Texas A&M Engineering's undergraduate program ranked 17th overall (9th among public institutions) in the latest U.S. News & World Report survey, America's Best Colleges 2008.

But this isn't the first time we've ranked in surveys. Nuclear Engineering, last ranked in 2004, was third (second public), and Petroleum Engineering, ranked in 2003, wa

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When one says that their is something you need to know, the idea is that their going to tell you something. That was the idea of the "Welcome to Aggieland- 11 things you need to know" article written by the editor in chief of Crap Journal (read: Crap Journal=The Battalion).

But instead of telling you the 11 things you need to know, The Batt in

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This post is an ode to all current sophmores who currently have a 1.7 GPA because they partied too much during freshman year, got plastered the night before finals, and got roofies slipped on them while at Northgate.  The following is a short docket of things to avoid, especially during your freshman year:

Northgate: officially considered as Co

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The University of Texas' football team has lately been popping small white pills before practice to help them avoid heat related injuries, like strokes and pussy bruises.

Well what in these white pills? A dose of concentrated super Gatorade and goat piss (studies show goat urea is a highly effective hydrating agent)? Well, not quite. The pill,

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Dr. Michael Manson, a highly intelligent biology professor whose specialty is chemotaxis, recently threatened to resign if he didn't get his parking spot for next semester. The incident was quite hillarious.

Last semester, when it was time to re-apply for parking permits, he couldn't remember his Net ID which was required to log on to TAMU Tran

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"Texas A&M French professor Nathan Bracher said his main anxiety about leaving
the United States for Tunisia was whether or not he could perform successfully.
He also said this was the 'challenge that made the Peace Corps so attractive.'"

What the freaking crap? Do people, or specifically college newspaper writers, not know how to write eloquen

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West Campus Library, better known as WCL, is considered as the business school's flagship. WCL has state of the art computers, blazing fast elevators, and marble floors with crsytals so angular that they had to install special lights so the marble wouldn't reflect light and blind people.

What's even better are the the failsafe fire exits.

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WOW!

Only $15 for a date with a girl who knows how to dance and was probably a stripper or exotic dancer in her past life; and, she looks somewhat like Kirsten Dunst!?!

Man! Only if I had $15!!

New to A&M? Well, try not to rely on these bellicose methods on making friends.

TAMU is no place to be making jokes or kicking people out of good will. One can get hurt doing that!

So, be careful, and don't be a dodo.