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The Battalion

The intersection of Bizzell Street and College Avenue on Monday, Jan. 22, 2024.
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J. M. Wise, News Reporter • July 20, 2024
Duke forward Cooper Flagg during a visit at a Duke game in Cameron Indoor Stadium. Flagg is one fo the top recruits in Dukes 2025 class. (Photo courtesy of Morgan Chu/The Chronicle)
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Coming out of high school, Cooper Flagg has been deemed a surefire future NBA talent and has been compared to superstars such as Paul George...

Bob Rogers, holding a special edition of The Battalion.
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The referees and starting lineups of the Brazilian and Mexican national teams walk onto Kyle Field before the MexTour match on Saturday, June 8, 2024. (Kyle Heise/The Battalion)
Opinion: Bring the USWNT to Kyle Field
Ian Curtis, Sports Reporter • July 24, 2024

As I wandered somewhere in between the Brazilian carnival dancers and luchador masks that surrounded Kyle Field in the hours before the June...

Guest art: Remembering history or glorifying it?

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Photo by Ryan Garmeson, Computer Science senior

The message Chancellor John Sharp is sending is clear: glorifying the statue of a man who fought to keep slavery alive is more important to this university than the students marginalized by it. — Ryan Garmeson

My intent with the work was to express dissatisfaction with the way Chancellor John Sharp has chosen to respond to student concerns about the Confederate roots of the Sul Ross statue worshiped in A&M tradition lore. Sharp has chosen to dismiss these concerns as inconsequential and has made it clear he will not be taking any action on behalf of the students who are made to feel unimportant and unincluded in the Aggie family because of it. The message he is sending is clear: that glorifying the statue of a man who fought to keep slavery alive is more important to this university than the students marginalized by it.

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