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Emily Gaines - BBB

BBB Column: Ways to Give Wisely During Breast Cancer Awareness Month

By Emily Gaines, Guest Contributor October 16, 2019

Emily Gaines, Class of 2018, is a Public Relations Coordinator for the Better Business Bureau serving the Heart of Texas.Unfortunately, you probably know someone who has had breast cancer. In 2016, the...

Emily Gaines - BBB

BBB Column: Tips for a Spooktacular Halloween

It’s the creepiest time of year, but things can really get scary when you think about how much money you’re about to spend on Halloween. Candy, costumes and decorations add up fast. The National...

Lauren Hogg, a survivor of the Parkland shooting, testified before members of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Recovery, urging them to take action to prevent more mass shootings.

Congress has wasted enough time — It’s time we save ourselves

Taylor Fennell is a telecommunication media studies junior and former news editor for The Battalion. “If you would have done enough, we wouldn’t have to be having this conversation today.” That's...

Emily Gaines - BBB

BBB Column: What You Should Know About Opening a Credit Card

You probably know by now that once someone turns 18, they can apply for their own credit cards. In fact, you probably started getting mail from credit card companies the second your 18th birthday arrived....

Emily Gaines - BBB

BBB Column: Don’t Fall for Ticket Scams This Autumn

If you haven’t experienced it yet, you will soon: the last-minute ticket scramble. There’s plenty of ways it can begin. Maybe one of your hometown friends wanted to see this weekend’s...

Tyson Voelkel is the president of the Texas A&M Foundation.

Proud to Be Here

By Tyson Voelkel @TysonVoelkel September 25, 2019

Howdy Ags, It’s no secret: Aggies are proud to be Aggies. It’s special to say that you are a “third-,” “fourth-,” or even “fifth-generation Aggie,” but I...

Army troops conduct patrols with a platoon of Afghan national army soldiers.

Is continuing war a solution In Afghanistan?

By Sami Jabarkhail, Guest Contributor September 24, 2019

Sami Jabarkhail is an educational human resource development Ph.D. candidate. He was born in Afghanistan. On Sept. 7, 2019, the U.S. President Donald J. Trump made international headlines. This time, he...

Let’s get young people registered and hooked on voting

By Rae Martinez, Guest Contributor September 22, 2019

Rae Martinez is the director of Texas Rising, a project of the Texas Freedom Network that builds the power of a rising generation of young Texans, with an emphasis on communities of color, by advocating...

Emily Gaines - BBB

BBB Column: September is National Preparedness Month!

It’s easy for students to prioritize GPA and commitments to organizations above other aspects of their lives, and things like preparing for natural disasters ahead of time don’t seem imperative....

The Core Values of Texas A&M Monument was installed at the West side of Kyle Field in 2015.

From the Student Body President: An open letter to Aggieland

September 18, 2019

The Aggie Spirit flows through us all. We may not see it, but we can always feel it. Standing on the pedestal of our core values, The Spirit of Aggieland is etched in respect, excellence, leadership, loyalty,...

Tyson Voelkel is the president of the Texas A&M Foundation.

The True Value of a Texas A&M Education

Howdy Ags, What is the true value of a Texas A&M University education? There are a few different ways to approach this question. You could take it literally and answer “the cost of tuition.”...

Two sisters sold lemonade to raise money for 17 month old Anderson Davis, the youngest survivor of the Midland shooting.

Can kindness reduce gun violence?

By Mason Chandler, Guest Contributor September 8, 2019

Mason Chandler is a business freshman. His grandmother has lived in the Midland-Odessa area for the last 40 years. About a week ago, the tight-knit, West Texas community of Midland-Odessa was rocked by...

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