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Nov 13, 2024 | 
thebatt.com | Ian Curtis |Shalina Sabih
Under Friday’s soft morning light, around 50 people walked in and out of the Bonfire Memorial, prepared to preserve the 12 lives lost in the tragic 1999 Bonfire collapse. Every November, Texas A&M students, alumni and community members gather at the Bonfire Memorial. While the collapse anniversary ceremony — held on Nov.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
thebatt.com | Ian Curtis
After nursing senior Kaitlin Bowman’s second practice with the Texas A&M triathlon team, she overheard her teammates refer to a competition she’d never heard of: IRONMAN triathlon, a behemoth endurance event consisting of a 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike ride and 26.2-mile run. “All the older members were like, ‘Oh yeah, I’m going to do a half IRONMAN this year.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
thebatt.com | Matthew Seaver |Ian Curtis
It’s time to BTHO bye week, Aggies. The gap in the Texas A&M football schedule comes with all sorts of benefits. It’s a break from the weekly appointment with anxieties and stress we call Aggie football games. It’s a weekend where we can all enjoy cruising down University Drive on a Saturday afternoon while only being frustrated by the usual amount of traffic. But it doesn’t have to be a week without college football. Sometimes, it’s nice to just watch a game you have no stake in.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
thebatt.com | Braxton Dore |Andrew Paredes |Roman Arteaga |Ian Curtis
No. 4 Penn State at USC – Andrew Paredes @andrewparedess Saturday, Oct. 12 — Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum — Los Angeles, CA 2:30 p.m. on CBS After going into Week 6 ranked No. 11, USC is now unranked after suffering an upset by Minnesota, where the Trojans blew a 14-point fourth-quarter lead. The Nittany Lions moved up three spots in the rankings to No. 4 after beating UCLA 27-11, and after No. 1 Alabama and No. 4 Tennessee were upset by unranked opponents.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
thebatt.com | Ian Curtis |Sophia Munoz
As the weekend campus bustle eased with the setting sun, a moonlit celebration was just beginning. On Sept. 14, students quietly trickled onto Simpson Drill Field to attend NASA’s International Observe the Moon Night, hosted by Texas A&M’s Astronomy and Physics Department. With a few minutes left of twilight, the festivities began with student-led educational demonstrations and activities.
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
thebatt.com | Ian Curtis |Shalina Sabih
Women’s rugby nutrition senior Hannah Blockinger was deep in her routine on the field as she ran through drills she’d perfected a hundred times before. The sun was just beginning to dip below the horizon, casting long shadows across the grass. In an instant, the familiar turned treacherous. As she pushed off the ground, her foot caught an unseen dip in the field. Time seemed to slow as she felt her ankle twist at an impossible angle, and a sharp pain shot up her leg.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
thebatt.com | Ian Curtis
Welcome to the Nutmeg State, Aggies. After a pair of 2-0 victories over TCU and Louisiana Tech at Ellis Field last week, Texas A&M soccer is hitting the road for a pair of games in Connecticut. The Aggies will face Central Connecticut State in New Britain on Thursday evening before visiting UConn in Storrs at noon on Sunday. “A big part of what we schedule is about trying to find teams that are traditional winners,” coach G Guerrieri said.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
thebatt.com | Ian Curtis |Shalina Sabih
On the first day of class, as students strolled along the cobblestone walkway, one figure stood out in particular. She held her head up high, sniffing the air as she took in the scents of trees and flowers. Prancing alongside her trainer, she’s adorned with a tiny shoe on each paw. Lily is a 14-month-old English cream golden retriever training with biology senior Sondra Scoggin.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
thebatt.com | Braxton Dore |Andrew Paredes |Ian Curtis
No. 8 Oregon at Oregon StateSaturday, Sept. 14 — Reser Stadium — Corvallis, Oregon2:30 p.m. on FOXThanks to conference realignment, this Pacific Northwest rivalry is no longer a Pac-12 matchup, with Oregon making the move to the Big Ten and no conference wanting custody of Oregon State. Although the changing landscape has done nothing to lessen the animosity between the two schools.
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Sep 9, 2024 | thebatt.com | Braxton Dore |Andrew Paredes |Ian Curtis
No. 8 Oregon at Oregon StateSaturday, Sept. 14 — Reser Stadium — Corvallis, Oregon2:30 p.m. on FOXThanks to conference realignment, this Pacific Northwest rivalry is no longer a Pac-12 matchup, with Oregon making the move to the Big Ten and no conference wanting custody of Oregon State. Although the changing landscape has done nothing to lessen the animosity between the two schools.
