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Texas A&M students protest after president ends print publication of 129-yr.-old Battalion newspaper
by Kate McGee, Texas TribuneA day after Texas A&M University administrators notified employees that the school’s 129-year-old student newspaper, The Battalion, was to cease printing weekly editions immediately, President M. Katherine Banks said she will allow the paper to print through the end of the semester.
The Battalion, which is also available online, will continue as a digital-only publication.
The modified plan about the print publication came amid public outcry after The Battalion reported it would be ending the weekly paper edition immediately, per Banks’ order.
But in a statement issued late Friday, Banks modified her decision, allowing the newspaper to continue its weekly print schedule for this semester.
Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2022/02/11/texas-am-battalion-newspaper/