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Traditions

A candleholder lights the first candle during the 100th annual Muster ceremony held at Reed Arena on Sunday, April 21, 2024.

Campus Muster announces keynote speaker

J. M. Wise, News Editor February 17, 2025

Texas A&M announced Lt. Gen. Michael L. Downs ’92 as this year’s keynote speaker for Campus Muster in a campus-wide email distributed Monday afternoon. The annual ceremony takes place Monday, April...

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Silver Taps: Katie Deanna Huntzinger

Theresa Lozano, Life & Arts Editor January 30, 2025

March 6, 1998 – September 30, 2024 Katie Deanna Huntzinger A vibrant Aggie with an ardent passion for animals  From Tucson, Arizona to College Station, Katie Huntzinger’s love for animals and those...

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Silver Taps: Ethan Walker Kanthack

Julia Kazda, Associate News Editor January 30, 2025

June 12, 2003 – October 31, 2024 Ethan Walker Kanthack Witty humor with a heart of gold  At 21 years old, Ethan Walker Kanthack passed away from a rare cancer known as Synovial Sarcoma. However,...

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Silver Taps: Matthew David Elmer

J.M. Wise, News Editor January 30, 2025

May 9, 2000 – December 22, 2024 Matthew David Elmer  An Aggie who loved his family, friends to the moon and back Matthew Elmer was raised in Pleasanton, Texas, where he was active in tennis, drumline...

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GALLERY: Student Bonfire 2025

Micah Richter, Photographer January 26, 2025

Aggies watch on as the stack burns bright at the student bonfire on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023.

‘The present belongs to the students’: Undeterred, Student Bonfire presses forward

Nicholas Gutteridge, Editor-in-Chief January 23, 2025

Dion McInnis ‘03 had been hearing rumors for several weeks — discussions here, whispers there, all revolving around one hypothetical: a Student Bonfire returned to its original on-campus glory. But...

Aggies continue construction on the bonfire on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024.(Abdurahman Azeez/The Battalion)

Student Bonfire Burn rescheduled for Jan. 25

Ian Curtis, Managing Editor December 31, 2024

Student Bonfire has rescheduled its annual Burn for Jan. 25, the organization announced Tuesday.  The original Nov. 29 Burn was set for the night before Texas A&M football’s game against Texas,...

Features Writer Shalina Sabih poses in the Battalion newsroom in her graduation gown.

Swan song: ‘Thank you for a chance to tell the most inspiring stories’

Shalina Sabih, Features Writer December 6, 2024

My love for journalism started when I was 8 years old.  I tried to read my grandfather Baqa Uddin’s articles. He was a well-known journalist in Karachi, Pakistan, and while he passed away before...

Sports editor Luke White poses in front of the Administrative Building.

Swan song: Thanks for the memories

Luke White, Sports Editor December 5, 2024

“Why not?” I didn’t place much stock into my decision to apply to The Battalion shortly into my freshman year in Sept. 2021. I had written for my high school’s student newspaper for four...

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Swan song: ‘This is an experience I’ll tell my grandkids about one day’

Mikayla Martinez, News Editor December 5, 2024

I never thought I’d see my name in the on-campus newspaper. Since I was a little one, my nana raised me around the news. Being at her house every day after school meant I would be watching Austin’s...

A red pot lights the stack at the student bonfire on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023.

Student Bonfire postpones annual Burn

J. M. Wise, News Editor November 26, 2024

The 2024 Student Bonfire will not burn the night before the Texas A&M-Texas game due to a burn ban in Robertson County, the organization announced Tuesday afternoon. Student Bonfire has traditionally...

Aggies work on constructing the bonfire on Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (Abdurahman Azeez/The Battalion)

How to ‘Build the Hell Outta Bonfire’

Theresa Lozano, Life & Arts Editor November 21, 2024

Described as the “physical embodiment of the Aggie Spirit” by manufacturing and mechanical engineering technology senior and Senior Redpot Mason Taylor, the bright and blazing Student Bonfire returns...

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