On a campus that brags about having the loudest student section at athletic events, another tradition stresses the importance of silence, respect and solemnity.

The first born of three children, Thomas Christopher "Chris" O'Leary was, "the best kid you could ever have," said his mother, Merri Walsh.

An Eagle Scout and member of the Boy Scout Board of the Arrow, William Nathan Rountree had dreams of attending graduate school and possibly becoming a professor.

Student demand helped motivate the Texas A&M administration to place five solar trash compactors on campus, using green technology to keep the A&M campus cleaner.

The Battalion was given information for two of the Silver Taps honorees.

The India Association of Texas A&M will have a vigil commemorating the victims of the terrorist attack in Mumbai, India, last week.

Lowell Kane, Program Coordinator of the Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Resource Center, leads a student tour of a display of sections of the AIDS Memorial Quilt.

Texas A&M's choirs will be joining to perform a Christmas concert to end the semester before students put away their books for winter break.