Texas A&M student Seanna Faith climbed on top of a camera platform in an attempt to get officials to stop the show at last night’s
#ASTROWORLDFest
concert where 8 people died.
The Battalion has existed in print for 129 years.
A&M President Kathy Banks has been in her position for less than a year and is trying to stop the production of the over century old print product.
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.
No, this isn’t a scene from World War Z, it’s Texas A&M students running to the first deck to storm the field after
@AggieFootball
’s win over No. 1 Alabama.
#BAMAvsTAMU
On our way home we passed the very first Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band practice of the semester.
Watch this video for one of the first looks at this year’s Band!
@AggieCorps
@TAMU
Hey!
IDK if y’all knew this but Texas A&M reported almost 1,000 cases of COVID-19 in August and have yet to release any information regarding what would trigger a move to online instruction!
👋
HAPPENING NOW: U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz walks onstage to applause in
@TAMU
’s Rudder Theater. Looks like there are about 700+ people in attendance for his podcast’s live show.
Watch live:
Texas source tells me Jim Schlossnagle will bring his outstanding staff of pitching coach Max Weiner, recruiting coordinator Nolan Cain and hitting coach Michael Earley with him to the Longhorns.
Then-President Kathy Banks* traded bitter texts with Then-Interim Dean Jose Luis Bermudez** on July 11 about Kathleen McElroy after she backed out of the
@TAMU
Jour. director job.
*Banks resigned 10 days later
**Bermudez resigned 6 days later
More:
being a journalist taking a friend on a tour of the city is like
yeah this is our neighborhood Smoothie King one time the manager fired someone and the fired employee kidnapped them and beat them up.
Following a “successful fall semester” A&M will return to in-person classes on Jan. 18.
*Over 4,500 students, faculty & staff tested positive during the fall semester and one 20-year-old student died in September from complications of COVID-19.
Texas A&M employees are expected to return to work in-person on Jan. 10. Following a successful fall semester, in-person spring classes will start as planned Tuesday, Jan. 18.
Read more:
This woman's name is Becky Clark. She told
@juliaapotts
she is not a former student at A&M, but she enjoys visiting Confederate monuments around Texas.
Responding to today’s news,
@rolandsmartin
has a scathing message for
@TAMU
.
“Let me be also clear, to Texas A&M: I will never represent the university publicly again because of what you have done.”
➡️
Texas A&M senior Bharti Shahani died last night. She had been in critical condition on a ventilator since Travis Scott’s Nov. 5 Astroworld Festival.
#Here
✨Some personal news✨
Soon I will be joining
@HoustonChron
as their Weekend Digital Producer! I am so excited to get started and move to Houston — a city I’ve loved visiting since I was a kid. Send me your food recs in the 713 + any advice you have!
Don’t be mistaken about who these vocal, anti-DEI constituents are .
@TheBattOnline
did a deep dive last year on the exact type of hyper-conservative, anti-diversity and anti-LGBTQ+ Texas A&M alumni who A&M administrators take meetings with.
.
@TAMU
former student Elizabeth Alexander, Class of 2001, will serve on the senior White House communication staff as the Communications Director for the First Lady. ⤵️
I’ve long admired Elizabeth’s intellect, grace, and optimism during her many years on the Biden team. We know her as a consummate professional and manager with a contagious enthusiasm.
I’m thrilled to have
@EAlexander332
lead our FLOTUS communications team!
So happy to be graduating from
@TAMU
tomorrow! 🎓🥳
- BA in Journalism
- Editor-in-chief of
@TheBattOnline
- 5x journalism internships
- 100s of bylines
- Too many redbulls drank
- Up next:
@KCStar
via
@DJNF
Graduate student workers arrived at the Administration Building to protest for worker safety around 10 a.m. today.
I’m told many of them are being forced to teach in person or risk termination for what would be considered striking.
@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.
Things I saw on TexAgs’ politics forums today:
- harassment of a student athlete
- veiled threats directed at a college student
- “BLM is a terrorist organization”
- lots of bigots hiding behind pseudonyms and anonymous usernames
LOL I didn’t think this tweet would be controversial bUT covering campus news is literally my job so please acknowledge this and refrain from DMing me and call me a narc
I’m reporting on
@TAMU
’s response to the social distance order that limits gatherings of 10 people.
Have you filed a student conduct report on a group of people? Seen large gatherings of 10+ people w/o masks? DM me!
Texas A&M has had three administrators announce their departure this month:
- VP and Assoc. Provost for Diversity Dr. Robin Means Coleman
- President Michael K. Young
- Provost and Executive VP Carol A. Fierke
Texas A&M has quietly updated their COVID-19 dashboard with data from this last weekend.
