Cameron Gibson

Nov 21, 2024 | thebatt.com | Julia Wise |Cameron Gibson

The Texas A&M System Board of Regents voted in February to close A&M’s campus in Qatar by 2028. Part of the closure involves a plan to move some staff, faculty and students to Hamad Bin Khalifa University, or HBKU, a nearby campus part of Qatar’s “Education City.”Brittany Bounds, a professor of history at A&M at Qatar, or TAMUQ, with a Ph.D. in history, said some faculty were given 90 days’ notice that they were not going to be brought back in August.

Mar 29, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Cameron Gibson

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Mar 29, 2024 | thebatt.com | Ana Renfroe |Cameron Gibson

For a few hours, a new law known as Senate Bill 4, or SB4, went into effect on March 20, making crossing the border illegally a state crime. The new law permitted Texas law enforcement to arrest those crossing illegally. No arrests were reported on Tuesday before it re-entered a state of legal limbo. Deportation and border enforcement are typically considered to be the federal government’s responsibility, not the state’s.

Feb 14, 2024 | thebatt.com | Cameron Gibson

Paul Dyson, who is running to be State representative for Texas House District 14, threw a campaign rally at Pebble Creek Country Club in College Station on Feb. 13. Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who announced his endorsement for Dyson in December 2023, attended the event and gave a speech in support of Dyson.

Jan 24, 2024 | thebatt.com | Cameron Gibson

The Texas A&M Student Government Association, or SGA, is looking to fill 16 vacancies in the Student Senate. The deadline to apply is Monday, Jan. 29. Any student, including international and graduate students, can apply online at tx.ag/vacancy. The process of electing new senators will be finished before Wednesday, Feb. 7, when the new senators will be sworn in. They will be selected by current senators of the caucus for which they apply to.