Editing Texas A&M University (section)

==Student life==
{| class="wikitable floatright sortable collapsible"; text-align:right; font-size:80%;"
|+ style="font-size:90%" |Student body composition as of May 2, 2023
|-
! Race and ethnicity<ref>{{cite web |title=College Scorecard: Texas A&M University-College Station|url=https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?228723-Texas-A-M-University-College-Station |publisher=[[United States Department of Education]] |access-date=March 20, 2024}}</ref>
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total
|-
| [[Non-Hispanic whites|White]]
|align=right| {{bartable|57|%|2||background:gray}}
|-
| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]
|align=right| {{bartable|25|%|2||background:green}}
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
|align=right| {{bartable|10|%|2||background:purple}}
|-
| Other{{efn|Other consists of [[Multiracial Americans]] & those who prefer to not say.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|3|%|2||background:brown}}
|-
| [[African Americans|Black]]
|align=right| {{bartable|2|%|2||background:mediumblue}}
|-
| [[Foreign national]]
|align=right| {{bartable|1|%|2||background:orange}}
|-
! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |[[Economic diversity]]
|-
| [[American lower class|Low-income]]{{efn|The percentage of students who received an income-based federal [[Pell grant]] intended for low-income students.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|23|%|2||background:red}}
|-
| [[Affluence in the United States|Affluent]]{{efn|The percentage of students who are a part of the [[American middle class]] at the bare minimum.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|77|%|2||background:black}}
|}

===Residential life===
[[File:Sbisa.jpg|Sbisa Dining Hall and central utility plant water tower sporting the greeting, "Welcome to Aggieland"|thumb|right|alt=A neoclassical building with columns in front of a water tower sporting the greeting, "Welcome to Aggieland"]]

{{As of|2020|post=,}} approximately 20% of the Texas A&M student body lived on campus, primarily in one of two distinct housing sections located on opposite ends of the campus.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/texas-am-university-college-station-10366/student-life#:~:text=Texas%20A%26M%20University%20has%20a,of%20students%20live%20off%20campus.|title=Texas A&M University Student Life|access-date=July 30, 2021|work=U.S. News & World Report |url-status=live|archive-date=October 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019161116/https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/texas-am-university-college-station-10366/student-life#:~:text=Texas%20A%26M%20University%20has%20a,of%20students%20live%20off%20campus.}}</ref> Both the Northside and Southside areas contain student residence halls. Some halls are single-sex.<ref name="womack">{{cite news|last=Womack |first=Stuart |title=Dorms Go Through Changes |work=[[The Battalion]] |date=August 23, 2006 |url=http://media.www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2006/08/23/News/Dorms.Go.Through.Changes-2237564.shtml |access-date=April 30, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929082945/http://media.www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2006/08/23/News/Dorms.Go.Through.Changes-2237564.shtml |archive-date=September 29, 2007 }}</ref> Several halls include a "substance-free" floor whose residents pledge to refrain from bringing [[alcoholic beverage]]s, [[recreational drug]]s, or [[tobacco product]]s into the hall.<ref name="dorms2002">{{cite news|title=A New Place to Hang Your Hat|work=[[The Battalion]]|date=September 2, 2002|url=http://media.www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2002/09/02/Campus/A.New.Place.To.Hang.Your.Hat-518397.shtml|access-date=April 30, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071124065615/http://media.www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2002/09/02/Campus/A.New.Place.To.Hang.Your.Hat-518397.shtml|archive-date=November 24, 2007}}</ref>

Northside consists of seventeen student residence halls, including two dedicated to [[honors student]]s.<ref name="northside">{{cite web|title=Northside Halls |publisher=Texas A&M University |year=2007 |url=http://reslife.tamu.edu/housing/halls/location/northside.asp |access-date=April 30, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070522080144/http://reslife.tamu.edu/housing/halls/location/northside.asp |archive-date=May 22, 2007}}</ref> Approximately half of the residence halls on campus are reserved for members of the Corps of Cadets.<ref name=CorpsDorms>{{cite web|title=Corps Housing |publisher=Texas A&M University |year=2022 |url=https://reslife.tamu.edu/options/corps/ |access-date=January 8, 2022}}</ref> The university also has four major apartment complexes for both staff and students, which are located both on and adjacent to the campus.<ref name="near campus">{{cite web |title=Near Campus Apartments |publisher=Texas A&M University Department of Residence Life |url=https://reslife.tamu.edu/options/near-campus/ |access-date=July 30, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-date=October 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019161056/https://reslife.tamu.edu/options/near-campus/ }}</ref><ref name="on campus apt">{{cite web |title=Apartments |publisher=Texas A&M University Department of Residence Life |url=https://reslife.tamu.edu/options/apartments/ |access-date=July 30, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-date=July 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730225107/https://reslife.tamu.edu/options/apartments/ }}</ref>

