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Guest Commentary

Guest contributor says students pose an unacceptable danger to local motorists. (Photo via Nile/Pixabay)

Letter to the editor: No-More-Student-Drivers

Trey Bass, Guest Contributor April 15, 2024

Dear Editor,  I am writing to discuss the current state of our city and some glaring issues I have noticed being perpetrated on the innocent families that call College Station home. I am but a concerned...

Student housing located right outside off campus boundaries on George Bush Drive. 

Guest Contribution: An open letter to City Hall

Ben Crockett, Guest Contributor April 11, 2024

City Council, As representatives of the Texas Aggie Classes of 2024, 2025, 2026 and 2027, we write to you today to urge a reconsideration of the No-More-Than-Four policy. Students are having an increasingly...

Amtrak recently proposed new passenger routes that would connect Bryan to Dallas and Houston. The Brazos Valley should welcome Amtrak to the College Station/Bryan area. (Photo via 70154/Pixabay)

Guest Contribution: The Brazos Valley should welcome passenger rail

Garion Frankel, Guest Contributor March 25, 2024

In 1867, the Houston and Texas Central Railroad, after years of delay, rumbled into Bryan for the first time, greeted by raucous celebrations glorifying the Brazos Valley’s newfound connections to the...

The Academic Building on Sept. 2, 2022.

Guest Contribution: An American university retreats

Gary Wasserman, Guest Contributor March 9, 2024

The undermining of America’s global role is taking place far from Washington, in the unlikely place of College Station. Last month, the Board of Regents at Texas A&M ended the 21-year partnership...

A photo taken in August 2023 during a hiking trip at Miner's Peak in Alberta, Canada.

Guest Contribution: Chasing the sublime

Juan Lleras, Guest Contributor March 5, 2024

This is a picture near the top of Miner’s Peak in Alberta, Canada.  I took it a few months ago where, for about 10 minutes, I sat five feet away from death and one foot away from paradise. Just a...

(Left to right) Junior Finance major Cade Coppinger, Junior Political Science major Ben Crockett, Junior Finance major Luke Kohler, Junior Mechatronics Engineering major Ankit Lulla, Junior Industrial Distribution major Val McNeill, and Junior Society Ethics and Law major Carter J. Ostrom posed at the Student Body President Debate in the MSC Flag Room on Thursday Feb. 22, 2024. (Photo by Ashely Bautista)

Guest Contribution: Go out and vote

Marcus Glass, Guest Contributor February 29, 2024

Student government elections are a time when our social media is filled with campaigns, all hoping to garner your vote come Feb. 29.  The following is a quick crash course on student government and...

Outside the Islamic Community of Bryan College Station on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. (Abdurahman Azeez/The Battalion)

Guest Contribution: Experiencing Islam as an outsider

Akku Kumar, Guest Contributor January 25, 2024

After the popularity of my last article in The Battalion about Breakaway, I knew I wanted to contribute again to share some more experiences as an outsider while at Texas A&M. This time, though, I...

Bush school professor Ron Sievert says voters should be informed on Taiwan and breaks down what they should know ahead of the 2024 election.

Guest Contribution: Understanding the China-Taiwan conflict

By Professor Ronald Sievert December 4, 2023

As the 2024 election shapes up, it is perhaps natural that politicians from both parties will take turns proclaiming how tough they will be against what is perceived as potential Chinese aggression towards...

This year, Breakaway Ministries is raising money for Elam, Seed Company and the Deaf Bible Society.

Guest Contribution: Breakaway from your expectations

Akku Kumar, Guest Contributor August 21, 2023

The night started with the smell of pungent, barely-contained fervor. My friends, all toting beautifully-kept bibles and time-worn journals, led me to a cramped seat in Reed Arena facing a brightly-lit...

Texas A&M is not woke

Guest Contribution: Texas A&M is not woke

Garion Frankel, Guest Contributor March 1, 2023

Editor’s note: The author is a previous opinion writer for The Battalion and is currently a graduate student at Texas A&M.  Scott Yenor, a professor of political science at Boise State University...

Guest Contribution: What would a classroom look like without phones?

By Partick Grisby, Guest Contributor February 20, 2023

Education in the United States has become a serious flashpoint for controversy in recent years. This has taken the form of debates over topics as varied as curriculum, the utility of standardized testing...

Books

Guest Contribution: Tips to read more regularly

Juan Lleras, Guest Contributor January 29, 2023

New year, new habits. Trying reading? Definitely a useful one; books can be one of the easiest ways to expand your ideas. But with classes, clubs and work starting up again, how can any regular Aggie...

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