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MSC Starbucks to Be Converted to All Faiths Chapel

By Heldenfalls , in Campus Life , at November 9, 2021 Tags: , , , , , ,

In a press conference on Monday, Texas A&M University officials announced that the Barnes & Noble Starbucks café in the Memorial Student Center will be redesignated as All Faiths Chapel beginning next month. The move follows the announcement that the current All Faiths Chapel location will be bulldozed to expand parking for the A.P. Beutel Health Center.

“This is the end of days!” said John Ellison, a local preacher who has been campaigning to save All Faiths Chapel for years. John Ellison, more commonly known as Brother John, has become a campus fixture known for his characteristic clothing and his signature booming voice. He can be spotted in Rudder Plaza decrying the long rumored closure of All Faiths Chapel as symbolic of the university’s descent into godless wickedness.

University officials stated that the move to the MSC Starbucks made sense considering the large number of bible studies, intentional conversations, and proselytizing that occur daily in the café. “Oh yeah, I never study there because someone always asks if they can pray over me,” said Robert Salacio, a junior biology major. “I guess it’s nice that they’re making it official.”

The response of the student body to the change has been largely positive. “I think it’s great!” said economics sophomore and Breakaway volunteer Maggie Graten. “But what’s All Faiths Chapel? I’ve never heard of it.”

 

— Heldenfalls