Facilities for the Corps of Cadets are located in the Quadrangle, known as [[List of Texas Aggie terms#Q|"The Quad"]], an area consisting of dormitories, Duncan Dining Hall, and the Corps training fields.<ref name=ResLifeCorps>{{cite web|title=Corps Housing|publisher=Texas A&M University |date=May 2021 |url=https://reslife.tamu.edu/options/corps/|access-date=December 21, 2021}}</ref><ref name="cadethandbook">{{cite web|title=Cadet Resident Handbook |publisher=Texas A&M University |date=May 2006 |url=http://corpshousing.tamu.edu/ |access-date=April 30, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070426082348/http://corpshousing.tamu.edu/ |archive-date=April 26, 2007}}</ref> The Corps Arches, a series of twelve arches that allude to the spirit of [[Traditions of Texas A&M University#12th Man|the 12th Man]], mark the entrance to the Quadrangle.<ref name="archesBatt">{{cite news|title=Corps and military monuments on campus|work=[[The Battalion]]|url=https://www.thebatt.com/news/corps-and-military-monuments-on-campus/article_5313e2f2-4007-11e9-8015-1fbc37f4f3d5.html|access-date=December 21, 2021|date=March 6, 2019|first=Abigail|last=Ochoa|archive-date=December 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222215513/https://www.thebatt.com/news/corps-and-military-monuments-on-campus/article_5313e2f2-4007-11e9-8015-1fbc37f4f3d5.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="arches">{{cite web|title=Corps Arches- Texas A&M University|publisher=Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets|url=http://tamu.edu/about/attractions/corpsArches.html|access-date=April 5, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110304044735/http://www.tamu.edu/about/attractions/corpsArches.html|archive-date=March 4, 2011}}</ref> All cadets, except those who are married or who have had previous military service, must live in the Quad with assigned roommates from the same unit and graduating class.<ref name=ResLifeCorps/><ref name="filbin">{{cite news|last=Filbin|first=Melissa|title=Traditions 101|newspaper=[[The Battalion]]|date=August 22, 2007|url=http://media.www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2007/08/22/Aggielife/Traditions.101-2933871.shtml|access-date=September 14, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071212093441/http://media.www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2007/08/22/Aggielife/Traditions.101-2933871.shtml|archive-date=December 12, 2007}}</ref> The Aggie mascot [[Reveille (Texas A&M)|Reveille]], a [[Rough Collie]], lives with her handlers in the Corps in the Quad.<ref name="cadetresidenthandbook">{{cite web|title=Cadet Resident Handbook |publisher=Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets |url=http://corpshousing.tamu.edu/ |access-date=April 30, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070426082348/http://corpshousing.tamu.edu/ |archive-date=April 26, 2007}}</ref>

===Corps of Cadets===
{{Main|Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets}}
[[File:AggieBandFormation.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Fightin' Texas Aggie Band]]'s Bugle Rank leads the band at halftime at a football game.|alt=Row of students in uniform with calf-length boots. Each holds a bugle that dangles a pennant.]]
[[File:Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and members of Texas A&M University's Corps of Cadets.jpg|thumb|[[Robert Gates]] and senior cadets from the Corps of Cadets give the "[[Traditions of Texas A&M University#Gig 'em|gig 'em]]" sign at the [[The Pentagon|Pentagon]].|alt=Secretary of Defense Robert Gates standing with 5 other people in uniform; all are giving a thumbs up gesture]]

