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Cover Story: Rotten to the Corps

Web Extra: More Aggies Behaving Badly

A New Reveille for Texas A&M

This Just In: Watermelon Good for Blood Flow (and Erections)

Aggies Dissed, Miss Out On Getting A Dangerous New Lab

ARchiTecture: College of Architecture Faculty Biennial 2009

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Bryan City Officials Trying To Star In Their Own Version of

If you're a cop, you know what kind of call you don't want to get?Well, obviously, there's plenty of them, come to think of it. But take away all the death and dismemberment, the ones involving kids and buddies getting hit, and you know what must suck?Answering a domestic-disturbance call at the pol ... More >>

Swinish Behavior

Texas A&M's attempt to push an animal research center on a black neighborhood has raised a sour smell in College Station

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Texas A&M's attempt to push an animal research center on a black neighborhood has raised a sour smell in College Station

Rice Students Get Their Art Displayed On Billboards! In, Ummm, College Station

Photo by west.mIt's not every day that college art students get to see their work displayed on billboards, but that's what's happening with a group of Rice seniors - they'll just have to drive to College Station to it.Rice University was kind enough to send Hair Balls a press release explaining how ... More >>

“Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art”

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No Germ Lab for You

Texans Get Dissed

The Gougers

Texas twang meets indie rock

Luv Ya Maroon

Texas twang meets indie rock

Rotten to the Corps: A Question of Justice at Texas A&M

Thanks to A& M and a district attorney, two cadets escape punishment for beating in a student's face

One More for the Road

Local musicians regale us with more tales of woe, joy and debauchery

Blue Earth

Behind the Sun (Rehab Records)

Food Fight: We Need Your Help

Last week, the Houston Press started a little war of words on Twitter and on HAIF about the best pizza in Houston. Apparently, there's a disturbing number of people in Houston who honestly believe (whether because they've never eaten anywhere else -- not even at a Chuck E. Cheese -- or because ... More >>

The Disaster That Is College Station

​Via Swamplot, we've learned that College Station is a disaster. On purpose.Popular Mechanics offers a fascinating look at a 52-acre site near Aggieville that has been modeled to look like a town in the aftermath of a man-made or natural disaster. Finally, there is Disaster City itself, the urban ... More >>

For Teddy: Our Favorite Dead Kennedys Songs

​That's right, we went there. Longtime Massachussetts Senator Edward M. Kennedy, better known as Teddy, passed away late Tuesday night at age 77. News media sites have already gone to Defcon 2 - "A Famous Person Not Named Michael Jackson Has Died" - so Rocks Off thought we'd take a different appro ... More >>

George H.W. Bush To Aggies: Please Don't Be Aggies When Obama Visits

​President Obama is headed to College Station Friday, at the invitation of former President George H.W. Bush, to speak about community service and whatnot.Obama, having already spoken at Notre Dame earlier this career, apparently decided to find an even more hostile environment. (Next stop: Bob Jo ... More >>

World's Worst Counterfeiter Nabbed, (No Doubt) Laughed At

​The mind of a teen-aged boy: It is a wondrous, mysterious thing.The brain of a 17-year-old male can conduct an analysis that determines that it's entirely possible to scan two sides of a five-dollar bill, glue them together and then go get something at the local fast-food restaurant.We're ass ... More >>

Bulls On Parade: Our Favorite Songs About Livestock

​It's almost Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo time again. Our annual celebration of sub-par country music and pissed-off bovines stomping poor fools' nuts in the dirt kicks off March 2 and runs for almost three weeks. During which Houstonians will enjoy traffic-delaying wagon trains and more dou ... More >>

Young & Recessioned: James Nguyen And the Oh-So-Elusive Dream Job

​Today's installment of Young & Recessioned features James Nguyen, a 25-year-old Texas A&M grad who spent close to ten months unemployed before landing his current position. I never had a dream job. I started in computer engineering, then made my way to the business school, and I did ... More >>

Aggie Professors Trying To Recruit Gays? That's What Happens When Your Football Team Sucks

​Perhaps there's a side of Aggieland that we've never experienced, but Texas A&M, along with the entire College Station area, has never struck us as a place that accepts alternative lifestyles.But that could be changing, because the school's Faculty Senate took a step to attract more gay profe ... More >>

Don't Start A Band, Unless You Can Deal With Slippery Bar Owners

​ Starting a band sucks, writing music sucks and getting your band's name out there sucks too. But what sucks most is dealing with incompetent club owners. This week, Rocks Off caught up with Chris Ginsbach, drummer for the Literary Greats, who told us a tale of malfeasance and uncouth behavior in ... More >>

Aggies Recruit Teh Gheys

College Station, the San Francisco of Texas

Stolen, Huge Samurai Sculpture May Be In Houston; Where To Look?

