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The Battalion

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The Battalion

Swan Songs

Hannah Wimberly is the 2016-2017 student body president. Her official duties concluded on April 21 during the campus Muster ceremony.

Hannah Wimberly: Be proud to be an Aggie

By Hannah Wimberly May 7, 2017

I never wanted to believe people when they said that college would be the fastest four years of your life … But here I am, in May 2017, wondering where the heck the time has gone. It feels like just...

Chevall Swan Song

Don’t trade your future by living in your past

Chevall Pryce May 1, 2017

When I came to Texas A&M 16 months ago, I hit the fast-forward button on college. I joined an award-winning newspaper, made wonderful friends and equally wonderful memories and wrapped up my credit...

Kylee Swan Song

See the light or be one

Kylee Reid May 1, 2017

Writers are cursed. Tolkien, Lewis, Steinbeck, Doyle, Poe; all cursed. They too were forced to depict colorful, heart-stopping, mind boggling images and feelings with descriptionless characters stamped...

Science and technology editor Joshua Hopkins (center) acted as the head moderator for Aggieland Urban Gaming Society during their semesterly Human Versus Zombies games.

A message to folks like me

By Joshua Hopkins April 30, 2017

I've always considered myself a two percenter, but now with graduation looming I recently discovered I have a whole lot more Aggie in me than I originally intended. When I first decided on A&M as my...

Jacob Martindale

Don’t fear criticism

By Jacob Martindale April 30, 2017

Howdy, everyone! My name is Jake and for the past year and a half I’ve been the lead cartoonist for The Battalion. If you aren’t familiar with my name, you will definitely be familiar with...

Lindsey Gawlik has worked for The Battalion for three years and currently serves as the managing editor.

Stitching together the pieces

By Lindsey Gawlik May 8, 2016

Over these last four years I’ve come to realize that going through college is a lot like putting together a quilt. You have to make something out of all these little pieces of fabric — out...

Mickey Gashaw’s father, Gashaw Gebre, presents to Mickey his Aggie Ring on November 2015.

Always keep shooting

By Mickey Gashaw May 8, 2016

What a ride this has been.  It seems like yesterday when I was a young sophomore meandering around MSC Open House just as the spring 2014 semester began, simply looking to become more involved at...

Jack Riewe, is the third Aggie in his family to receive a ring. He stands in front of John David Crow Statue on Ring Day last fall.

College ends, memories last

By Jack Riewe May 8, 2016

Aggieland will always be a place of memories.  I will remember sweating in the student section during football games, riding my bike down military walk, spending countless hours on the fifth floor...

Dublin Muster

Once an Aggie, always an Aggie

By Josiah Bezet May 8, 2016

After five years on campus, I finally graduate this week. To put it simply, it’s bittersweet. Leaving Texas A&M for the “real world” is hard. For me and many of the thousands of other...

Connor Smith is a third-generation Aggie and has been attending football games his entire life.

Every end is a new beginning

By Connor Smith May 8, 2016

I remember thinking after a particularly difficult day of napping and recess in elementary school that I couldn’t wait until the day I graduated college and could say I was done with going to school.  Now...

Sam Scott (left) has worked for The Battalion for three semesters.

‘Use your education’

By Sam Scott December 13, 2015

A couple of things: Like so many other Aggies, I receive a shot of confidence whenever I look down at my Aggie Ring. It’s not because it’s gold — I’ve never been very materialistic...

Jennifer Reiley

College is part of the search to find yourself

By Jennifer Reiley May 10, 2015

Five days. That’s all I have left of my undergraduate time at Texas A&M. These last three years (yes, three — I’m graduating early, don’t judge) have been life-changing.Before...

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