Texas A&M is one of six United States [[senior military college]]s.<ref name="SMC">{{cite web |title = 10 U.S. Code § 2111a – Support for senior military colleges |publisher = [[Cornell University]] |url = https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/2111a |access-date = January 8, 2022 }}</ref> As of 2019, the university's Corps of Cadets (or the Corps), with more than 2,500 members, is the largest uniformed student body outside the [[service academy|service academies]].<ref name=SMC/><ref name=CorpsDorms/><ref name=CorpsSize>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebatt.com/opinion/letter-from-the-editor-corps-values-exploring-texas-a-ms-oldest-tradition/article_3e821d2e-3fe7-11e9-a7a3-9f51847ee903.html|date=March 6, 2019|title=Letter from the editor: Corps values—exploring Texas A&M's oldest tradition|first=Megan|last=Rodriguez|work=[[The Battalion]]|access-date=December 3, 2021|archive-date=December 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203195353/https://www.thebatt.com/opinion/letter-from-the-editor-corps-values-exploring-texas-a-ms-oldest-tradition/article_3e821d2e-3fe7-11e9-a7a3-9f51847ee903.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Many members participate in [[Reserve Officers' Training Corps]] (ROTC) programs and earn commissions in the [[United States Armed Forces]] upon graduation.<ref name="cadetsconservative"/> Members of the Corps have served in every armed conflict fought by the United States since 1876, and over 285 alumni have served as generals or [[flag officer]]s as of 2021.<ref name="cadetsconservative">{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/13/texas/index.html|title=A&M cadets staunchly conservative|publisher=[[CNN]]|access-date=February 18, 2008|date=May 13, 2004|last=Moghe|first=Sonia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210155828/http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/13/texas/index.html|archive-date=December 10, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=CorpsSize/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2018-11-30/html/CREC-2018-11-30-pt1-PgE1583-4.htm|title=Congressional Record, Volume 164 Issue 189 (Friday, November 30, 2018)|date=November 30, 2018|publisher=[[U.S. Government Publishing Office]]|access-date=December 21, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://corpsofcadets.org/flag-officers|title=Flag Officers|publisher=Texas Aggie Corps of Cadets Association|access-date=December 21, 2021}}</ref> Until 1965, Corps membership was mandatory. The Corps began accepting female members in the fall semester of 1974.<ref name="nauman">{{cite news|last=Nauman|first=Brett|title=Women Joined Corps 30 Years Ago|newspaper=[[The Bryan-College Station Eagle]]|date=September 10, 2004|url=http://209.189.226.235/aandmnews/091004womencadets.php|access-date=April 2, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20090907072910/http://209.189.226.235/aandmnews/091004womencadets.php|archive-date=September 7, 2009}}</ref>

The Corps of Cadets is composed of four major units, the Air Force Wing, the Army Brigade, the Navy/Marine Regiment, and the [[Fightin' Texas Aggie Band]], whose members may be affiliated with any military branch.<ref>{{cite web |last=Miller|first=Alex|date=May 14, 2023|title=Texas A&M's Corps of Cadets adds leadership level|url=https://theeagle.com/news/a_m/texas-a-m-s-corps-of-cadets-adds-leadership-level/article_e0145d6a-f0ef-11ed-a186-5fa968ddf46c.html|access-date=June 14, 2023|website=The Eagle|language=en}}</ref> Parson's Mounted Cavalry is the only mounted [[ROTC]] unit in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://catalog.tamu.edu/07-08_UG_Catalog/gen_info/campus_life/corps/corps_activities.htm|title=Campus Life: The Corps Experience|publisher=Texas A&M University|access-date=March 4, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008175556/http://catalog.tamu.edu/07-08_UG_Catalog/gen_info/campus_life/corps/corps_activities.htm|archive-date=October 8, 2013}}</ref> The Ross Volunteer Company, one of the oldest student-run organizations in the state, is the official honor guard for the Governor of Texas.<ref name="Adams55">{{Cite book|last=Adams|first=John A. Jr.|title=Keepers of the Spirit|publisher=Texas A&M University Press|page=55|year=2001|isbn=1-58544-127-9}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://corps.tamu.edu/special-units|title=Special Units|publisher=[[Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets]]|access-date=March 2, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228234205/http://corps.tamu.edu/special-units|archive-date=February 28, 2014}}</ref> The [[Fish Drill Team]], a precision, close-order rifle drill team composed entirely of Corps freshmen, represents Texas A&M in local and national competitions. The team have won the national championship almost every year since their creation in 1946, and have appeared in several Hollywood films, including ''[[A Few Good Men (film)|A Few Good Men]]'' and ''[[Courage Under Fire]]'', in which they had prominent roles.<ref name="fishdrillteam">{{cite news|last=Nading |first=Tanya |title=Corps Fish Drill Team Reinstated |work=[[The Battalion]] |date=November 2, 2001 |url=http://media.www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2001/11/02/FrontPage/Corps.Fish.Drill.Team.Reinstated-516243.shtml |access-date=April 13, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090623201555/http://media.www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2001/11/02/FrontPage/Corps.Fish.Drill.Team.Reinstated-516243.shtml |archive-date=June 23, 2009 }}</ref>

