“Starship just experienced what we call a rapid, unscheduled disassembly,” one commentator said during the test’s livestream. Credit: YouTube / SpaceX

It was a wild week for news, what with a culture warrior state rep being investigated for having an “inappropriate relationship,” a rocket blowing the hell up over South Texas and a member of city council getting slapped on the wrist for something many of us would have ended up in the pokey for.

All of those events landed among the Current‘s most-read news stories for the week, naturally. But none could top our No. 1 article: the one on a study naming Texas A&M one of the nation’s most cult-like colleges.

Does that mean angry Aggies were clicking to find out whom to berate for assembling the study, or that lots of UT supporters were rubbernecking? Or perhaps it was folks who went to neither of the rival campuses trying to figure shit out. There’s a good chance it was a little from each of the three categories.

Whatever the case, it’s clear that college football is ingrained in Texas life and can provide even more drama than the “rapid, unscheduled disassembly” of a billionaire’s pricy play toy.

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1. Study names Texas A&M one of the nation’s most cult-like college campuses

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This article appears in Apr 19 – May 2, 2023.