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Come On Aggies! Cheer For The President! He's Almost As Good As Your Football Team!

It's not easy being a George W. Bush supporter these days. Even at Texas A&M.The Aggies, of course, have the somewhat dubious honor of having Bush deliver a speech to their December graduates. If there's anyplace in the US outside of Utah, or maybe Kennebunkport, where this event would go over w ... More >>

Letters

It's not easy being a George W. Bush supporter these days. Even at Texas A&M.The Aggies, of course, have the somewhat dubious honor of having Bush deliver a speech to their December graduates. If there's anyplace in the US outside of Utah, or maybe Kennebunkport, where this event would go over w ... More >>

Letters

It's not easy being a George W. Bush supporter these days. Even at Texas A&M.The Aggies, of course, have the somewhat dubious honor of having Bush deliver a speech to their December graduates. If there's anyplace in the US outside of Utah, or maybe Kennebunkport, where this event would go over w ... More >>

Houston Dog Shows Up All Them New York Bitches (And Dudes)

The winner of the big prize at Madison Square Garden's prestigious Westminster Dog Show is a spniel from Houston who should be retired and who goes by the true Texas name of Stump.His formal name is Clussexx Three D Grinchy Glee, but then again no one calls Racehorse Haynes by his given name either. ... More >>

Luv Ya Maroon

The winner of the big prize at Madison Square Garden's prestigious Westminster Dog Show is a spniel from Houston who should be retired and who goes by the true Texas name of Stump.His formal name is Clussexx Three D Grinchy Glee, but then again no one calls Racehorse Haynes by his given name either. ... More >>

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

Political Padre: Raymundo Chávez Vázquez and Illegal Immigration

An activist Roman Catholic priest with little English is sent to conservative Aggieland

Children at Risk

An activist Roman Catholic priest with little English is sent to conservative Aggieland

Fatal Attraction

In the cultlike customs of Texas A&M, tradition is life. Even in death.

Texas A&M's President Goes Out In A Blaze Of Bad Headlines, Great Official Statements

God bless the Aggies. Who else could hire a new president amidst much fanfare (She's Hispanic, y'all!!) and then fire her 18 months later?Although we're not quite sure why she got fired. Sure, as we showed last week via an Open Records Act request, she was given a not-so-hot job review, but hey, tha ... More >>

Not So Clear Cut

What are you really eating when you order fajitas in a Tex-Mex restaurant?

Wanna Know Where Meat Comes From?

Food Inc. debuted in Texas last week. The producers of the movie talk about a "curtain" that's been deliberately placed between consumers and the meat they are eating. "The industry doesn't want you to know the truth about what you're eating. Because if you knew, you might not want to eat it," the ... More >>

A Chat with David Luna of Shade

Chef David Luna​David Luna helms the kitchen as executive chef at Shade (250 W. 19th St., in the Heights), which was named top New American restaurant in Texas by the Zagat survey. Who were your cooking inspirations?Funny you should start with that question. My grandmother's funeral was tod ... More >>

The Aggies Know Great Architecture When They See It, Especially If It's Done By An Aggie

​Texas A&M University created an architectural award this year, the Spirit of Place medal, "envisioned as becoming one of the world's premier built-environment awards," according to a press release from the school.The university wants its new award to be "viewed in the same light" as the Stirl ... More >>

BBQ Brisket Tasting at Texas A&M

​The Barbecue 101 class for freshman at Texas A&M is using my Legends of Texas Barbecue as a textbook, so I was invited to be the guest lecturer last Friday. The subject was brisket, and the theme was "To Wrap, or Not to Wrap." I talked about the history and methodology of brisket cooking, and ... More >>

Diamond In The Back, Sunroof Down For Aggie Women's Hoops

​ Ladies and gentlemen, the new media guide for the Texas A&M women's basketball team. We've got nothing against players dressing up (unlike this columnist from Seattle, who thinks this trend has something to do with homophobia), but we have to ask: What the hell is coach Gary Blair doing?His ... More >>

Hole-A-Balloo, Kaneck Kaneck: Aggie Journalist Wonders Why A&M Is Riddled With Glory Holes

Screensave from 40scressports.com​When we struggled our way through J-school before finally dropping out in a PICA-pole induced snit, we never thought that the day would come when we would find ourselves on the Texas-Louisiana glory-hole beat for a blog called Hair Balls, but here we are...Shortly ... More >>

Inside Aggieland with a Corps of Cadets-Inspired Resignation

​It's been about a month since Texas A&M named its new president, following the resignation of Elsa Murano, and some of the heaviest fall out has surrounded the Corps of Cadets. The day after R. Bowen Loftin was given the job in January as the university's president, Lieutenant General Joh ... More >>

Young & Recessioned: Haley Knight -- Forwarding Phone Calls Kinda Sounds Like "Communications," Right?