The Fightin' Texas Aggie Band, the nation's largest precision military [[marching band]], provides music for university functions and presents halftime performances at football games.<ref name=BandBatt>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebatt.com/news/now-the-largest-military-band-in-the-nation-the-aggie-band-started-with-13-volunteers/article_54b481ee-4006-11e9-98ef-b36218afb11d.html|date=March 6, 2019|title=Now the largest military band in the nation, the Aggie Band started with 13 volunteers|first=Samantha|last=Mahler|work=[[The Battalion]]|access-date=January 8, 2022|archive-date=January 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108234159/https://www.thebatt.com/news/now-the-largest-military-band-in-the-nation-the-aggie-band-started-with-13-volunteers/article_54b481ee-4006-11e9-98ef-b36218afb11d.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Texas A&M Corps of Cadets]]|url=http://corps.tamu.edu/fightin-texas-aggie-band|title=Fightin' Texas Aggie Band|access-date=March 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301002212/http://corps.tamu.edu/fightin-texas-aggie-band|archive-date=March 1, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> Some band drills are so complicated they require band members to step between each other's feet to complete the maneuvers.<ref name="steponfeet">{{cite web|url=https://musa.tamu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/FTAB-Handbook-2018.pdf|title=Fightin' Texas Aggie Band Marching Fundamentals Handbook|publisher=[[Fightin' Texas Aggie Band]]|access-date=January 8, 2022}}</ref><ref name="errorband">{{cite web|url=http://b-batt.tamu.edu/dwnld/040918-jumbo-clem.wmv|title=The Aggie Band: Doing the Impossible|publisher=[[The Association of Former Students]]|format=WMV|access-date=May 18, 2007|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070614135744/http://b-batt.tamu.edu/dwnld/040918-jumbo-clem.wmv |archive-date = June 14, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> Membership of the Corps of Cadets is a requirement for joining the Aggie Band, whose members live by the same standards, schedules, and regimens as the rest of the Corps.<ref name="Powell">{{cite book|year=1994|author=Powell, Donald B. |author2=Mary Jo Powell|title=The Fightin' Texas Aggie Band (Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University)|publisher=Texas A&M University Press|isbn=978-0-89096-595-5}}</ref>

===Activities===
[[File:TAMUsingingcadets.jpg|thumb|The Texas A&M University Singing Cadets|alt=28 people standing on risers are signing while wearing white military-style uniforms]]

Texas A&M has over 1,000 student organizations, including academic, service, religious, social, and common interest organizations,<ref name="newsletter2003_12_4">{{cite news|url=http://www.aggienetwork.com/HTMLEmails/DecSpENewsletter/newsletter.html|title=Texas A&M Association of Former Students E-Newsletter; Special Edition, December 4, 2003|access-date=January 2, 2007|date=December 4, 2003|publisher=[[The Association of Former Students]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516221809/http://www.aggienetwork.com/HTMLEmails/DecSpENewsletter/newsletter.html|archive-date=May 16, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> and hosts 58 nationally or internationally recognized [[Greek Letter Organizations]] (GLOs). About 10% of the undergraduate population is affiliated with a GLO fraternity or sorority.<ref name="officeoffraternityandsororitylife">{{cite web|title=Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life|publisher=Texas A&M University|url=http://studentactivities.tamu.edu/about-us/ofsl/|access-date=September 10, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905221032/http://studentactivities.tamu.edu/about-us/ofsl/|archive-date=September 5, 2015}}</ref><ref name="studentactivities">{{cite web|title=Student Activities|publisher=Texas A&M University|url=http://studentactivities.tamu.edu/get-involved/join-an-organization/|access-date=September 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905220947/http://studentactivities.tamu.edu/get-involved/join-an-organization/|archive-date=September 5, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

