Groups of supporters yelled, jumped and cheered as Election Commissioner Jim Reed, perched next to the statue of Sul Ross, announced the 2007-08 officers of the Texas A&M student body.
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The Texas A&M Board of Regents voted Friday morning to offer head basketball coach Billy Gillispie a contract extension. Gillispie will earn $1.75 million a year through 2015, up from the $1.2 million he was guaranteed through 2012. He will still receive the $1 million bonus if he stays through 2012,along with a $750,000 bonus if he stays through 2015.
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Texas A&M's 10th annual Student Research Week took place this week. Student Research Week is one of the largest university-wide student-led research week programs in the nation with about 500 students participating.
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The Board of Regents met Thursday at a public hearing to discuss fee increases across the Texas A&M University system.
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The Intercollegiate Rodeo is coming to Caldwell this weekend.
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Senior agricultural engineering major Christopher Rodie fires a trebuchet, the result of a group project in his biological and agricultural engineering 265 class Thursday on West Campus. Rodie's group worked on the project during three weeks worth of lab sessions and even used software simulations to fine tune their trebuchet.
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Petroleum engineering graduate student Kirill Bogachev stares at a painting in the Stark gallery to maintain his vision in the MSC Flag Room on Thursday evening.
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The Arkansas Razorbacks are pursuing different candidates for the head coaching position on the men's basketball team after failing to sway Texas A&M head coach Billy Gillispie away from A&M, reported the Arkansas Democrat Gazette.
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Roland Martin's political views were printed incorrectly in Thursday's edition of The Battalion.