Thursday, October 16, 2008

Texas A&M

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Texas A&M, BU, and Vanderbilt Expand Their Aid Programs

The increased financial aid helps families, but the schools are challenged to raise the extra money. more >>

Texas A&M-Galveston Students Relocated to College Station

Ike's destruction forces students to A&M's flagship campus, likely for the remainder of the semester. more >>

Hurricane Ike Closes Schools

Colleges in Louisiana and Texas evacuate students; football games are moved, rescheduled, or canceled. more >>

For Texas, $300 million in Drilling Profits

The UT system sees an 80 percent increase in profits from oil and natural gas drilling on its land. more >>

Trail Mix: Penn State Impeachment and Texas A&M Mascot Debate

The Interfraternity Council at Penn State University has impeached its president; students at Texas A&M really care about their mascot more >>

Old War Horses Team Up Again

The duo who orchestrated the first Gulf War, former President George H.W. Bush and his national security adviser Brent Scowcroft, is once again on the same page. more >>

It's a One-Way Street in Texas

Give former President George H. W. more >>

Trail Mix

*UC-Davis is opening its own Robert Mondavi Institute, the California Aggie reports. Best final exams ever?. more >>

Prospect of New Hooters Falls Flat for Some Locals

Local murders and a drunk-driving epidemic pale in comparison with the atrocities committed by a restaurant that serves "two kinds of buns"—or at least that's what one sarcastic Texas A&M Battalion columnist argues.. more >>

At Texas A&M, Robert Gates Could Stay Up Late

The best parts about being president of Texas A&M, the new U.S. more >>

Trail Mix--Special Thanksgiving Edition

The University of Texas and Texas A&M will have a showdown on the football field this Friday as they do every year. But maybe this time, unlike the past six meetings, Texas A&M will win. more >>

Trail Mix

One student died and three others were in critical condition after a fire struck a Nebraska Wesleyan University fraternity house this weekend, the Daily Nebraskan reports. The UCLA student who says he was Tasered by police last week plans to file a lawsuit, the Daily Bruin reports. more >>

Texas A&M Corps of Cadets Loves Robert Gates

What does a university president know about national defense? In addition to his previous service with the CIA, Robert Gates has this to add to his résumé: a record of re-energizing Texas A&M's corps of cadets, the Battalion reports . Gates is President Bush's choice to replace Donald Rumsfeld as secretary of defense. more >>

Texas A&M Will Let Gates Go to Washington

Robert Gates led a "revolution" at Texas A&M, but the country will benefit from his move to higher office, the school's students and faculty told the Battalion yesterday.. more >>

Robert Gates: The Texas A&M Years

Robert Gates, Bush's recommended Rumsfeld replacement, has filled the shoes of a big-footed predecessor before. In October 2002, he replaced Ray Bowen as president of Texas A&M University, taking on not just the legacy of the eight-year-term president but also his Vision 2020 plan to make Texas A&M a top 10 public university by the year 2020. more >>

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