One of the oldest student organizations is the [[Texas A&M Singing Cadets|Singing Cadets]], an all-male choral group not affiliated with the Corps of Cadets with about 70 members that was founded in 1893.<ref name="singingcadets">{{cite news |url=http://www.thebatt.com/news/view.php/705023/Auditions-continue-for-Singing-Cadets-en |title=Auditions continue for Singing Cadets ensemble |access-date=February 14, 2015 |date=August 28, 2013 |work=[[The Battalion]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150215200442/http://www.thebatt.com/news/view.php/705023/Auditions-continue-for-Singing-Cadets-en |archive-date=February 15, 2015 }}</ref> [[Texas A&M Hillel]], the oldest [[Hillel International|Hillel organization in the United States]], was founded in 1920 at the original college.<ref name="Hillel">{{cite book |last=Umansky |first=Ellen M. |title=From Christian Science to Jewish Science: Spiritual Healing and American Jews |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |page=160 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=abwSjUgVQwIC&q=texas+a%26m+hillel&pg=PA160 |isbn=0-19-504400-2 |year=2005 |access-date=November 2, 2020 |archive-date=April 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414012733/https://books.google.com/books?id=abwSjUgVQwIC&q=texas+a%26m+hillel&pg=PA160 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Hillel2">{{cite news |url= http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-110519637.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130513122658/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-110519637.html |url-status=dead |archive-date= May 13, 2013 |work=[[The Jewish Week]] |title=A Cushy Fit In Bush Country |last=Birkner |first=Gabrielle |date=May 6, 2005 |access-date=May 15, 2012}}{{registration required}}</ref> Since 1955, the [[MSC Student Conference on National Affairs]] has held conferences, lectures, and other programs to discuss national and international issues with speakers.<ref name="SCONA">{{Cite book |last=Bacon |first=Amy |url=https://archive.org/details/buildingleadersl0000baco |title=Building Leaders, Living Traditions: The Memorial Student Center at Texas A&M |publisher=Texas A&M University Press |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-60344-095-0 |location=College Station, Texas |url-access=registration}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/43468321/|title=The Eagle from Bryan, Texas on November 28, 1962 &middot; Page 10|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=May 29, 2017|language=en|work=[[The Bryan-College Station Eagle]]|archive-date=July 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730035335/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/43468321/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/43468192/|title=The Eagle from Bryan, Texas on November 28, 1962 &middot; Page 1|work=Newspapers.com|access-date=May 29, 2017|archive-date=July 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730035333/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/43468192/|url-status=live}}</ref> The Department of Recreational Sports provides athletic activities to the university community; sports facilities include the Student Recreation Center, a [[natatorium]]; the Penberthy Rec Sports Complex; and the Omar Smith Instructional Tennis Center.<ref name="reccenter">{{cite web|title=Recreation Center|publisher=Texas A&M University|url=http://recsports.tamu.edu/|access-date=August 3, 2006 }}</ref> The Student Government Association (SGA), one of A&M's largest organizations, has over 1,300 student members in three branches, fifteen committees, and four commissions.<ref name="StudentSenate">{{cite web|title=Student Government Association|publisher=Texas A&M University|year=2009|url=http://sga.tamu.edu/|access-date=May 9, 2009|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080522064338/http://sga.tamu.edu/ |archive-date = May 22, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Graduate Student Council, which was founded in 1995, serves as the student government for Texas A&M University's graduate and professional students.<ref name="GSC">{{cite web|url=http://gsc.tamu.edu/|title=Graduate Student Council(GSC)|access-date=June 16, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528001624/http://gsc.tamu.edu/|archive-date=May 28, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Student organizations have had a nationwide impact. Texas A&M students founded the largest one-day, student-run service project in America known as [[The Big Event]]. The annual service project allows students to serve the community by assisting local residents. Such events are now also held at other universities.<ref name="KBTX BigEvent">{{cite web|url=https://www.kbtx.com/2021/03/28/texas-ams-the-big-event-returned-for-the-38th-year/|title=Texas A&M's The Big Event returned for the 38th year|publisher=[[KBTX]]|last=Tuggle|first=Donnie|date=March 27, 2021|access-date=January 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927002621/http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/6798412.html|archive-date=September 27, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="bigevent">{{cite web|url=http://bigevent.tamu.edu/|title=The Big Event|access-date=May 15, 2007|publisher=The Big Event|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070510220954/http://bigevent.tamu.edu/ |archive-date = May 10, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> The organization CARPOOL, a student-run [[designated driver|safe ride program]], has provided over 250,000 free rides ({{as of|2016|lc=y}}) to students who are unable to transport themselves home. Its organizers help other universities establish similar programs.<ref name="Carpool1">{{cite news|url=http://www.rocktownweekly.com/news_details.php?AID=35183&CHID=2|title=SafeRides Gives 10,000th Ride Home|work=The Daily News Record|access-date=February 3, 2009|date=February 3, 2009|last=Bowser|first=Heather|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090919044033/http://www.rocktownweekly.com/news_details.php?AID=35183&CHID=2|archive-date=September 19, 2009}}</ref><ref name="carpool3">{{cite web|url=http://carpool.tamu.edu/|title=CARPOOL<!--CARPOOL is an acronym-->|access-date=January 2, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110226230354/http://carpool.tamu.edu/|archive-date=February 26, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2009, [[GLBT Aggies]], formerly Gay Student Services (GSS), successfully [[Gay Student Services v. Texas A&M University|sued the university]] for official recognition and the [[Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals]] ruled the [[U.S. Constitution]] requires public universities to allow such student organizations under the [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|First Amendment]]'s "freedom to assemble" clause.<ref>{{cite news |title= GLBT Aggies recognize court-battled founding |date= April 1, 2008 |url= http://www.thebatt.com/2.8485/glbt-aggies-recognize-court-battled-founding-1.1186882 |work= [[The Battalion]] |access-date= June 16, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://archive.today/20130204044539/http://www.thebatt.com/2.8485/glbt-aggies-recognize-court-battled-founding-1.1186882 |archive-date= February 4, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Wiessler |first=Judy |title=A&M loses 9-year battle in gay case |date=April 1, 1985 |newspaper=[[Houston Chronicle]] |url=http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1985_5727 |access-date=October 28, 2009 |page=Section 1, page 1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512183616/http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1985_5727 |archive-date=May 12, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Media===
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The university newspaper ''[[The Battalion]]'' has been in production since 1893.<ref name="battranking">{{cite web|title=The Princeton Review: 2008 Best Colleges Rankings|publisher=[[The Princeton Review]]|date=August 31, 2007|url=http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/rankings/rankingDetails.asp?categoryID=7&topicID=57|access-date=January 30, 2008|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060309012700/http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/rankings/rankingDetails.asp?categoryID=7&topicID=57|archive-date=March 9, 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The ''[[Aggieland]]'', formerly known as ''The Olio'' and ''The Longhorn'', is one of America's largest college yearbooks in number of pages and copies sold.<ref name="AgYearbook">{{cite web|url=http://aggieland.tamu.edu/aboutus.html|title=Welcome to Aggieland Yearbook&nbsp;— About Us|publisher=Texas A&M University|access-date=April 5, 2009|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121214232003/http://aggieland.tamu.edu/aboutus.html|archive-date=December 14, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="AgYearbook2">{{cite web|url=http://aggieland.tamu.edu/history.html|title=Welcome to Aggieland Yearbook- History|publisher=Texas A&M University|access-date=April 5, 2007|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121215000137/http://aggieland.tamu.edu/history.html|archive-date=December 15, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

