 8, 2024. (Kyle Heise/The Battalion)

Opinion: Bring the USWNT to Kyle Field

Ian Curtis, Sports Reporter July 24, 2024

As I wandered somewhere in between the Brazilian carnival dancers and luchador masks that surrounded Kyle Field in the hours before the June 8 soccer match between Mexico and Brazil, I met a fan who in...

Writer Braxton Dore with the six Mochinut donuts he sampled from the restaurant. The writing on the box lid reads, More than just a donut, always near you.

Review: Mochinut’s donuts are ideal for any dessert fan

Braxton Dore' July 22, 2024

The popular Japanese mochi and donut fusion restaurant, Mochinut, arrived in College Station in February 2024. The chain — founded in California in 2020 — has blossomed throughout the Houston area...

Chancellor John Sharp during a Board of Regents meeting discussing the appointmet of interim dean Mark Welsh and discussion of a McElroy settlement on Sunday, July 30, 2023 in the Memorial Student Center.

Analysis: Chancellor Sharp’s retirement comes with new dilemmas

Nicholas Gutteridge July 2, 2024

Texas A&M System Chancellor John Sharp announced Monday he will be retiring on June 30, 2025.  A figure notorious in state politics, Sharp led the System through its last decade — from Lt. Gov....

Texas A&M Head Coach Jim Schlossnagle reacts to a call during Texas A&M’s game against Georgia at Olsen Field on Saturday, April 27, 2024. (CJ Smith/The Battalion)

Satire: Meet Mr. Schlossnagle

Chendrick Lamar June 26, 2024

Dear Texas University, I’m sorry that man is your coach, let me be honest It takes a man to be a man, unfortunately, he’s a con artist I look at him and wish he never would’ve donned the...

Chris Hemsworth as Dementus in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.

Review: ‘Furiosa’ is a must-see

Justin Chen June 4, 2024

My jaw dropped open in 2016. Rarely in life does that happen, but the viewing experience of “Mad Max: Fury Road" was something to behold. As one of the best action movies of all time, “Fury Road”...

Nervous about graduating? Opinion writer Nihan Iscan says there are great opportunities in not knowing your ideal career role. (File photo by Meredith Seaver)

Opinion: Embrace the unknown after graduation

Nihan Iscan, Opinion Writer April 28, 2024

Graduation countdown has begun, and if you are anything like me, you're probably dealing with a whirlwind of emotions ranging from excitement to hope and gratitude. But I would be lying if I said there...

Art critic Theresa Lozano says Taylor Swift’s “The Tortured Poets Department” isn’t as bad as other critics say it is. (Photo courtesy of Republic Records)

Criticism: ‘The Tortured Poets Department’

Theresa Lozano, Life & Arts Writer April 25, 2024

Rating: 8.8/10 From an anticipated release to a surprise double album at 2 a.m., Taylor Swift put it all out there with her recently released album “The Tortured Poets Department.”  The first...

Texas A&M professor Dr. Christina Belanger teaches her Geology 314 class on Wednesday, April 3, 2024, in the Halbouty Geosciences Building. (CJ Smith/The Battalion)

Opinion: Stop beating the dead [virtual] horse

Eddie Phillips, Opinion Writer April 22, 2024

Snow days were my favorite days of grade school. I would wake up extra early to stand in my living room to peer through the glass toward the snow-covered trees. Outside, the world lay quiet and beautiful,...

Art Critic Emma Ehle says girl in red’s “I’M DOING IT AGAIN BABY!” is dynamic, powerful and unapologetically confident. (Photo courtesy of Sony Music Canada)

Criticism: girl in red’s ‘I’M DOING IT AGAIN BABY!’

Emma Ehle, Life & Arts Writer April 22, 2024

Rating: 8/10   Marie Ulven — otherwise known as girl in red — has long existed in the upper echelon of a genre colloquially referred to as “Gay pop.” Standing alongside artists like...

(Graphic by Ethan Mattson/The Battalion)

Opinion: ‘Fake Money,’ real change

Eddie Phillips, Opinion Writer April 19, 2024

Us Aggies live privileged existences: companies beg us to take on tens of thousands in loans.  I know this may sound contradictory, but the harsh reality is that countless hardworking individuals across...

What do women really want? Opinion writer Maddie McMurrough says the key to answering this age-old question lies in an understanding of the female gaze.

Opinion: Men don’t know what the female gaze is

Maddie McMurrough, Opinion Writer April 19, 2024

Every woman who has felt the pressures of society can understand the concept of the male gaze. Think of Charlotte McKinney in the Hardee’s commercials, Megan Fox in the Transformer movies or Daisy Dukes...

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