Interviews with anonymous Texas A&M students for an article in The Battalion have ignited a firestorm of angry reaction from other students and school supporters on social media.

The unidentified students told the campus paper a new "alt-right" group called "European Aggies Alliance" has formed within the last month, but a spokeswoman for Texas A&M says the organization is not a university-recognized group.

The group also told the paper it is planning a counter protest to several other demonstrations scheduled for Tuesday on campus. A prominent white nationalist is set to speak in the Memorial Student Center on Tuesday.

"We [whites] have a right to our own country, and others have a right to theirs. Every ethnicity should have their own country and the U.S. should restore its status as a white country," said one anonymous student to the paper.

The Battalion's editorial board said Monday that it does not support the statements coming from the organizers of Tuesday's controversial event, but they do support their right to say them.

"It’s our job to inform Aggies about what’s happening on campus — the good, the bad and the ugly. Whether you’ll be attending the numerous protests, the speech or Aggies United, The Battalion will be covering all three," said The Battalion in a statement on its Facebook page.

Reaction online to the statements made by the European Aggies Alliance members drew strong criticism from other students.

"When I heard about the Aggie European Alliance, I was disgusted, however I was not surprised," said graduate student Lia Epps.

"Since the university didn't cancel the event with Richard Spencer, this gave students who are in alignment with his views the opportunity to come forward freely," she said.