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On September 11, 2025, Texas A&M University-Kingsville’s Office of Marketing and Communications emailed all faculty requiring them to inform the office of all media requests (even from students) prior to providing interviews, contrary to the media policy the office linked  in the same message. The email further required all requests for interviews to be routed through the university. Separately, the dean of the College of Arts & Science met with The South Texan’s editors, and referenced the newspaper’s financial dependence on the university as a reason why the paper should “clarify” that two stories placed next to each on the same spread were not related. On November 5, ��֭���� wrote TAMUK, calling for the university to reverse its directive and reminding it of The South Texan’s editorial independence. TAMUK responded on November 12, clarifying that its constitutionally sound official messaging policy remained in effect and the university would not seek to exercise editorial control over The South Texan.