I became an Aggie by accident. In fact, Texas A&M wasn’t even on the list of colleges I wanted to visit when I was a sophomore in high school. Spring Break had finally arrived, and my dad and...

Growing up in College Station, there were a few things my parents made sure to drill into my head. Always get groceries before the college kids come into town. Avoid campus and the surrounding area because...

For the past year and a half, I have been hard-pressed to find something to look forward to at Texas A&M. I learned to navigate the infamous Zoom University alongside my professors — though not...

As cliché as it sounds, when I was a little girl I had dreams of being a princess. I wanted to be Belle from “Beauty and the Beast” because I loved her intellect and passion for books. As...

I’ve never been concerned about my grades. I’ve always had that “C’s get degrees” mentality. The only thing that has kept me going has been watching the bar chart on Howdy...

When I was five, I wanted to go to Penn State because it was my mom’s alma mater and the only college rural-Pennsylvanian-little-me had ever heard of. When I was 10, I wanted to go to Harvard because...

In 2018, I was riding the Aggie Spirit bus on the way to tour on-campus apartments when I noticed a girl sitting adjacent to me wearing an Aggie ring. I remember thinking, “That day is leaps and...

I’ve never been one for jewelry. Unless you count the puka shell necklace I wore all of the time circa 2010 (don’t judge me, I was 11), I’ve never really worn accessories of any kind....

Nearly 6,400 Aggies are receiving their Aggie Gold this weekend during the year’s largest Aggie Ring distribution period. Traditionally a one-day ceremony held at the Clayton W. Williams Jr. Alumni...

The day I have dreamt of for nearly four years has finally come. By the time you’re reading this column, I can guarantee you that I will be staring at my hand in admiration. Why? You may ask. It’s...

As I look back on my time at Texas A&M, and more broadly, my time spent living in Texas, I realize how different my life has become from what I expected. I spent the first 11 years of my life in Connecticut,...

I never thought I’d get my Aggie Ring, mostly because I never thought I would be an Aggie. With one parent being a Longhorn (hiss) and the other being a New Mexico State University Aggie, Texas A&M...