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![Opinion columnist Benjamin Barnes says A&M admits too many students, leading to overcrowded spaces on campus and infrastructure problems in College Station.](https://thebatt.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/a7fc06025eff1630164475f9aa6afdde-1200x800.jpg)
Opinion: A&M is for the streets
Bj Barnes, Opinion columnist
• November 7, 2023
![Should politicians take competency tests? Opinion writer Isabella Garcia says there are better ways to utilize standardized tests than just torturing students. ](https://thebatt.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/329d8b06ad17ae318eb9d96454f05b1c-1200x857.jpg)
Opinion: Let’s turn the tables on useless tests
Isabella Garcia
• November 3, 2023
![ Opinion writer @MadsMcMurrough says living with the opposite gender isn’t that unorthodox — it’s just like your favorite TV show. ](https://thebatt.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/85a587a772e1351a0b517d8f41322b94-1200x480.jpg)
Opinion: Coed living is a real-life sitcom
Maddie McMurrough
• October 26, 2023
![Opinion columnist Benjamin Barnes says customer service, cheap products and consumerism culture are making everyday items worse.](https://thebatt.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/aad0fa114264938d87fa933068f067c6-1200x901.jpg)
Opinion: Companies don’t care about you
Bj Barnes, Opinion columnist
• October 24, 2023
![Sophomore DB Bryce Anderson (1) sits in the end zone during Texas A&M's football game against Alabama at Kyle Field on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. (Chris Swann/The Battalion)](https://thebatt.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/385ba513f110a734cfc3f38eec742480-1-1200x800.jpg)
Opinion: Football is really not that big of a deal
Charis Adkins
• October 23, 2023
![Texas A&M professors discuss the possible implications of a Restricted Occupancy Overlay and what it could mean for College Station students and residents. ](https://thebatt.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/d9f2f9f80d599ff1a938859fd736e847-1200x800.jpg)
Opinion: No more “no more than four”
Charis Adkins, Opinon Columnist
• October 19, 2023
![Bikes are stowed on racks in front of the Academic Building on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. (Photo by Chris Swann/The Battalion)](https://thebatt.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/4ebacc0ce40f153308268dc3e23e8bb7-1200x800.jpg)
Opinion: Bikers aren’t above the law
Maddie McMurrough
• October 19, 2023
![Opinion columnist Benjamin Barnes says the disbandment of the Office for Diversity doesn’t have to be a bad thing.](https://thebatt.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/0c5a37265fd0aae5eb485d8866ba5dc6-1200x800.jpg)
Good riddance: A eulogy for DEI
Bj Barnes, Opinion columnist
• October 18, 2023
![Molecular and cell biology sophomore Alice Asinovsky and former student Ori Yonay stand in support of Israel during the Aggies Stand with Israel Silent Walk event on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023.](https://thebatt.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/4c5f5af230680e7612c11c60da9c4ec0-1200x950.jpg)
Opinion: An attack on Israel and the human conscious
Ryan Lindner, Opinion Editor
• October 17, 2023
![Opinion writer Isabella Garcia says our search for happiness should be a search for meaning.](https://thebatt.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/9ae681226b60737a8cd9ec5ad96d757d-1200x800.jpg)
Opinion: Abandon happiness, choose meaning instead
Isabella Garcia
• October 16, 2023
![Poultry science senior Ryder Nielson and computer science senior Roope Raikaa talk in the ticket pull line outside Kyle Field on Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023. ](https://thebatt.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2cd800afd9f0bd9029b40d3642154b28-1-1200x800.jpg)
Opinion: Ticket-pulling changed my mind
Maddie McMurrough ]
• October 5, 2023
![Opinion writer and giantess Maddie McMurrough says short men and tall women have more in common than you think when it comes to dating.](https://thebatt.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/d7ec8f00c0dd4d352c2c075669258de1-1200x800.jpg)
Opinion: Short kings deserve love too
Maddie McMurrough
• September 28, 2023
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