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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

DT 8/31/2021

DT 8/31/2021

August 31, 2021

Texas soccer in search of first win after 2-0 home opener loss to Georgetown

Texas soccer in search of first win after 2-0 home opener loss to Georgetown

Vicente Montalvo August 30, 2021

Highly regarded freshman midfielder Lexi Missimo created just enough space against the Georgetown defender and looked up at goal from outside the box.  Seeing nothing in between her and the goalkeeper,...

A UT professor traces origins of cattle ranching back to Spanish colonial slave trade

A UT professor traces origins of cattle ranching back to Spanish colonial slave trade

Katy Nelson August 29, 2021

A UT professor created a theory highlighting the exact home of Bevo’s ancestors. He traced the similarities between where cattle originated to the area in Texas the animals ended up, as part of his research...

Space environmentalism project collaborating with new environmental sustainability

Space environmentalism project collaborating with new environmental sustainability

Katy Nelson, Senior News Reporter August 29, 2021

With nearly half a million pieces of trash floating in space, space environmentalism is an issue a UT aerospace engineering associate professor Moriba Jah says needs to be addressed now.  Jah launched...

UT urges students to participate in COVID-19 testing twice a week

UT urges students to participate in COVID-19 testing twice a week

Lauren Nelson August 29, 2021

UT is encouraging all students to partake in proactive community testing twice a week to slow the spread of COVID-19. However, campus PCT capacity currently sits at 15,000 tests a week. With about 51,000...

A student’s guide to avoiding COVID-19 infection and impact

A student’s guide to avoiding COVID-19 infection and impact

Zoe Tzanis, Life and Arts Desk Editor August 29, 2021

As UT eases back into in-person learning, campus floods with returning students causing many to fear a resurgence of COVID-19 cases within the UT community throughout the semester. With the help of...

2021’s ‘Candyman’ disappoints with confusing storyline, lack of scares

2021’s ‘Candyman’ disappoints with confusing storyline, lack of scares

Noah Levine, Life and Arts Film Columnist August 29, 2021

Candyman. Candyman. Candyman. Candyman. Ca- Director Nia DaCosta’s “Candyman” finally hit theaters Aug. 27 after being delayed from June 2020. Taking place 29 years after the original “Candyman”...

Texas volleyball matures to 2-0 for season, sweeps UTSA in three sets

Texas volleyball matures to 2-0 for season, sweeps UTSA in three sets

Kaitlyn Harmon August 29, 2021

In just its second game of the season, the Texas volleyball team returned to Gregory Gymnasium on Sunday for an almost identical outcome against UTSA. On Friday, the women in burnt orange captured a...

Hudson Card named Longhorns’ starting quarterback for season opener

Hudson Card named Longhorns’ starting quarterback for season opener

Matthew Boncosky, Sports Reporter August 28, 2021
Head coach Steve Sarkisian has held off on announcing who the starting quarterback would be to begin the season, but rumors in the past weeks have indicated that Card would be the choice.
No. 1 Texas Volleyball kicks season off with sweep of San Diego

No. 1 Texas Volleyball kicks season off with sweep of San Diego

Hannah Williford, Sports Reporter August 27, 2021
The crowd, which turned out in record numbers, kept the players motivated with endless chants of “we are Texas” and celebrated each kill as if it was the national championship all over again.
Give students consistent testing schedules

Give students consistent testing schedules

Cole Krautkramer, Columnist August 26, 2021
Columnist Cole Krautkramer argues that professors teaching introductory courses in the College of Natural Sciences must work together to create consistent testing schedules.
UT’s mandatory Title IX faculty training requirement sees 99% completion rate, up from 26% in previous year

UT’s mandatory Title IX faculty training requirement sees 99% completion rate, up from 26% in previous year

Kaushiki Roy, News Reporter August 26, 2021

After years of UT’s Title IX faculty and staff training program seeing completion rates below 30%, the program recorded a 99% fulfillment rate after the training became mandatory in August 2020. With...

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