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The Battalion

Farewell from the graduating Battalion staff of 2024
Farewell from the graduating Battalion staff of 2024
The Battalion May 4, 2024
Nervous about graduating? Opinion writer Nihan Iscan says there are great opportunities in not knowing your ideal career role. (File photo by Meredith Seaver)
Opinion: Embrace the unknown after graduation
Not having a clear career path is a chance for growth, not stress
Nihan Iscan, Opinion Writer • April 28, 2024
Texas A&M professor Dr. Christina Belanger teaches her Geology 314 class on Wednesday, April 3, 2024, in the Halbouty Geosciences Building. (CJ Smith/The Battalion)
Opinion: Stop beating the dead [virtual] horse
Before we go virtual, what do we risk losing?
Eddie Phillips, Opinion Writer • April 22, 2024
(Graphic by Ethan Mattson/The Battalion)
Opinion: ‘Fake Money,’ real change
Get on board or get left behind
Eddie Phillips, Opinion Writer • April 19, 2024
What do women really want? Opinion writer Maddie McMurrough says the key to answering this age-old question lies in an understanding of the female gaze.
Opinion: Men don’t know what the female gaze is
The key to understanding what women want is learning what the female gaze is.
Maddie McMurrough, Opinion Writer • April 19, 2024
Torch runner tosses fallen torch at the Student Bonfire on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023.
Opinion: A blatant disregard of tradition
Bringing Bonfire back to campus defeats the purpose of the tradition
Charis Adkins, Opinion Columnist • April 19, 2024
Think your music taste somehow makes you different? Opinion writer Isabella Garcia says being unique is an illusion. (Photo by Kyle Heise/The Battalion)
Opinion: The myth of uniqueness
How the crime of being basic deludes us
Isabella Garcia, Opinion Writer • April 16, 2024
Why do participation trophies exist? Opinion columnist Bj Barnes says we need to reevaluate how we look at shortcomings. (Graphic by Caroline Dollar/The Battalion)
Opinion: Why does everyone get a participation trophy?
Kids need to experience failure
Bj Barnes, Opinion Columnist • April 16, 2024
Guest contributor says students pose an unacceptable danger to local motorists. (Photo via Nile/Pixabay)
Letter to the editor: No-More-Student-Drivers
Guest contributor says students pose an unacceptable danger to local motorists
Trey Bass, Guest Contributor • April 15, 2024
Student housing located right outside off campus boundaries on George Bush Drive. 
Guest Commentary: An open letter to City Hall
No-more-than-four policy unfairly penalizes students in need of affordable housing
Ben Crockett, Guest Contributor • April 11, 2024
Students sing the war hymn at The Big Event Ceremony on Saturday, Mar 23, 2024. (Hannah Harrison/The Battalion)
Opinion: Go to student events
You might even enjoy yourself if you’re not careful
Charis Adkins, Opinion Columnist • April 9, 2024
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Art critic Theresa Lozano says Taylor Swift’s “The Tortured Poets Department” isn’t as bad as other critics say it is. (Photo courtesy of Republic Records)
Criticism: ‘The Tortured Poets Department’
Another possible classic Taylor Swift album in the making
Theresa Lozano, Life & Arts Writer • April 25, 2024

Rating: 8.8/10 From an anticipated release to a surprise double album at 2 a.m., Taylor Swift put it all out there with her recently released...

Art Critic Emma Ehle says girl in red’s “I’M DOING IT AGAIN BABY!” is dynamic, powerful and unapologetically confident. (Photo courtesy of Sony Music Canada)
Criticism: girl in red’s ‘I’M DOING IT AGAIN BABY!’
Emma Ehle, Life & Arts Writer • April 22, 2024

Rating: 8/10   Marie Ulven — otherwise known as girl in red — has long existed in the upper echelon of a genre colloquially referred...

Arts criticism writer Abby Jarrett says “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” falls majorly short of cinematic mastery. (Photo via Toho Co., Ltd./Warner Bros. Pictures/IMDb)
‘Godzilla x Kong’: Plot as thick as paper
Arts critic says new Godzilla movie is a failed Avengers copycat
Abby Jarrett, Life & Arts Writer • April 8, 2024

Rating: 3/10   It’s time to put this franchise, if you can even call it that, out of its misery.  “Godzilla x Kong: The New...

Art Critic Emma Ehle says Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” is a powerful, thematically complex reclamation of country music. (Cover via Beyoncé/Twitter)
Beyoncé Transcends Genre, Politics and Racial Prejudice on ‘Cowboy Carter’
Emma Ehle, Life & Arts Writer • April 8, 2024

Rating: 9/10   On Nov. 2, 2016, R&B supernova Beyoncé was met with hostility, beratement and blatant racism after performing...

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