![Nervous about graduating? Opinion writer Nihan Iscan says there are great opportunities in not knowing your ideal career role. (File photo by Meredith Seaver)](https://thebatt.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/EmbraceTheUnknownGraduation-1200x800.jpg)
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)](https://thebatt.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/598A4738-Enhanced-NR-1200x800.jpg)
Before we go virtual, what do we risk losing?
Eddie Phillips, Opinion Writer • April 22, 2024
![(Graphic by Ethan Mattson/The Battalion)](https://thebatt.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Crypto-1200x664.png)
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.](https://thebatt.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/FemaleGaze-1200x800.jpg)
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.](https://thebatt.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2f9f3251693c4f13f63e4cb0fc493e47-1200x800.jpg)
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)](https://thebatt.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MythOfUniqueness-1200x857.jpg)
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)](https://thebatt.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/EveryoneGetsATrophy-1200x675.png)
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)](https://thebatt.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Traffic-1200x800.jpg)
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.](https://thebatt.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/1de8df6e8a5650a6df86e2d5da09eb7e-1200x800.jpg)
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)](https://thebatt.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ADRL0246-1200x900.jpg)
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)](https://thebatt.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Taylor-Swift-The-Tortured-Poets-Department-1200x1200.jpg)
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)](https://thebatt.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/GIrlInRed.jpeg)
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)](https://thebatt.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/GodzillaXKong.jpg)
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)](https://thebatt.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CowboyCarter-1200x1200.jpg)
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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