“No justice, no peace.”
The Brazos Valley Black Panthers were present and lead peaceful protestors in chants for peace, unity and love as car horns honked in support.
@TheBattOnline
Hundreds of people have gathered along Texas Ave. from 29th Street to William J Bryan Pkwy for a second Sunday protest organized by Black Lives Matter B-CS.
@TheBattOnline
“What do we want? Sully down. When do we want it? Now.”
Protesters are marching toward the Lawrence Sullivan Ross statue in Academic Plaza.
@TheBattOnline
This afternoon the statue of Lawrence Sullivan Ross was the center of protests by those who want him to remain in Academic Plaza and those who want to see him removed.
@TheBattOnline
The first Midnight Yell Practice of the season will begin in about a half hour. Only yell leaders and members of the Aggie Band will be permitted in Kyle Field due to COVID-19 precautions.
@TheBattOnline
The anti-Sully protestors have congregated in front of
@tamulibraries
to discuss why the Sully statue does not belong in Academic Plaza.
@TheBattOnline
Press is waiting in
@TAMU
’s 21st Century Classroom Building for Dr. Deborah L. Birx, the White House COVID-19 response coordinator, to speak about her tour of the College Station vaccine facility + more.
@TheBattOnline
🔎Zoom in.🔍
Flecks of red paint still cover the face and neck of the 100+ year old statue of Lawrence Sullivan Ross after it was vandalized over two weeks ago.
@TheBattOnline
@TAMU
has created a “no-man’s land” in Academic Plaza. Sully supporters will be located on the right and Sully opposition will be located on the left.
@TheBattOnline
Update to the update: our leak is from the MSC dining area upstairs.
“It’s like we’re in the Rainforest Cafe!” -
@bradystonex
Reporting to you from the
@TheBattOnline
newsroom
Probably the most challenging photos I’ve taken for
@TheBattOnline
so far! Also...I learned how to make a GIF! Pick up a copy of The Battalion today🗞🗞🗞
The most famous Aggie on campus is
@Reveille
, so
@SECNetwork
took a look into the daily life of the Queen of Aggieland and her mascot corporal, Colton Ray! 👑
@AggieCorps
#tamu
News: Elizabeth Holmes reported to a federal women's prison camp in Bryan just after 12:30 p.m. today. She will serve her 11-year sentence there. (Photo by
@MeredithSeaver
)
Personal Opinion: If you’ve ever attended an
@AggieFootball
game, any
@12thMan
athletic event or worn maroon in support of
@TAMU
athletes you have no reason to be telling them to be silent.
.
@TAMU
's COVID-19 dashboard has now been updated through 08-26-2020
621 cases have been reported at Texas A&M between 08-14 and 08-26
614 of those cases are students
Below are graphical representations of all COVID-19 cases at Texas A&M University through 08-26
#TAMUCOVID
Letter from a member of
@TAMU
@KappaKappaGamma
to president Young: She's more angry about being forced to quarantine and getting called out than she is about being careless and exposing several hundred people to COVID.
Feeling overwhelmed during finals is common.
😄 Do something you enjoy every day.
👩💻👨💻 Organize your study space.
😴 Get 7 hours of sleep each day.
🚫 Set boundaries & say no to things.
👍 Stay positive.
More
@TAMU_CAPS
tips to
#BTHOfinals
⤵️
BREAKING: The University has updated its COVID-19 dashboard to show a 31.3 percent positivity rate last week. This is more than double the previous week's positivity rate. Story to come.
Jaylen Henderson just texted me his reaction to Petrino leaving:
“It’s unfortunate. I love coach petrino and appreciate him for believing in me and bringing me to A&M. This is about to be my fifth OC, so I’ll just have to prove myself again and get to know whoever comes in. I’m
From E King Gill in 1922 during the Dixie Classic to
@CGillaspia
getting the
#12thMan
pumped up these days... Today
@TAMU
we celebrate 96 years of standing behind our team in maroon
#GigEm
👍🏼
6/9/22. A historic day. As the Aggies took batting practice to prepare for the upcoming Super Regional, I witnessed something I have never seen before or heard of being done.
@jackmoss22
struck a ball with such perfection, that it hit the
@thedixiechicken
sign. What a time!
“I’m not a professor of journalism, I don’t understand exactly why [print media] is important to the field.”
How the
@TAMU
could say this and proceed to eliminate the print edition good 👏🏼question👏🏼
“Regardless,
@TheBattOnline
will print on Thursday, Feb. 17.”🗞
Texas A&M leadership orders The Battalion to stop printing weekly editions following abrupt ultimatum — join the university, or be stripped of resources, with only a day’s notice.
Combing through 7 years of
@TheBattOnline
photo archives was the least I could do for the Queen of Aggieland. From what I’ve seen,
@TAMU
students will shower
@reveille
with even more love.
“Of course, I always want more tests and more testing so we talked about how to expand testing both in the community and in the university,” - Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator.
@TheBattOnline
THREAD: Reporting on a pandemic as a student journalist is hard but reporting on a pandemic without an accurate data set is even harder.
Texas A&M students, faculty and staff are in the dark right now.
Long read follow up: Texas A&M plans to move forward with its journalism program despite Kathleen McElroy’s departure. But it’s now in flux w/o a director and there’s concern requirements won’t be fulfilled when reviewed by a state board on July 27.
One of my first assignments for
@TheBattOnline
Didn’t know it at the time but fish spurs have been happening since the Aggies played SMU in the 1920’s!
For generations, nonregs have asked: “What’s that jangling sound?” and “Wait, why do you have bottle caps on your shoes?” Luckily,
@MeredithSeaver
has the answers.
I might not be graduating with a degree in meteorology anymore, but learning from
@KBTXShel
in our
@tamu_atmo
Broadcast Meteorology class was one one of my favorites. Helped me find a love for photojournalism too...
CONGRATS DECEMBER GRADS! 🎓👍
Check out the last print edition of the semester to read about graduation plans, professors' feedback on the fall semester and senior staff swan songs!
📲:
@bradystonex
@TAMU
At this point the question is, was Stoops really the final guy for the job? He said he was “contacted” but by the sound of a lot of things flying around it never sounded like a done deal🤷🏻♀️