As more than 3,200 Aggies receive their rings Friday, Northgate will be filled with the sounds of clanks and thuds as shiny new rings sink to the bottom of mugs, and mugs slam down against bars.

After being away for two and a half years, Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates will be returning to College Station as the keynote speaker for Muster at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Reed Arena.

Texas A&M religion and philosophy professor Richard Stadelmann's witty jokes and sheer intelligence is something his students said everyone should experience.

The annual spring Parents' Weekend kicks off Friday with events spanning through Sunday, including Midnight Yell, the Maroon and White Football Game and the All-University Awards Ceremony.

The AMC Guard will be have an event 8 a.m. Friday on Simpson Drill field in honor of the Aggie veterans who participated in World War II.

A car caught on fire Thursday afternoon in the Central Campus Garage.

He was a warrior, lover, patriot, leader, American hero and Aggie. His name was Lt. Peter Burks, a 2nd Lt. in the Army.

Texas A&M's all-female choral group will perform its 30th anniversary Spring Concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center by the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum.

A yellow brick road, a wicked witch, a singing scarecrow and flying monkeys; no, you're not in Aggieland anymore.

Student Conference of National Affairs had their final meeting of the year Wednesday on "The Rise and Fall of The U.S. Empire."