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Sue Owen

@aggiejournalist.bsky.social

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Ex-newspapers, now alumni comms. Texas Aggie '94. I write a lot about Texas A&M and its history: linktr.ee/aggiejournalist. Known to emit Muppet noises.

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Sue Owen @aggiejournalist.bsky.social · 15h

"Ball 6" in fall exhibition ball! Aggies up 3-0 over TCU

Sue Owen @aggiejournalist.bsky.social · 19h

‪Also, check out this grin on sweet li'l Reveille I. No wonder she was every student's friendly pet dog!‬

Sue Owen @aggiejournalist.bsky.social · 20h

As Texas A&M prepares to lay our Reveille IX to rest today, here are some words written about the first Reveille after she passed away in 1944, as the cadets training to go to war stopped to grieve for their little black-and-white mutt:

A newspaper clipping reads: “Reveille was more than just a dog. She was a symbol in the memory of every boy who stopped to pet her, a symbol that reminded one of the pup left behind at home, and a reminder of the many other things left behind in the quest for greater knowledge. Rev stood for something worth fighting for, something that boys in foxholes could think about, for she meant to them not only a remembrance of Aggieland but the memory of home.”

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Sue Owen @aggiejournalist.bsky.social · 9d

Omg it's so fun. Pretty sure me and my roommates did these together!

Sue Owen @aggiejournalist.bsky.social · 9d

Here's a pic of my actual one from the actual 1990s 🤣 Get you a barrel clasp (at Michaels) and some fishing line, and you are 94% there!

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Sue Owen @aggiejournalist.bsky.social · 9d

Well, if you were me...

Image of "early '90s starter pack" includes cutoff rolled jean shorts, chunky leather bracelet, homemade seed-bead necklace and maroon high-top Chuck Taylor sneakers.

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Michael Stipe @michaelstipe.bsky.social · Sep 5

Ok its ‘feed it off an aux, speak, grunt no strength, the ladder start to clatter with fear fight down height, wire in a fire representing seven games, a government for hire and a combat site’.

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Sue Owen @aggiejournalist.bsky.social · Sep 5

You are always way too good to me, my friend. I learned a ton from doing this story - basically, all the stuff I wanted to ask a cadet but never bothered them with! And I kinda hope it does work that way for current students, just as you say! 😊😊

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Sue Owen @aggiejournalist.bsky.social · Sep 5

I made a guide to Texas A&M Corps uniforms! tx.ag/CorpsGuide Get ready for gameday 👍

#tamu #gigem #corps #texasaggies

Sue Owen @aggiejournalist.bsky.social · Sep 3

the dream!!!

Sue Owen @aggiejournalist.bsky.social · Aug 19

Thank you! 😊 It was a beauty tonight, for certain!

Sue Owen @aggiejournalist.bsky.social · Aug 19

Lo, the tailgate tents are beginning to sprout

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elephantfarmer.bsky.social @elephantfarmer.bsky.social · Aug 15

This is the way we should be teaching math in Texas. This need to be in the Governor’s next call-Hullabaloo rumble strips from PreK to 16 #txlege

Sue Owen @aggiejournalist.bsky.social · Aug 15

The math for Hullabaloo rumble strips works on ANY size vehicle! tx.ag/RumbleStripMath

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Sue Owen @aggiejournalist.bsky.social · Aug 15

The math for Hullabaloo rumble strips works on ANY size vehicle! tx.ag/RumbleStripMath

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Sue Owen @aggiejournalist.bsky.social · Aug 14

Northgate's looking a little different, if you've been gone over the summer

(the short building in the middle is Chimy's)

Photo shows a high-rise apartment building under construction next to a one-story building. Other high-rises are visible in the background.

Sue Owen @aggiejournalist.bsky.social · Aug 7

"If Aggies do it twice, it's a tradition" is a much older sentiment than I realized! This is 1947 😊

(specifically, Feb. 7, 1947, in the Battalion. howdy from the archives!)

A newspaper clipping from 1947 reads, "There is a saying at A&M that when two students this year do something that was done by two students last year, a new tradition has been established. That is not a great exaggeration."

Sue Owen @aggiejournalist.bsky.social · Jul 23

I remain in shock

Sue Owen @aggiejournalist.bsky.social · Jul 21

There is all the spontaneous sofa recycling, which i love (and absolutely participated in during college)
But also quite seriously: They deserve hazard pay for this time of year. I just passed by a complete floor lamp stuffed in a dumpster.

Sue Owen @aggiejournalist.bsky.social · Jul 21

Traffic is rising in College Station... the students are returning and it's all coming back!

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Sue Owen @aggiejournalist.bsky.social · Jul 15

algorithm please bring me more video of happy otters

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Travis L. Brown @travislbrown.bsky.social · Jul 14

Texas A&M slugger Jace LaViolette selected by Cleveland Guardians in first round of MLB Draft www.kbtx.com/2025/07/14/t...

Texas A&M slugger Jace LaViolette selected by Cleveland Guardians in first round of MLB Draft

Outfielder Jace LaViolette was selected XX overall as the first-round pick of the XXXX

www.kbtx.com

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Sue Owen @aggiejournalist.bsky.social · Jul 11

When the algorithm figures out you're more likely to click on maroon clothes #gigem

Online women's clothing ad shows two outfits of maroon-and-white clothes

Sue Owen @aggiejournalist.bsky.social · Jul 9

I'm definitely not anywhere near Dr. Dethloff's level 😊 but you are the absolute kindest!

Sue Owen @aggiejournalist.bsky.social · Jul 9

It's unclear to me why Sissy Sause has not already been declared the winner, but also, the guy who said remoulade is right

Sue Owen @aggiejournalist.bsky.social · Jul 2

We wanted the robots to mow the lawn and do the laundry, right? And let us write and paint and make music? Or at least idk, nap in hammocks

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