Aug. 23: 40 students, 1 faculty/staff test positive
Aug. 24: 44 students test positive
Updated overall testing positivity: 13.1%
NEW: In a university-wide email, The Office of the Provost has announced that, effective immediately, no eating or drinking will be permitted in university teaching classrooms.
As the 126-year-old independent student voice of Texas A&M, The Battalion is committed to the values that are embedded in the culture of
@TAMU
. Uniquely, these values line up very well with journalistic ethics.
My final shift with the
@TexasTribune
was devastating. I’m proud of the work we did today and I’m so thankful to have been in the hands of such careful, considerate journalists.
But still, it’s so horrifying and I’m profoundly sad.
One large piece of information I missed talking about last night: More white students responded to the Sully Survey (13,000+) than the total number of all students who voted in the spring student body election (10,000+).
Some exciting ✨personal news✨
I am so happy to announce i will be the editor-in-chief at
@TheBattOnline
for the next three semesters! I’m so excited to work with our amazing staff and build upon the hard work our former editors have done!
My grandpa passed away yesterday so here are some of my favorite photos of him.
1) yes I’m pretty sure that’s an OSHA violation
2) he was never the type to lie about how big a fish he caught was
3) he had no idea who Spider-Man was but he found that hat on the side of the road
These photos from the Friday and Saturday protests in College Station are the most telling of the story that I am seeing with small town protests across the nation.
Shoutout to
@MeredithSeaver
for capturing College Station's part of this moment in history.
@TheBattOnline
NEW: Texas A&M has 1,200 confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of last Friday and tested over 30,000 campus members in August. The other ~40K are required to be tested by Sept. 10.
I’m so grateful to announce that I will be joining
@TexasTribune
this spring as an engagement fellow! 🥳
This is truly a dream come true and I am incredibly excited to get to work with
@bobbycblanchard
and everyone on the audience team.
Two
@TAMU
SBP debates are happening right now: one addressing diversity and one addressing free speech. At this time it’s unclear which was scheduled first, but candidates are split and unable to personally attend both. |
@TheBattOnline
On Monday, President Banks announced the addition of two students from
@TheBattOnline
and media experts to the
#TAMU
Journalism Working Group.
The group will focus on the path forward for the independent student newspaper and Department of Journalism:
BREAKING:
@aggietfxc
standout Athing Mu has announced she will forgo her remaining NCAA eligibility and go pro.
As a freshman at A&M, Mu holds multiple program and collegiate records and won two NCAA titles earlier this month.
✨Some personal news✨
After graduation next month, I’ll be moving to Kansas City this summer to intern on
@KCStar
’s audience team via the
@DJNF
! I’m so excited to get started with
@hwise29
and her team!
+
✨Some personal news✨
After fielding a couple of opportunities, I have accepted a position with A&M’s School of Public Health! With this position I’ll be expanding my writing repertoire into medical reporting and helping run the
@TAMU_SPH
social media pages. 🥳
🚨 TAMU STUDENTS 🚨
Don’t forget! You can apply for emergency COVID-19 aid for rent, food, technology and outstanding student fees.
Login to your Howdy ➡️ open your Financial Aid Portal ➡️ click the Resources tab ➡️ submit the emergency aid application!
A group of at least 200 people have gathered in Bryan at the intersection of Texas Ave. and 29th Street for the third day of peaceful protests.
@TheBattOnline
Big news:
@HoustonChron
* is dropping its paywall for stories posted on Reddit as we look to build trust on the platform! 🫶
*((+ other Hearst papers)) 👀
➡️
Texas A&M will have two Election Day polling locations:
- Rudder Tower
- College of Medicine
Both of these locations will be open from 7a.m. to 7 p.m.!
The anti-Sully protesters seem to be a group of mostly current students with a handful of alumni or older Bryan-College Station locals.
The group of pro-Sully protesters seem to be a group of mostly former students or older Bryan-College Station locals.
@TheBattOnline
Some ✨cool✨ news!
I was named honorable mention Reporter of the Year by the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association for my work in 2020! So thankful for this honor and a HUGE congratulations to
@CecilLenzen
who is so deserving of first place in this category! 🥳
Follow this
@TexasTribune
Twitter list I made today for winter weather + power grid updates from Texas journalists, meteorologists and state agencies. ⬇️
122 students reported a positive case of COVID-19 on Aug. 26 according to updated data on
@TAMU
’s COVID-19 dashboard.
