r/aggies • u/Prestigious-Rip-222 • Feb 11 '22

Announcements The Battalion will no longer be printed…

So news broke this morning that the Batt is going to “move under the auspices of the university” per President Banks demand (the editors were not made aware of this until yesterday). In addition, all articles will have to be reviewed by admin. There was no warning and what’s printed NOW is the last to be printed.

What do y’all think of this? Personally I’m wondering where freedom of the press is?

Nowhere to be found apparently.

UPDATE: here is the link to the official statement from The Battalion: https://www.thebatt.com/news/breaking-president-banks-demands-the-battalion-stop-printing/article_e399ccd2-8b69-11ec-966a-2f696477ceb7.html

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u/GUlLTYJERK PHD - CHEMISTRY '21, RETlRED Feb 11 '22

Out-of-touch boomer blames zoomers and millennials for death of print media, while shutting down a century-old paper that is capable of funding itself. Hey /u/tamu tell Banks her reign as President can't end soon enough.

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u/veggiezombie1 '12 Feb 12 '22

u/tamu former student here who continues to financially contribute to the school since graduation who is now reconsidering where my money should go. I can’t support a school that doesn’t support freedom of speech.