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Provost Alan Sams addresses the Faculty Senate meeting hosted in Rudder Tower on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (Jenna Isbell/The Battalion)
Alan Sams was not considered leading provost candidate by hiring committee
Last year’s committee alleged communication, leadership issues when recommending A&M's second in command
Nicholas Gutteridge, Managing Editor • October 21, 2024
A photographic depiction of a lethal dose of fentanyl. (Hannah Harrison/The Battalion)
United against overdose deaths
A&M’s Opioid Task Force creates a solution for the opioid crisis: interprofessional unity
J. M. Wise, News Editor • October 17, 2024
Provost Alan Sams answers a question asked  in the Faculty Senate meeting hosted in Rudder Tower on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (Jenna Isbell/The Battalion)
Faculty senators grill Provost Alan Sams in latest meeting
University’s No. 2 faced an angry senate after appearing to discuss program inactivations, shared governance
Nicholas Gutteridge, Managing Editor • October 15, 2024
Texas A&M Hispanic and Religious Studies Professor Hilaire Kallendorf.
Professor killed in incident involving garbage truck
Nicholas Gutteridge, Managing Editor • October 15, 2024
Catherine Hunter holds a sign on the side of the road in protest against the alleged abuse by the Christland Church off Highway 6 on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024.
Protest against local church sweeps College Station
Former members, family members protested Christland Church, a local non-denominational institution part of a larger network alleged to be covering up abuse
J. M. Wise and Chris Swann October 14, 2024
Jury finds former A&M professor guilty of livestock cruelty
Jury finds former A&M professor guilty of livestock cruelty
Prosecutors claimed former A&M veterinarian and associate professor Ashlee Watts caused the death of a horse after excessively shocking it with a cattle prod
Nicholas Gutteridge, Managing Editor • October 10, 2024
Graduate student Tessa Williams swabs petri dishes at the Veterinary Research Lab on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (Armani Jones/ The Battalion)
A&M researchers develop E. coli as UTI treatment
Researchers are working to develop a UTI treatment based on a 50-year-old discovery
Tenny Luhrs, News Reporter • October 10, 2024
Texas A&M student nurse administers a flu shot to a patient on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023 at Beutel Student Health Center. (CJ Smith/The Battalion)
Student confidence in healthcare low amid cost crisis
Students have described the healthcare system as unattainable, inaccessible and unaffordable
Stacy Cox, Senior News Reporter • October 9, 2024
Executive Vice President and Provost Alan Sams speaks to graduating students in Reed Arena in May 2024.
‘Deeply flawed’: Faculty Senate speaker opposes provost initiative to end 52 minors, certificates
Speaker Angie Price called for the process to be abandoned, recommending method resulting from senate collaboration instead
Nicholas Gutteridge, Managing Editor • October 8, 2024
The Academic Building on Thursday, July 27, 2023.
Inquiries into LGBTQ minor lead to 52 inactivations
Provost initiative to remove low-enrollment programs may not count fall 2024 numbers
Nicholas Gutteridge, Managing Editor • October 3, 2024
Students study in Zachry on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (Abdurahman Azeez/The Battalion)
Engineering reaches 25 by 25 goal
College of Engineering officially meets 25 by 25 goal — student enrollment numbers exceed 25,000
Dhriti Kolar, News Writer • October 3, 2024
Officer Durr poses for a photo inside a police car on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (Jackson Stanley/The Battalion)
Campus crime stats are in
Recent crime report reveals updated statistics of Clery crimes with expanded explanations of stalking and motor vehicle theft
Mikayla Martinez, News Editor • October 3, 2024
Sociology professor Dr. Stjepan Mestrovic lectures to his Sociology of War Crimes class in the Bright Building on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (Isabel Lubrano/The Battalion)
Expert witness discusses Abu Ghraib trials
At the start of the Iraq War, soldiers in the U.S. Army and CIA committed war crimes and human rights violations against prisoners in the Abu Ghraib prison
Cameron Gibson, Senior News Reporter • October 3, 2024
Texas A&M students share which party they are voting for and why. 
Political science courses are the reason students vote
Students are going into political science classes uninformed, coming out as educated, meaningful voters
Stacy Cox, Senior News Reporter • October 2, 2024
An aerial view of the Academic Building on Monday, March 11, 2024. (Samuel Falade/The Battalion)
Faculty push back against program inactivations
June 2023 inquiries into LGBTQ minor caused university-wide review that led to 52 programs beginning inactivation process
Nicholas Gutteridge, Managing Editor • September 30, 2024
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On-campus senator Riley James Pritzlaff speaks during a Student Senate meeting in the Koldus Building on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (Chris Swann/The Battalion)
Student government passes controversial budget, debates bills
The Student Senate budget for the 2024-25 academic year raised concerns and criticism at its third meeting
Stacy Cox, Senior News Reporter • September 26, 2024

The Student Government Association, or SGA, Student Senate met for the third time this semester on Wednesday, featuring criticism, debates and...

76th Speaker of the Senate Marcus Glass, left, poses with incoming 77th Speaker of the Senate Ava Blackburn.
Student leaders reflect on years of service in final Student Senate meeting
‘Find what lights your fire and run towards it as fast as you can’
Justice Jenson, Senior News Reporter • April 18, 2024

The Student Government Association wrapped up its 76th session by giving out awards such as the Senator, Committee and Statesman of the Year...

Koldus Building
Student Senate honors wildfire victims, Aggie first responders
‘It hits home because we all know someone affected by a disaster in agriculture’
J. M. Wise, News Reporter • March 28, 2024

Texas A&M student senators moved by the Smokehouse Creek wildfires created a resolution to commemorate the work done by Texas A&M volunteers....

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