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Allied health junior Yvonne Kim hugs her brother after receiving her Aggie Ring during the spring Ring Day at the Clayton W. Williams, Jr. Alumni Center on Thursday, April 11, 2024. (Kyle Heise/The Battalion)

Opinion: It’s a privilege

Maddie McMurrough, Opinion Columnist January 30, 2025

I’ll admit it: We’ve gotten a bit bratty.  Not in an iconic Charli XCX kind of way, but in a “jeez, get over yourself” kind of way. Since I am on a journey of self-growth, I’m taking my dear...

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Opinion: (Almost) all core curriculum classes should be online

Kaleb Blizzard, Opinion Writer January 30, 2025

I remember my New Student Conference like it was yesterday.  More specifically, I remember scrolling through the list of fall semester classes — many of which would be filled five seconds after registration...

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Opinion: My favorite films of 2024

Joshua Abraham, Opinion Writer January 29, 2025

2024 was a great year for film.  In total, I watched 57 films from this past year; about 108 hours in total. 108 hours that I could’ve probably used towards studying, but that’s OK.  When you...

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Opinion: Graduation doesn’t have to be scary

Maddie McMurrough, Opinion Columnist January 29, 2025

We have made it to the beginning of the end, 2025 graduates.  Spring semester has arrived, which means we are five months away from departing Texas A&M forever. Our four years will be summed up...

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Review: ‘Sing Sing’

Joshua Abraham, Opinion Writer January 28, 2025

Rating: 10/10 As I was sitting in my AP Government class learning about prisons in America, something really triggered me — the death penalty. Taking the life of another just because of the wrong...

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Review: ‘Presence’

Kaleb Blizzard, Opinion Writer January 27, 2025

Rating: 7.5/10 Spoilers ahead for “Presence”. The ghost haunting trope: one of the most — if not the most — stereotypical horror tropes to have ever become popularized. Given how stereotypical...

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Review: ‘Wicked’

Kaleb Blizzard, Opinion Writer January 23, 2025

Rating: 9/10 Spoilers ahead for “Wicked”. Musicals are unique in the way they convey a story to audiences. On one hand, a musical lacks the tools of a traditional film: ordinary spoken dialogue...

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Satire: The Mugdown exposed

Charis Adkins, Opinion Editor January 23, 2025

Ah, yes, The Mugdown — The Battalion’s sad little brother. “Texas A&M's First Satirical Newspaper, Since 1875,” according to their website. Just put the fries in the bag, lil bro. They think...

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Opinion: Banning TikTok sets a terrible precedent

Kaleb Blizzard, Opinion Writer January 22, 2025

Now more than ever, the most-consumed media in our society has become a radical infusion of information and entertainment.  Swipe once, you get Skibidi Toilet brainrot; swipe twice, you’ll get a...

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Opinion: Tear down Heldenfels

Joshua Abraham, Opinion Writer January 21, 2025

As students of the greatest university in the world, we love to tell everyone about how great Texas A&M is. We have the greatest mascot in the nation, the greatest fans in all of college sports and...

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Review: ‘Babygirl’

Charis Adkins, Opinion Editor January 14, 2025

Rating: 1.69/10 Spoilers ahead for “Babygirl”. I will acknowledge that I’m not the target audience for this movie. I don’t watch romance movies, I don’t read romance books and I’m generally...

Opinion: Totally plausible 2025 predictions

Opinion: Totally plausible 2025 predictions

Charis Adkins, Opinion Editor January 10, 2025

Welcome to 2025, Ags! It’s been a long time coming. A year, some might say. Every new year, people who have no business doing so tend to go on record predicting what’s to come. Usually, these guesses...

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