This is the largest single-day increase in cases and 675 total cases of COVID-19 have been reported since Aug. 2.
PSA for major newsrooms: This
@TexasTribune
story links back to
@TheBattOnline
’s coverage of a campus protest. 👏
Supporting student journalism doesn’t mean just hiring interns to work for you, it means treating college newsrooms like the legitimate media outlets they are.
Following the death of a 20-year-old A&M student, some students and faculty members are demanding more stringent coronavirus precautions from university officials, even if it means defying Gov. Greg Abbott’s orders.
Couldn’t have said it better myself!
Aggies if you learn of any confirmed cases in your dorms/apartments my DM’s are open or email me at editor
@thebatt
.com!
UT says it "doesn't make sense" to let everyone in a residence hall know if someone has tested positive.
I disagree. Email me at managingeditor
@thedailytexan
.com if you learn of any confirmed COVID-19 cases.
So many people leaving comments missed the whole point. They came to argue, rebuttal, perform mental gymnastics around racism. To tell us how to feel about our experiences.
The point is to LISTEN.
Protestors are lining the sidewalks from 29th Street to 26th Street in Bryan, TX. In the short time I’ve been here, the number of protesters seems to have increased to what I would estimate as at least 300 people now.
@TheBattOnline
Also the bottom line is reporting a public health violation ≠ being a narc.
Awfully weird stuff in my DMs coming from students who attend a school with Selfless Service and Respect as a core value...
I unfortunately have no ✨personal news✨ to tweet at the moment, as I am still searching for a summer internship.
If you know of any publications or organizations looking for journalism/communication interns for summer 2021 please send them my way!
NEW: Several student organizations, including the Council for Minority Student Affairs, are organizing a counter protest in response to Mike Pence’s speaking event on campus this Thursday.
Here is their list of demands. ⬇️
In college I wanted to make extra money so I tried Doordashing and when delivering my first order I dropped 2 drinks and they spilled at their doorstep and then I deleted the app and never delivered another order.
Three sitting regents and one former regent met with the conservative alumni group but did not wish to be “outed” for their involvement.
They are: Michael J. Plank, Mike Hernandez, Cliff Thomas and former Regent Phil Adams
“They want to work from the top down.”
Leaked documents from a group called The Rudder Association allege close relationships with “numerous” top A&M administrators and take credit for influence on a variety of policy changes, with the goal of guiding A&M’s next “100 years.”
Howdyyy!
• TAMU ‘22
• journalism major, comm minor
• former
@TheBattOnline
editor
• twin 😁
•
@AggieWBB
’s No. 1 fan
• follow me for some campus news + stupid tweets sprinkled in between 🥳
#tamufollowtrain
BIG TEXAS JOURNALISM NEWS: Kathleen McElroy, a 1981 Texas A&M graduate, will oversee the program’s vision to prepare the next generation of journalists, forge collaborations and work to rebuild community confidence in the free press. 👍
New podcast, who dis? 👀
Stop scrolling and listen to our very first episode of “The Batt Signal”, The Battalion’s new podcast that will update you on everything Texas A&M!
🎧:
Today’s issue of
@TheBattOnline
shows the importance of its print edition.
The design of this edition highlights what The Batt does best: produces thoughtful coverage of
@TAMU
— one of the most tradition-rich universities in the country.
There is no comparison to make here.
Huge news out of A&M. A consulting group has released a comprehensive review with recommendations for A&M moving forward that include establishing a journalism department. ⬇️
President Banks is asking the Aggie community to take the time to read the report on recommendations to improve
#TAMU
. All are invited to share feedback at .
Read President Banks’ note:
A HUUUUGE shoutout is in order for
@TheBattOnline
’s new illustrator
@gabbyshreve
!
Her work is stunning and elevates the content they are paired with flawlessly! Stay tuned for more from her! 👀
Once again seeing lots of Aggies on national television not wearing a mask at their seats in Kyle Field.
Here’s the full page ad that
@TAMU
bought in this week’s print edition of
@TheBattOnline
. ⤵️
.
@12thMan
has said face masks are required everywhere in Kyle Field except when eating or drinking. That means you should be wearing your masks when at your assigned seats, Aggies.
Excited to continue into the spring semester as editor-in-chief of
@TheBattOnline
and I’m so proud of our staff for weathering every storm 2020 has thrown at us!
Interested in joining us? DM me and I can get you set up with an application!
being an audience journalist in Texas means checking Google Trends every Sunday even though you know it's mostly variations of "when can you buy beer today?"