As of 2007, the university houses three public broadcasting stations: [[KAMU-TV]], a [[PBS]] member station since 1970; [[KAMU-FM]], a [[National Public Radio]] affiliate since 1977,<ref name="KBTXKAMUFM">{{cite web|url=http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/6798412.html|title=KAMU-FM Celebrates Anniversary with HD Preview|publisher=[[KBTX]]|date=March 30, 2007|access-date=April 5, 2007|last=Feltman|first=Brittney|author2=Murphy, Chace|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927002621/http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/6798412.html|archive-date=September 27, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> and the student-run station [[KANM (Texas A&M University)|KANM]], which bills itself "the college station of College Station".<ref name="KANM">{{cite web|url=http://kanm.tamu.edu/home.php?filetoinclude=history.php |title=About KANM |publisher=Texas A&M University |access-date=April 5, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070416105549/http://kanm.tamu.edu/home.php?filetoinclude=history.php |archive-date=April 16, 2007}}</ref> [[W5AC]], a student-run amateur radio club, broadcast the first live, play-by-play broadcast of a college football game at [[Kyle Field]] in November 1921.<ref name="schultz">{{cite web|last=Schultz|first=Charles R.|title=First Play-by-Play Radio Broadcast of a College Football Game|publisher=Brazos County Historical Commission|year=2003|url=http://www.brazoscountyhistory.org/sites/bchc/files/EarlyFootballBroadcast.pdf|access-date=April 5, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923194343/http://www.brazoscountyhistory.org/sites/bchc/files/EarlyFootballBroadcast.pdf|archive-date=September 23, 2015}}</ref>