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Freshman Skips Class to Avoid Eternal Damnation at Rudder Plaza

By Loco-Motive , in 2025 Campus Life , at September 2, 2025 Tags: , , ,

This past week, statistics freshman Taylor Fuentes skipped all of her classes upon realizing that there is no way past Rudder Plaza without encountering a cult ambush and a crazed bald evangelical telling her to stop sinning or pay the price. On one path, dozens of forced-smile sophomores lurk, drinking their own tears to hydrate after a long day of free labor recruiting freshmen. On the other path, a sign-holding man literally damning her to hell for her blue hair lies in wait.

​“I knew I was signing up for a cult when I decided to come to this school, but sub-cults were never on my radar. I thought the only other one allowed was the one where they make you go on three mile runs at 5 AM.”

Fuentes is under the impression that Banner Alley and That Man are a hazing gimmick for the first week of classes and that they will go away in the near future.

“Hahaha, at least now I understand why everyone calls this a cult, very funny! Thankfully the hazing part of my Aggie experience is done,” Fuentes said. I’m so excited for a completely normal year where I never have to encounter freakish cult behavior again!”

— Loco-Motive