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The Battalion

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Bonfire Memorial

Remember the 12

Kynlee Bright, Managing Editor November 17, 2025

Each year, thousands of Aggies gather to remember the 12 lives lost on Nov. 18, 1999. The Bonfire Remembrance Ceremony honors those lives and the legacies they left behind. Here are their stories. Miranda...

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Silver Taps: Logan Cade Szulewski

Avery Kracmer, Associate Life & Arts Editor November 3, 2025

August 19, 2005 – September 1, 2025 Logan Cade Szulewski An Aggie who was ‘steady, thoughtful and full of love’ Logan Szulewski — an Aggie of many passions — found joy in taking care of animals...

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Ring Day: Gold at the end of the A&M rainbow

Hilani Quinones, Associate News Editor October 22, 2025

When I first arrived at Texas A&M, I wasn’t sure what it meant to “Bleed maroon.” From the ritual of saying “Howdy” to the Aggie football yells and a sense of uniformity that defined Aggie...

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Ring Day for a small town Ag

Braxton Dore’, Sports Editor October 22, 2025

Wow. Never in my 18 years living in Southeast Texas did I imagine this is what my college experience would look like.  Staring down at my newly obtained Aggie Ring  — with my class courses concluding...

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Ring Day: A symbol of belonging

Isabella Garcia, Opinion Editor October 22, 2025

I often romanticized what my undergraduate experience would look like.  Impassioned discussions with professors by the fire, meeting classmates and bonding over a shared adoration of  Sylvia Plath...

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Silver Taps: Isabella Elaine Ungerman

Julia Kazda, News Editor October 6, 2025

May 2, 2007 – August 24, 2025 Isabella Elaine Ungerman An Aggie of intelligence and kindness  At 18 years old, Isabella “Bella” Elaine Ungerman tragically passed away, along with her father,...

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Silver Taps: Lucas Hitters

Fallon Ferguson, Life & Arts Editor October 6, 2025

July 17, 2003 – April 5, 2025 Lucas Hitters An Aggie who never had a bad day  Lucas Hitters was an incoming Texas A&M Mays Business School transfer student born in Morrison, New Jersey, on July...

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Annual Bonfire Cut Class returns to Aggieland

Kynlee Bright, Managing Editor September 7, 2025

A few miles south of Ledbetter and an hour away from the heart of Aggieland, the men and women of a tradition dating back to 1907 can be found with pots on their heads and axes in hand. Yells from students...

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