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===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>
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