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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

Division of Diversity and Community Engagement renamed amid SB 17 changes

Division of Diversity and Community Engagement renamed amid SB 17 changes

Ren Leija, Senior News Reporter January 19, 2024

The Division of Campus and Community Engagement changed its name to comply with Senate Bill 17, which went into effect on Jan. 1 and prohibits all diversity, equity and inclusion mandatory trainings, offices...

UTSG announces changes due to Senate Bill 17

UTSG announces changes due to Senate Bill 17

Naina Srivastava, Senior News Reporter January 19, 2024

Student Government announced changes it made in its language, strategic partners and agencies Wednesday to comply with Senate Bill 17, which prohibits diversity, equity and inclusion offices, mandatory...

Winedale ‘band of brothers’ to honor professor in spring production

Winedale ‘band of brothers’ to honor professor in spring production

Flora Farr, Senior Life&Arts Reporter January 19, 2024

In 1983, when 18-year-old James Loehlin first stood in Winedale’s theater barn, he found a home in its isolated wooden magic. Seen by classmates as a ‘boy genius’ due to his extensive knowledge of...

MockJaw takes on the Austin jazz scene

MockJaw takes on the Austin jazz scene

Isabella Capuchino, General Life&Arts Reporter January 19, 2024

Between bouncing from Swamp House to Mohawk and making an appearance at Hotel Vegas, the off-kilter band MockJaw earned their first nomination for the Austin Music Awards before the release of their first...

Freshman point guard Madison Booker keeps the ball away from two Kansas players at Texas's game against the Kansas on Jan. 16, 2024. Texas won 91-56.

No. 11 Texas women’s basketball dominates Kansas 91-56 in bounce-back win

Emmanuel Ramirez, General Sports Reporter January 17, 2024

The Texas Longhorns returned to the Moody Center after an underwhelming loss on the road to Kansas State, where they faced the unranked Kansas Jayhawks. Outside of the opening minutes of the game, it was...

How to have an ‘academic comeback’ this semester

How to have an ‘academic comeback’ this semester

Tyler Pullum, Senior Life&Arts Reporter January 16, 2024

As students head back to campus, some may wonder how they can improve their grades and work ethic this semester. Some might suggest new study spaces or music to improve their focus. To help students seeking...

Movies to channel your inner ‘Plastic’ before seeing Mean Girls

Movies to channel your inner ‘Plastic’ before seeing Mean Girls

Flora Farr, Senior Life&Arts Reporter January 16, 2024

Beyond donning pink attire to see the new “Mean Girls” movie, it takes a certain mindset to fully appreciate the 2000s-high-school-clique dynamic that the original movie channeled. To help moviegoers...

K-pop dance team, Kontrol Crew Texas, fosters diverse, welcoming community through dance

K-pop dance team, Kontrol Crew Texas, fosters diverse, welcoming community through dance

Riddhi Bora, General Life&Arts Reporter January 16, 2024

K-pop (Korean pop) reigns as a global phenomenon, with the top 100 K-pop artists of 2023 boasting a combined 90.4 billion audio and video streams worldwide, according to luminatadata.com. The emergence...

New McCombs research reveals why we keep secrets

New McCombs research reveals why we keep secrets

Caroline McConnico, General News Reporter January 16, 2024

A forthcoming study from the McCombs School of Business identifies the reasons humans keep secrets and neglect to tell the truth.   The study was co-authored by Amit Kumar, assistant professor of...

Pedestrians walk in front of the Austin Playhouse on Jan. 16, 2024.

West Campus, UT professor’s theater companies receive millions in city funding

Aaron Sullivan, Senior News Reporter January 16, 2024

A West Campus theater company received a $4.5 million investment last month to fund the construction of a new theater in northeast Austin.  The investment is part of the Austin Economic Development...

Texas Outdoor Adventures offers opportunities to explore the outdoors, wellness

Texas Outdoor Adventures offers opportunities to explore the outdoors, wellness

Esteban Elias, General Life&Arts Reporter January 15, 2024

Located in Gregory Gymnasium on Speedway, UT RecSports offers UT students several opportunities per semester to experience the outdoors. Through the Texas Outdoor Adventures program, leaders like alumni...

‘Aquaman 2:’ the pitiful end of the DC Extended Universe

‘Aquaman 2:’ the pitiful end of the DC Extended Universe

Ryan Ranc, Senior Life&Arts Reporter January 15, 2024

"Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom," slated as the end of the DC Extended Universe and the sequel to the 2018 hit film "Aquaman" starring Jason Momoa as the titular character, finally released to a collective...

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