The Battalion

Skip to Content April 17, 2026 Your donation will support the student journalists of Texas A&M University - College Station.

Rating: 9/10 Who knew the girl who wore Cookie Monster pajama pants in high school could make good music? Catherine Garner — more commonly known as Slayyyter — released her fourth record, “Wor$t Girl in America,” after a run of five critically acclaimed singles releases since August 2025. Referred to as “iPod music” by Slayyter herself, this record takes most of its inspiration from early 2000s pop culture icons such as Madonna and is directly influenced by actress Brittany Murphy.

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 . The United States is digging itself into another war with Iran and Lebanon, while our students at home prepare for a fallout that doesn’t necessarily unfurl from nuclear weapons or airstrikes campaigns. On March 16, Lieutenant General James W.

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 tow a singular vehicle — at the inconvenient and unnecessary time of 10 p.m. Towing in our college town has long been a problem. No matter if it’s fall or winter, rain or shine, these tow trucks constantly swim through our streets looking for their next victim.

Elevator doors open to a quiet, polished space inside the Chancellor’s Suite at Kyle Field, where a vibrant landscape of the campus stretches across the wall. Framed by the branches of the Century Tree, familiar landmarks emerge in brushstrokes — a visual welcome to Aggieland has appeared. The mural, created by Texas A&M College of Performance, Visualization & Fine Arts’ instructional assistant professor Cara Baxter, is one of the newest artistic additions to A&M.

Over 40% of adults in the United States have periodontitis, a chronic progression of gum disease that destroys the soft tissue supporting teeth. Though the most common cause of tooth loss, it is difficult to detect until dentists notice visual tissue damage during manual inspection. Until now, there’s been no way to detect signs of oral inflammation in real time. Associate professor Chenglin Wu, Ph.D., didn’t originally set out to solve this problem in the dental field.

Aggie athletic director Trev Alberts expects Lionel Messi to be ‘a part of’ match April 15, 2026 Texas A&M Director of Athletics Trev Alberts had some things surprise him the first time Kyle Field hosted international soccer — a friendly between Brazil and Mexico — in June 2024. Namely, a sea of pop-up vendors. “Fans of different sports have different traditions and act differently,” Alberts said.

Gov. Greg Abbott was joined by Texas A&M University System Chancellor Glenn Hegar ‘93, Regent Jay Graham ‘92, Rep. Paul Dyson (R-14), Director of the A&M Semiconductor Institute Steve Putna and other stakeholders of the Semiconductor Institute at its ceremonial groundbreaking at the RELLIS campus on April 9. Speakers at the event focused on one point — Texas is stepping up to lead the United States, and the world, in the semiconductor industry.

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