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The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

UT for Me should offer students medical financial support

UT for Me should offer students medical financial support

Ezra Gomez April 12, 2021
Columnist Ezra Gomez argues that the UT for Me student scholarship program should offer uninsured students more medical financial aid.
UT-Austin think tank helps offer courses for small business owners in the Permian Basin

UT-Austin think tank helps offer courses for small business owners in the Permian Basin

Katy Nelson April 12, 2021
The IC2 Institute, a UT-Austin think tank, and the University of Texas-Permian Basin are collaborating to aid local entrepreneurs and small business owners who have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Biden administration continues postponement of student loan debt payments for graduates

Biden administration continues postponement of student loan debt payments for graduates

Sheryl Lawrence April 12, 2021
Current students and alumni will not have interest accumulating on their public student loans and alumni can defer payment until at least Sept. 30 due to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
UT Senate of College Councils passed legislation to increase pass/fail options, awaiting approval from Student Government, Graduate Student Assembly

UT Senate of College Councils passed legislation to increase pass/fail options, awaiting approval from Student Government, Graduate Student Assembly

Sheryl Lawrence April 12, 2021
The Senate of College Councils passed legislation Thursday calling on the University to increase the limit of COVID-19 pass/fail exceptions from three to six due to Winter Storm Uri. 
Professors should allow students to use technology in class this fall

Professors should allow students to use technology in class this fall

Alexandra Purchatzke April 12, 2021
Columnist Alexandra Purchatzke calls on professors to allow students to use technology in class after many have become accustomed to technology use over the past year of online classes.
UT-Austin students promote sustainable search engine Ecosia

UT-Austin students promote sustainable search engine Ecosia

Carolyn Parmer April 12, 2021
Three UT students began the UT Ecosia campaign last fall to promote student usage of Ecosia, a search engine that uses most of its advertising revenue to plant trees in environmentally damaged areas across the world.
Home runs and stellar pitching help Texas sweep Kansas State 9-2

Home runs and stellar pitching help Texas sweep Kansas State 9-2

Vicente Montalvo April 12, 2021

The No. 4-ranked Texas baseball team completed their second Big 12 series sweep with a 9-2 win over Kansas State on Sunday afternoon, tying their season-high win streak of eight games. After winning...

Texas breezes by Iowa State to sweep series, remains perfect in conference play

Texas breezes by Iowa State to sweep series, remains perfect in conference play

Nicholas Pannes April 11, 2021

The Texas softball team improved their overall record to 31–3 and remained undefeated in Big 12 conference play this season with a 10-0 win against Iowa State on Sunday. Sophomore pitcher Shea O’Leary’s...

Braswell’s heroics lift Texas men’s tennis over Oklahoma State 4-3

Braswell’s heroics lift Texas men’s tennis over Oklahoma State 4-3

Ross Fisher April 11, 2021

Serving for the dual match in a third-set tiebreaker at 6-5, Texas freshman Micah Braswell unleashed a powerful serve, forcing Oklahoma State junior Emile Hudd into a desperate lunge. The ball looped...

Longhorns sweep Kansas State 7-0, move to 20–1 on season

Longhorns sweep Kansas State 7-0, move to 20–1 on season

Sam Starr April 11, 2021

The Texas women’s tennis team improved their Big 12 regular-season dual-match win streak to 29 on Sunday in an impressive sweep of Kansas State. Senior Marta Perez Mur and freshman Charlotte Chavatipon...

Texas men’s golf collapse after leading first two rounds, finish third at Aggie Invitational

Texas men’s golf collapse after leading first two rounds, finish third at Aggie Invitational

Stephen Wagner April 11, 2021

Traditions Golf Club in College Station can’t compare to the greens at Augusta National Golf Club. But on Masters Sunday, the Aggie Invitational carried its own magic, even though it ended up cursing...

Fearless (Taylor’s Version): A nostalgic callback to a generation-defining album

Fearless (Taylor’s Version): A nostalgic callback to a generation-defining album

Fiza Kuzhiyil April 11, 2021

If you owned a radio in 2008, you heard a song from Taylor Swift’s album, Fearless. We danced to “You Belong With Me” at middle school dances and tried to shake earworms like “Love Story”...

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