THE BATTALION
NEWS
- Glenn Hegar confirmed as next A&M System chancellorGlenn Hegar ‘93, who has served as Texas Comptroller since 2015, was confirmed Friday morning unanimously by the Board of Regents to be the next chancellor of the Texas A&M University System. Following the announcement of current chancellor John Sharp’s upcoming retirement on June 30, the Board of Regents conducted a nationwide search for the...
- Aggie political orgs debate start of Trump’s second termThe Texas Aggie Democrats and the Young Americans for Freedom held their third annual debate on Thursday night, focusing on President Trump’s first sixty days in office. History and political science junior and vice president Zach Spanhak led the Aggie Democrats. Spanhak was joined by computer science junior Jacquelyn Dedhia and Texas A&M Engineering at...
- Students pray, banner outside Draggieland’s annual showAs Draggieland opened its doors for its annual show, two groups of students demonstrated against it with prayer, song and banners. Organized by biological and agricultural engineering junior John Leary and led by Jeremy Casal, a seminarian from the Austin area, and biological and agricultural junior Matthew Eberly, the demonstration lasted 45 minutes in pouring...
SPORTS
- Hot board: Who should A&M men’s basketball hire?The Buzz Williams era of Texas A&M men’s basketball is over. As news broke on Tuesday that Williams would take the Maryland job — first reported by Jeff Ermann of InsideMDSports — the pressure is suddenly on athletic director Trev Alberts to make a hire that will keep the Aggies’ momentum up after three-straight NCAA...
- End of an era: Buzz Williams leaves for MarylandFollowing an up-and-down season of emotion and broken records, Texas A&M men’s basketball will start a new era of college hoops in 2025 with the departure of coach Buzz Williams to Maryland, as first reported by InsideMdSports’ Jeff Ermann. “We would like to thank Buzz for his years of service heading up our men’s basketball...
- A&M baseball loses third SEC seriesTexas A&M baseball’s weekend series loss against Kentucky proved that the Aggies’ bats are capable of getting hot in short spurts. In Sunday’s 10-5 loss, both teams showcased the duality of baseball. Periods of red-hot hitting gave way to a duel between fired-up pitchers. As the early-afternoon gloom transitioned to sunshine, A&M’s offense did the...
LIFE & ARTS
- Theo Von leaves Aggieland laughing out loudWednesday, March 26., Aggies packed Reed Arena for a different type of entertainment. Theo Von, a well-known podcaster and internet personality, stopped in College Station for a Texas leg of his “Return of the Rat” stand-up comedy tour. Popular for his blunt opinions and Southern humor, Von’s style of comedy left Reed Arena roaring...
- Disaster Day: Practicing the unexpectedWhen tragedies like COVID-19, Hurricane Harvey and the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks occurred, society turned to law enforcement and medical professionals. People relied on their expertise to help solve these unfathomable situations. However, disasters are never expected. When events like these happen, professionals must adapt to their surroundings and make the best of it,...
- ‘We’re not going anywhere’: Draggieland returns to AggielandDraggieland 2025 occurred Thursday, March 27, in Rudder Theater. Six drag queens and one drag king competed for the coveted “Queen of Draggieland” title. Though the performance gathered an almost sold-out audience, Draggieland each year is fraught with complaints and public distaste for drag and the community it has gathered at Texas A&M. The A&M...
OPINION
- Satire: Senioritis outbreak hits Texas A&M campus“911, what’s your emergency?” “I need help. I’m skipping class, I can’t seem to find the energy to be productive and all I want to do is tan by the pool. I barely had the motivation to make this call. Please help!” “Alright, we’re sending help. Just stay on the line.” This call was recorded...
- Opinion: The death of cooking showsThe year was 2011. I was fresh off the plane, a day removed from my home country of Malaysia and placed in a land as far and wide as my eyes could see. We had a television in our rental apartment. I picked up the remote, shuffled through the channels and landed on the Food...
- Guest Contribution: The curse of the second verseIt’s time to start a conversation about a revered Aggie tradition that finally needs to be changed. No, it’s not Midnight Yell, mugging down or even Bonfire — I know how precious so many traditions are. Please be a Good Ag and hear me out. Imagine how awkward it would be if every time you...
TRADITIONS
- Silver Taps: Lyndon ColbertApril 23, 2005 – January 2, 2025 Lyndon Colbert A man anyone could love forever A son. A musician. A chef. An engineer. An Aggie. Lyndon Colbert was a man of many roles, and he radiated kindness and goodness in every single one of them. Lyndon may have passed at 19 years old, but the...
- Silver Taps: Victor GuerreroMarch 10, 2005 – January 27, 2025 Victor Guerrero A truly selfless servant of others Victor Guerrero came to Texas A&M in order to pursue his dream of becoming an engineer. He grew up in Galveston, and his family said he loved to share all that he learned from university. He was in his fourth...
- Campus Muster announces keynote speakerTexas A&M announced Lt. Gen. Michael L. Downs ’92 as this year’s keynote speaker for Campus Muster in a campus-wide email distributed Monday afternoon. The annual ceremony takes place Monday, April 21, at Reed Arena. Downs graduated from A&M in 1992 with a degree in political science and was commissioned as a ROTC Distinguished Graduate....
