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1 week ago | 
thebatt.com | Emmanuel Daniel |Julia Wise
Proposing a cost-effective solution for reactor security, a team of Texas A&M engineering students have developed an innovative approach to ensuring advanced nuclear reactor security in energy-scarce, remote regions.
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Dec 1, 2024 | 
thebatt.com | Julia Wise |J. M. Wise
Multiple Texas A&M fraternity members have been arrested following an unauthorized party involving three separate fraternities — Pi Kappa Alpha, Kappa Sigma and Sigma Chi — according to College Station PoliceOfficers from CSPD arrived at Aurora Court at 2 p.m. Saturday to disperse the crowd of approximately 600 attendees. A fraternity member had applied for a special event permit but had been denied due to logistical and safety concerns.
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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.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
thebatt.com | Julia Wise |J. M. Wise
In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, John Sharp, the newly appointed chancellor of the Texas A&M System, authorized a third-party company to run food service, ground maintenance and janitorial services in College Station.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
thebatt.com | Julia Wise |J. M. Wise
As Aggies gathered to enter Kyle Field on Saturday for the game against New Mexico State, more people than usual surrounded the stadium for the most anticipated game of the season. Fans began camping out for ticket pull in preparation for the Texas A&M-University of Texas at football game on Nov. 30.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
thebatt.com | Julia Wise |Gabriela Rodriguez |Gabriela Rodríguez
Campus squirrels, bats and skunks inhabit the bushes and trees of Texas A&M’s campus and are often noticed by students. Studies in mental health and wildlife suggest that being around animals can . Being no stranger to mental distress, college students can greatly benefit from nature. Squirrels that inhabit trees across campus most excite psychology sophomore Nora Dolt. “I think every day is better with a squirrel in it than without a squirrel,” Dolt said.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
thebatt.com | Julia Wise |J. M. Wise
Out of the 1,337 deaths that occurred in Brazos County in 2023, 117 of those deaths were sent to Austin for an autopsy, where the closest medical examiner is located. Only following a two-hour trip and $3,891 can the Travis County medical examiner send a report back to College Station.
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Oct 19, 2024 | 
thebatt.com | Julia Wise |J. M. Wise
The junior senator held a rally in Shiner Park with a local judge and took photos with his supporters afterward as a part of reelection campaignOctober 19, 2024 Texas senator Ted Cruz appeared at Shiner Park on Friday night as a part of his 53-stop bus tour around Texas for his reelection campaign. The junior senator held a rally with two Republican politicians that focused on jobs, security and freedom.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
thebatt.com | Julia Wise |J. M. Wise
The Network, a series of non-denominational churches across the United States, England and Taiwan, has recently fallen under controversy as multiple churches are leaving and denouncing the group for allegedly hiding sexual abuse its leader committed and practices endangering children.. Members are also accusing the College Station location, Christland Church, of predatory recruitment and spiritual abuse of its members.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
thebatt.com | Julia Wise |J. M. Wise
Texas’ public health system is facing a crisis fueled by opioid and fentanyl misuse. In 2023, 5,093 Texans died from drug poisoning, 45.3% of which were from fentanyl alone. In response to this trend, Texas A&M’s Opioid Task Force has been intensifying efforts to reach rural communities across the state to combat overdose deaths. Gov.
