Georgia tops conference with 14 Bulldogs on 2023 Coaches Preseason All-SEC teams Georgia leads the SEC with 10 first-team All-SEC selections as voted on by coaches... USA Today Sports Media Group · Aug 23, 2023
Jerry Moss obituary American record company executive who co-founded the A&M label with the trumpeter Herb Alpert The Guardian - UK · Aug 22, 2023
Jerry Moss, music exec behind Peter Frampton and Janet Jackson, dies at 88 With Herb Alpert, Moss co-founded A&M Records and released blockbuster albums by Carole King, the Carpenters and the Police. Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 16, 2023
Jerry Moss, co-founder of A&M Records and Rock Hall of Fame member, dies at 88 Music industry giant Jerry Moss has died at age 88 The Independent UK · Aug 16, 2023
Jamie Reid obituary Artist whose unmistakable record sleeve designs contributed to the tumultuous impact of the Sex Pistols in the 1970s The Guardian - UK · Aug 13, 2023
Warriors rising star to make debut at The Crawsover The Golden State Warriors rising star is set to make his debut at TheCrawsOver Pro-Am. USA Today Sports Media Group · Aug 11, 2023
Texas A&M leaders’ text messages show desire to counteract perceived liberal agenda in higher education Some members of the university system’s board of regents said they wanted to promote conservative causes at the flagship campus and resisted efforts to hire journalism professor Kathleen O. McElroy, who they believed would work counter to those goals. The Texas Tribune · Aug 5, 2023
Jamal Crawford offers thoughts on Chet Holmgren’s Rookie of the Year odds Jamal Crawford thinks Chet Holmgren could challenge Victor Wembanyama for the award. USA Today Sports Media Group · Aug 4, 2023
Top Texas A&M officials were involved in botched recruiting of journalism professor, who will receive $1 million settlement A new internal report, conducted by the university system’s office of general counsel, also looked into Texas A&M’s decision to temporarily suspend a respected opioids expert after she was accused of criticizing Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in a lecture. The Texas Tribune · Aug 3, 2023
Texas A&M interim president pledges more transparency after accusations of political interference In his first comments as interim president, Mark A. Welsh IIII cast recent concerns over political interference in Texas A&M’s employment decisions as “communication breakdowns.” The Texas Tribune · Aug 2, 2023
Suspended Texas A&M professor denies saying Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick believes overdose victims “deserve to die” Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham alleged Wednesday that opioids expert Joy Alonzo told students in a guest lecture that “Your Lt. Governor says those kids deserve to die.” Alonzo denied the claims. The Texas Tribune · Aug 2, 2023
Does Texas A&M’s botched hire spell doom for classroom diversity? Some say yes Texas A&M University marked its hiring of Kathleen McElroy with great fanfare — balloons, a banner and a signing ceremony The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2023
Texas A&M University System regents name Mark Welsh interim president of flagship campus The board also gave university lawyers the green light to negotiate a possible settlement with Kathleen McElroy after the university bungled the hiring of the journalism professor. The Texas Tribune · Jul 31, 2023
Texas A&M regents could offer a settlement to the journalism professor at center of hiring controversy The system’s board also plans to formally appoint an interim president after Katherine Banks resigned last week following news that the school changed its job offer to Kathleen McElroy, a Black journalism professor, after outcries from conservative groups. The Texas Tribune · Jul 29, 2023
The Texas Tribune · Jul 27, 2023 Faculty worry about Texas A&M’s future after controversies over higher ed politicization The university has been rattled by two cases in which university officials were apparently rushed into making faculty employment decisions due to political pressure.
WEKU · Jul 26, 2023 A Texas A&M professor was suspended for allegedly criticizing lieutenant governor Joy Alonzo was suspended and investigated after she allegedly criticized Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick at a lecture on the opioid crisis. Free speech advocates call the probe "blatantly inappropriate."
The Texas Tribune · Jul 22, 2023 For Black Aggies, questions over professor’s botched hiring persist after president’s departure In the fallout from A&M’s failure to hire Kathleen McElroy, students and alumni lament the missed opportunity to revive the university’s journalism program and provide students with mentorship.
The Texas Tribune · Jul 21, 2023 Race was a factor in Black professor’s failed hiring, Texas A&M department head says Hart Blanton, the head of the university’s department of communications and journalism, also said then-President M. Katherine Banks interfered with the recruitment of journalist Kathleen McElroy.
USA Today Sports Media Group · Jul 21, 2023 Georgia football has 16 preseason All-SEC selections Georgia had 9 selections last year, 6 on the first team...
The Texas Tribune · Jul 21, 2023 Texas A&M President Katherine Banks resigns amid fallout from failed hiring of journalism professor “The recent challenges regarding Dr. McElroy have made it clear to me that I must retire immediately,” Banks wrote in her resignation letter. “The negative press is a distraction from the wonderful work being done here.”
The Texas Tribune · Jul 20, 2023 Texas A&M president says she didn’t know about job offer changes that led to professor’s botched hiring M. Katherine Banks told faculty she was unaware of successive, diminished offers to Kathleen O. McElroy, who was recruited to revive a journalism program. Professors demanded an investigation.
Louder · Jul 19, 2023 “We used to travel in Clark Gable’s Cadillac, refurbished by Rolls Royce. We had a TV in there, and two bars, just for the band”: Secrets of Rick Wakeman’s excess Keyboard icon's grandiose live shows lit up the 70s, but behind the pomp and majesty lay bad reviews, heart attacks and near ruin
Evening Standard · Jul 18, 2023 From AM to Yeezus: Classic albums celebrating their tenth birthday this year Arctic Monkeys, Kanye West, Lorde, Haim, David Bowie and others released widely-celebrated albums in 2013
Tribune News Service · Jul 18, 2023 Mac Engel: Expect Oklahoma’s Bedlam series to follow a similar path set by Texas and Texas A&M The entire state of Oklahoma is now months away from experiencing what Texas went through for a decade.
The Texas Tribune · Jul 18, 2023 Texas A&M interim dean resigns after university backtracks on hiring professor to revive journalism program José Luis Bermúdez, who led the school’s College of Arts and Sciences, will leave his position after a deal to hire respected journalist Kathleen O. McElroy fell apart amid conservative pushback.