This week starts a new semester at Texas A&M San Antonio. While preparing for it to begin, I have been asking myself questions that I have never asked in my 17 years as a college professor. Questions like, can I still teach Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter From Birmingham Jail”? As we celebrate the national […]
Tag: Texas A&M
Posted inCulture
Finally Texas A&M Wins Something! Buc-ee’s Will Sell Its Goods on Campus
Finally, a win! Texas Aggies don’t have a lot of exciting things to talk about (yes, I’m a Longhorn), so when they start selling Buc-ee’s Beaver Nuggets at their campus student marketplaces, you better believe it’s going to be a big deal. Texas A&M University announced Wednesday that they’re the first university in the country […]
Posted inNews
‘Draggieland’ Is Back: Federal Court Blocks Unconstitutional Texas A&M Drag Ban
A federal judge temporarily blocked the Texas A&M University System’s ban on on-campus drag shows on Monday morning, allowing a student group to carry out an upcoming drag event on the College Station campus. Texas A&M’s drag ban violated the First Amendment, according to a ruling from Judge Lee H. Rosenthal of the U.S. District […]
Posted inNews
Women Are Saved! Texas A&M Just Banned Drag Shows on All 11 Campuses
Texas’ Republican lawmakers have long argued that drag shows endanger children. That was always a stretch, but Texas A&M University has taken things a step further. The university’s Board of Regents voted to ban drag performances on its 11 campuses, and the resolution, which unanimously passed on Friday, said drag show events are “likely to […]
Posted inPolitics
Abbott Threatens to Fire Texas A&M President Over a Conference Invitation for Black, Latino, and Native American Students
It’s a new year, but Gov. Greg Abbott’s got the same old hobby: staging dramatic meltdowns over diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. Yep, it’s another chapter in a never-ending DEI witch hunt starring Abbott, who’s once again playing tough guy for the right-wing crowd — and this time he’s threatening to fire the president of […]
Posted inSports
‘The Disdain is Palpable’: Longhorn-Aggie Game Reignites an Ancient Feud
After 13 long years, the University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University are back where they belong: doing battle on Saturday. Yes, the Longhorns and Aggies are playing football again. The ancient in-state enemies are set to play, finally, at Kyle Field this weekend in College Station. It’s an important game. Texas is […]
Posted inNews
5 Ways Texas Politicians Have Made It Harder for College Students to Vote
It’s no secret that certain Texas politicians are on a mission to make voting as hard as possible. Gov. Greg Abbott was out in front of the pack back in 2013. Hours after the Supreme Court’s decision in Shelby County v. Holder gutted parts of the Civil Rights Act, Texas’s then-attorney general was ready to […]
Posted inCulture
How Texas A&M’s 12th Man Ran Down the Best Player in College Football
We love a throwback. On Thursday, ESPN published a great retelling of “the most famous moment in the history of one of the most famous college football traditions” — the Texas A&M towel heist at the 1988 Cotton Bowl. Aggies are renowned for their traditions — and one of the biggest is the 12th Man. […]