<em>“The price of education also affects the quality of education. If I didn’t have to pay so much for college, I would be able to devote way more time to it and wouldn’t be nearly as stressed out.”</em>
— Journalism graduate student Avery Holton on rising tuition costs at UT and its effect on education, according to The Daily Texan.

<em>“Disability is a really critical aspect of diversity a lot of people don’t think about.”</em>
— Marketing and business honors senior Erica Brody, college buddy director of Best Buddies at UT, on the campaign to end the “R-word”— “retarded” — according to The Daily Texan.

<em>“Tell me, what is more intrusive than telling every woman in America that their decisions are going to be made right here in Congress, not by them, not by their doctors, not by their families.”</em>
— Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, testifiying before the Senate, according to C-SPAN.