1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (410+ words) At some point, I stopped counting the minutes until my classes ended and began measuring how many months worth of unavoidable, redundant and irrelevant courses I was expected to endure until graduation." My Bachelors" of Arts in political science, for…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago  (303+ words) In year three under head coach Mike Elko, Texas A&M football announced a special initiative for its annual Maroon & White Game. The "Aggies for a Cause" campaign gave 42 Aggies the opportunity to rep custom footwear endorsing a wide variety…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago  (741+ words) I used to dance for fun. Not for awards, not for clips, not for who might someday watch me " just for the music, the movement and the way my body felt alive." Then came the competitions and, with them, new…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago  (1086+ words) The ball starts to beep the moment it leaves the bat. Sharp, urgent voices echo across the field, but political science sophomore Alex Quick is already moving. He doesn't see the base, the field or the players converging toward the…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago  (588+ words) I'm lying in my bed on a peaceful Saturday night when, all of a sudden, I hear a grinding, agitating rumble. With annoyance, I peek through my blinds to see not one, not two but three tow trucks attempting to…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago  (950+ words) What awaits my generation is likely another war in the Middle East with countries it can't even point to on a labeled map. Operation Epic Fury may as well be a continuation of this forever war." The United States is…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (811+ words) I aspire to have the confidence of a 13-year-old boy in a 7th grade Texas history class. He was crazy, but he knew who he was. Despite the existence of cliques that would say otherwise, we were all weird in middle…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (661+ words) For a few short weeks, history isn't just visualized in textbooks. In Aggieland, students have the opportunity to take an up-close look at historical milestones. The cost-free "Opening the Vault" exhibit at Texas A&M's George H. W. Bush Presidential Library and…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (1186+ words) I want to make the world a better place" has lost a certain kind of social currency at institutions like ours. Worse, we may not even believe ourselves when we say it. The Board of Regents has taken considerable steps…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (777+ words) As winter turned to spring and the cold winds of the new year warmed " or, in the heart of Texas, as we reached 90 degrees " the latest holiday on the calendar officially passed. Situated comfortably between St. Patrick's Day and Mother's…...