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The ten ways to eat cheap
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1: Mooching 2 Eating cereal all the time 3 Plant an insect in your meal and complain 4 Live on a farm 5 Work at a restaurant 6 Move to communist Cuba 7 Ramen 8 Roadkill 9 Cannibalism 10 Join Shaggy and Scooby on a mystery ...
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Ag '09
posted 7/23/08 @ 8:51 AM CST
Am I the only one who's getting a bit annoyed with the Batt? The "Aggielife" section of the paper has produced these ridiculous top 10 lists for weeks (e.g. Top 10 Coolest Area Codes in Texas, 10 Superheroes). No matter how many people complain in this comment section, they just keep coming.
I'm going to go ahead and guess that there just might be better things to report about that just might be more pertinent to "Aggie life" than "cannibalism" or "roadkill".
Write about those things.
Or hey, even if you do want to keep making these top 10 lists, maybe put out some useful information- there are thousands of new students who will be coming to campus in a few weeks. How about "Top 10 places to eat on campus" or "Top 10 things not to forget at home" or "Top 10 things to do on the weekend at A&M".
Heaven forbid "the independent student voice of Texas A&M" try and actually be informative and helpful.
I'm going to go ahead and guess that there just might be better things to report about that just might be more pertinent to "Aggie life" than "cannibalism" or "roadkill".
Write about those things.
Or hey, even if you do want to keep making these top 10 lists, maybe put out some useful information- there are thousands of new students who will be coming to campus in a few weeks. How about "Top 10 places to eat on campus" or "Top 10 things not to forget at home" or "Top 10 things to do on the weekend at A&M".
Heaven forbid "the independent student voice of Texas A&M" try and actually be informative and helpful.
Fail Boat
posted 7/23/08 @ 10:58 AM CST
Excellent, a lovely waste of paper.
Andrew
posted 7/23/08 @ 11:33 AM CST
During the summer there is not much news-worthy information on campus, but I agree that something a little more relevant could be printed.
Meh
posted 7/23/08 @ 1:21 PM CST
An effort can be made to at least write something though. Explain the list, go into detail about why whatever inane crap they decided to list made it there. This is what A&M gets for discontinuing journalism.
Tim
posted 7/23/08 @ 5:43 PM CST
Do you know how many trees are killed to make the papers the batt is printed on?
Gonzo '08
posted 7/23/08 @ 6:16 PM CST
It's so sad. I found an old copy of the batt my roommate had saved from our fish year, and I was amazed at how much more professional it looked than the current layout. I actually thought it was a copy of the Eagle or the Houston Chronical. It wasn't just cosmetic either, I thumbed through it, and all the stories seemed both relevant (except for being 4 yrs out of date) and newsworthy. Also, The comics actually made me laugh. It was nothing like the trumped up newsletter we seem to have now.
WASP POWER 07'
posted 7/23/08 @ 6:27 PM CST
Originally posted byGonzo '08
It's so sad. I found an old copy of the batt my roommate had saved from our fish year, and I was amazed at how much more professional it looked than the current layout. I actually thought it was a copy of the Eagle or the Houston Chronical. It wasn't just cosmetic either, I thumbed through it, and all the stories seemed both relevant (except for being 4 yrs out of date) and newsworthy. Also, The comics actually made me laugh. It was nothing like the trumped up newsletter we seem to have now.
Agreed. The Batt has gone through some real crappy editors after Moghe left. They lost what objectivity it had, it might as well be a printout from an internet forum filled with rants.
Joe
posted 7/24/08 @ 9:22 AM CST
Originally posted byGonzo '08
It's so sad. I found an old copy of the batt my roommate had saved from our fish year, and I was amazed at how much more professional it looked than the current layout. I actually thought it was a copy of the Eagle or the Houston Chronical. It wasn't just cosmetic either, I thumbed through it, and all the stories seemed both relevant (except for being 4 yrs out of date) and newsworthy. Also, The comics actually made me laugh. It was nothing like the trumped up newsletter we seem to have now.
Someone who can't even spell Chronicle has no right criticizing, well, anyone, let alone a newspaper. What a joke.
X
posted 7/24/08 @ 2:57 PM CST
If the battalion is the "voice of Texas A&M" then it's speaking privileges are hereby revoked.
Joe's evil twin Robert
posted 7/24/08 @ 2:59 PM CST
Joe, take that stick out of your butt and realize Gonzo is making a valid point. Also, mom said you left skid marks in your Hanes again.
~Robert
~Robert
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