​The Big Recession may have hit the rest of America harder than it has Houston, but that doesn't mean we're not feeling the effects. Especially the youngest people in the job market -- whether it's twentysomethings trying to start their dreamed-of career or teens looking to begin making money on t ... 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 >>

Happy Hour Scene: Mugsy's

​The Place: Mugsy's 2239 Richmond Ave. 713-522-7118www.mugsyshouston.comThe Hours: Monday through Friday 4-8 p.m.The Deals: Domestic beers are $2.50, imports are $3.25, and drafts are $3.50. Well drinks and house wine is $3. All other drinks are $1 cheaper than normal. The Scene: Mugsy's is a ... More >>

Rap Goes To College: 5 More Possible Hip-Hop Professors

​Rice University just got a lot more... trill. Never thought you'd hear those words in the same sentence? Yeah, us too. But as hiphopdx.com reports, you just might be seeing a lot more "Diamonds and Wood" and "Front, Back & Side to Side" in the Rice University parking lot. That's because B ... More >>

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 >>

Aggies Again OK In-State Tuition For Illegals

Aggies' move on illegals falls again​The Texas A&M Student Senate refused last night to override the veto of a bill that would have barred in-state tuition to illegal aliens. The Bryan-College Station Eagle reported that a vigorous, at times loud debate took place before the vote. The impact ... More >>

A&M Cadets Get Four Years Probation in Assault

The case of Zach Corcoran and the Corps of Cadets finally comes to an end. ​The long and strange saga of Zach Corcoran and the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets came to a close today when Edward Helle and Steven Ramirez, the two cadets who beat up Corcoran, pled guilty to assault charges in a Brazos C ... More >>

Best Public School Bargains: UT, A&M But Not UH

UH: Not in the top 100 bargains​Kiplinger's has released its annual list of the best bargains among the country's public schools and Cougars, you ain't on it. Three Texas schools made the list -- UT-Austin, Texas A&M and UT-Dallas, which is in Richardson but who's asking? None of the schools ... More >>

Aggie Frat Member Shot and Killed a Pet Goat, For Some Frat-Related Reason

Aggie frat is a different kind of animal house​Late last year, Texas A&M ordered a weeklong stoppage of all fraternity social activities in order to reinforce rules governing the groups. The university didn't lay out any specifics for what sparked their action, but the Bryan-College Station E ... More >>

Comment of the Day: Aggies and Their Goats

​We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involv ... More >>

Breastfeeding: Aggie Professor Joan Wolf Questions the Battle Against the Bottle

Texas A&MJoan Wolf asks if the breast is best​Ever since First Lady Michelle Obama talked about removing barriers for breastfeeding mothers last week, we've been thinking more than usual about boobs. Maybe that's why we were interested to read about a Texas A&M researcher's new book, Is Breas ... More >>

Aggie Conservatives Denounce Gay Seminar With Single Greatest Quote in 21st-Century Higher Education

Aggie chastity belts available in maroon and white​Conservative groups at Texas A&M are shocked if not outraged if not offended if not panties-wadded about a (gasp!) "Safe and Fun Sex" seminar apparently given by the GLBT Resource Center. Sex therapist Cay Crow (or, as the conservatives' broa ... More >>

Texas A&M: Where Men Are Women, When It Comes To Title IX

Aggie women's basketball: Why aren't the dudes pictured?​The New York Times is out today with an interesting look at how colleges cook the books in order to comply with Title IX, the federal law that requires equality in men's and women's collegiate sports. In order not to get afoul of the fe ... More >>

Aggies & "Anal Play": A Nation's Shame

"Anal Play": Heavy breathing in Aggieland​The startling screencap to your left, taken from a KHOU report, shows the degradation and decadence that is overpowering the hallowed campus of Texas A&M. In deep shadow, perverts watch a TV that, if you look (really) closely, is displaying the title ... More >>

"Aggie Owned & Operated": Warning Or Bragging?

Consider yourself warned.​Texas A&M will have a ceremony later this week honoring a Houston insurance business as the first in what they hope will be a large program called "Aggie Owned & Operated." Barhorst Insurance Group on the northwest side of town will host the ceremony and be the honor ... More >>

Comment of the Day: Pride of the Aggies

​We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involv ... More >>

Five Jobs for Fastow

Enron honcho needs work.

Aggies More Financially Successful Than Longhorns, Cougars, According to Study

​Looks like the tea sippers need to work a little harder and/or become a bit more driven to best the Aggies. PayScale recently published a study that breaks down earned income for college graduates. The 2010-11 survey, which is supported by 2010 United States Census data, is broken into two ... More >>

Rick Perry, Aggie Football Hero

The closest Rick Perry ever got to playing football at Texas A&M was being a cheerleader -- sorry, a "yell leader," as the Aggies call them, because it's so much manlier. But once he started giving tax breaks to EA Sports to attract them to Texas, he's now a QB with a tight spiral and the ability ... More >>

Texas A&M Athletics: No Longer a Bridesmaid to UT?

​Maybe, just maybe, Texas A&M is about to stop being the University of Texas-Austin's bitch. On Thursday, the Texas A&M Board of Regents will meet in a closed-door, informational confab, according to a San Antonio Express-News report, to discuss the Longhorn Network, a 24-hour-a-day channel ... More >>

Comment of the Day: Rick Perry, Texas A&M QB, Properly Captioned

​We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involv ... 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 >>

Texas A&M Students Rally in Support of Wildfire Relief with Towels

​Say what you want about the Aggies, they are a dedicated bunch of fans. How many people do you know willing to stand for every football game for an entire season? Now, A&M students have directed some of that passion at raising money to aid victims and firefighters impacted by the massive ... More >>

Texas 1015 Supersweet Onions

Photo by John KielyThey look like scallions now...​If you consider the rise of a Full Harvest Moon to be the end of the gardening season, then you aren't from Texas. On any day of the year there's at least one crop you can plant or seed in the ground, and have a productive crop weeks or month ... More >>