By Aggies, For Aggies
It’s 10 minutes to show time at a performance of Blue Man Group, and the buzz in the theater is so loud that the audience seems more like a group of revelers at a party than spectators at a theatrical production. People are boisterous, the energy is electric, the sense of anticipation is overwhelming. By [...]
By Morgan Brown Texas A&M University opened the fall 2010 semester with a new B.S. program in Kinesiology, a Dance Science Degree. Focusing on dance research, anatomy, nutrition and more, students must apply and audition in order to be accepted. The annual Perpetual Motion dance concert, presented by the Texas A&M Dance program, features works [...]
By Ian Soares Recently, Maroon Weekly had the opportunity to meet with the Texas A&M softball team’s head coach Jo Evans. Now entering her 16th season with the Aggies, she is one of the winningest active coaches in Division I softball. Amid all of the construction and renovations taking place on west campus, we had [...]
The Texas A&M Judo team won 2nd overall in the men’s novice division at the National Collegiate Judo Association. Hosted at the United States Military Academy in Westpoint, NY 14 members of the Texas A&M Judo team competed in novice and standard divisions. Coached at the event by Bob Perez, Dan Gomez and managed by [...]
“Big Event” at Texas A&M University — already the largest one-day student-run service project in the nation — is bigger than ever this year with a record 15,000 Aggie volunteers ready to take on more than 1,500 fix-up or clean-up projects Saturday (March 26). It’s the Aggies’ way to show appreciation to the Bryan-College Station [...]
The Brazos Valley Bombers announced today that fans can expect their coaching staff for the 2011 season to remain the same as the Bombers look to continue heading in the right direction, after the best season in Bombers history with a record of 32-20 in 2010. Head coach Brent Alumbaugh and assistant coach Ben Gallego [...]
Ryan C. Crocker, dean and executive professor at the George Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, has been selected to receive the 2011 George Catlett Marshall Medal, the highest award presented by the Association of the United States Army (AUSA). The Marshall Medal is awarded annually to an individual who [...]
Stephen Hawking, world-renowned Cambridge University theoretical physicist famous for his theories on black holes and his best-selling books about the universe, will present a public lecture titled “The Origin of the Universe” Sunday, April 3, at 6 p.m. in Rudder Auditorium at Texas A&M University. Tickets, which range from $15 to $35 and feature discounts [...]
In support of the more than 15,000 Texas A&M University students expected to volunteer their services in this year’s “Big Event” – the largest one-day student-run service project in the nation – PepsiCo is joining with the university to sponsor a free concert by Lee DeWyze, “American Idol” season nine winner. The concert will be [...]
The Brazos Valley Art Education Association (BVAEA), in partnership with the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum’s Education Department, is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Youth Art Month (YAM) by collaborating on an outdoor public art installation in the field along Barbara Bush Drive directly across from the Bush Library and Museum. The theme for [...]