Not exactly shoplifted​Anyone seen a $60,000 samurai sculpture? It's over 10 feet tall -- it'd kind of be hard to miss.Authorities believe it's somewhere in Houston, after being stolen in March from Heirloom Gardens in College Station.The "sculpture was reported missing after a public auction was ... More >>

Megan Roiz, Young & Recessioned: Not Even A Magician's Assistant Job

​Today's installment of Young & Recessioned features Megan Roiz, a 21-year-old senior at Texas A&M from Sugar Land who is having a tough time finding a part-time job for the summer. The first job I got, I was 16. I've worked at two different pet stores, I did a counselor job for a summer c ... More >>

Willie Movie Postponed; Woven Bones Cancel; Paul Wall Hosts Party

​Just a few late-breaking notes before Rocks Off gets the hell out of here... Austin lo-fi garage trio Woven Bones has canceled its show at Mango's tonight. No reason was given; all the more reason to go see Lightning Bolt and Indian Jewelry at Khon's. Aurora Picture Show's screening of W ... More >>

Christie Laverne Hawkins: Bryan Woman Demands Dealer Upgrades On Stolen Truck

Photo courtesy Brazos County SOChristie Hawkins, not to be messed with​Christie Laverne Hawkins might not be the brightest thief in College Station, but never let it be said that she suffers from a lack of nerve.Police in Aggieland says the 35-year-old Bryan resident not only stole a pick-up truck ... More >>

Ring Toss

Fratboy fracas has Aggies on edge.

Aggies Shelter In Place With Gunman Report (UPDATED: All Clear)

Texas A&M is in a lockdown mode after reports of a man carrying an AK-47 on campus.The school's "Code Maroon" warning page says no gunman has been found, but police are still searching.Reporters listening to the local police scanner say the shooter is described as a white male with olive or gree ... More >>

Sorry, Aggies: College Station Gets a "D"

Kazan is gonna be pissed.​Aggies may love their College Station, but the Daily Beast doesn't: The national Web site gives the city a "D" in its rankings of America's smartest college towns. College Station, you're no Cambridge or Berkeley. On the bright side, you're not South Bend, either: Th ... More >>

Parents Baffled By Outbreak of Birth Defects in Aggieland

Tied to plant fire? State will investigate.​When five families in Bryan-College Station conceived children with an uncommon -- and usually fatal -- birth defect, they began searching for answers. And now, state health investigators and Texas A&M researchers are also part of that search. The ... More >>

Alex Ford, Convicted of Drunkenly Driving a Maserati into a Cop, Asks for No Jail Time

Officer Terry Sheets faced loss of a leg ​Last year we told you about Alex Taylor Ford, now 23, the Houstonian who drove a Maserati into a College Station police car, hitting an officer who suffered severe leg injuries as a result. She blew a 0.164 after the incident; a jury convicted her of ... More >>

Rain's A-Comin', And So's Your Chance to Win Hangover 2 Passes

Oh, it's coming​It looks like Houston will finally get hit with some serious rain -- the kind that comes, in spots, with nickle-sized hail, as happened in College Station. Let's face it: We need it. While you're enjoying this strange phenomenon, which should begin about 2 p.m. or so, don't f ... More >>

Jeff Van Gundy Says "No Thanks" to Texas A&M

Jeff Van Gundy reacts to having to work with AAU "agents."​It seems like every year, as we head into the "boring phase" of the sports calendar (best known as the point where the Texans' and Rockets' offseason intersects with the Astros' regular season), some stories inevitably pop up to keep t ... More >>

An Aggie Tradition

The Brisket House on Woodway serves up a College Station classic.

Ex-Con Jason Wayne Crockett Lives Up to Middle Name and Nickname

Brazos County JailJason Wayne "Crash 'Em Up" Crockett​We've said it before and we are duty-bound to say it again: Please, parents, get off the Wayne train when your baby needs a name. And as if having that apparently-crime-causing middle name wasn't bad enough, 28-year-old Jason Wayne Crocket ... More >>

For Texas A&M: A Guide to the SEC

Welcome to the family, Aggies.​Earthshaking news that you might have missed if you're not a sports fan: Texas A&M is leaving the Big 12 to go to the Southeastern Conference. If you're not a sports fan, perhaps your earth has remained unshaken, but it's a monster step for the Aggies. To help ... More >>

Pop Rocks: R.E.M. - Talking About The Passion

So terribly, terribly young.​News of R.E.M.'s demise yesterday wasn't so much greatly exaggerated as it was endlessly propagated. I follow less than 100 people on Twitter and I'd conservatively estimate 500 of them made some mention of it. Quite a reaction to what has to be one of the most und ... More >>

Pop Rocks: R.E.M. -- They Got There From Here

So terribly, terribly young.​News of R.E.M.'s demise yesterday wasn't so much greatly exaggerated as it was endlessly propagated. I follow less than 100 people on Twitter and I'd conservatively estimate 500 of them made some mention of it. Quite a reaction to what has to be one of the most und ... More >>

Dustin "Young Spliff" Aleman: College Station Teen's Diabolical Criminal Scheme Foiled By Lunch Lady

World domination, one bogus dollar at a time​A College Station teen was arrested yesterday after he attempted to pass off two counterfeit bills in the cafeteria of A&M Consolidated High School. According to the Bryan-College Station Eagle, police say that 17-year-old Dustin Dominique Aleman g ... More >>

Michael Brown's Sex Tips

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