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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

Key Texas matchups to watch this week: Texas soccer keeps fighting, basketball season kicks off

Key Texas matchups to watch this week: Texas soccer keeps fighting, basketball season kicks off

Nick Hargroue, Sports Reporter November 3, 2021

Here are some of the most exciting matchups for the upcoming week in Texas athletics and professional sports: Thursday, Nov. 4 — Big 12 Soccer Semifinal: No. 20 Texas vs. West Virginia, Big 12 Now...

Ultimate Drag pizza review

Ultimate Drag pizza review

Zoe Tzanis, Life & Arts Desk Editor November 3, 2021

Hear that? While growls emanate from the baron bellies of hungry longhorns, The Daily Texan wishes to remind the masses: No one should deny themselves the most potent antidote, pizza.  Only steps off...

Revisiting Texas Football: Breaking down 5 plays from Texas vs. Baylor

Revisiting Texas Football: Breaking down 5 plays from Texas vs. Baylor

Toby Ughanze, Sports Reporter November 3, 2021

Texas couldn’t pull out a win against Baylor and fell short 31-24, falling to 4-4 on the season. Here are the top five plays from Saturday’s game. 1. Texas defense has early impact Baylor...

UT research could lead to more solar energy in Austin

UT research could lead to more solar energy in Austin

Katy Nelson, News Reporter November 3, 2021

Research from an environmental sustainability organization and a group at UT could lead to an expansion of solar energy in the Austin area.  The environmental advocacy group, The Ray, first collaborated...

Queer, Trans Student Alliance offers free pregnancy tests to students

Queer, Trans Student Alliance offers free pregnancy tests to students

Lauren Nelson, News Reporter November 3, 2021

The Queer and Trans Student Alliance started an initiative in early October to provide free  pregnancy tests to students amid Texas’ restrictive abortion law that prohibits the procedure as early as...

Student comedians tackle serious subjects in stand-up performances, deliver powerful messages

Student comedians tackle serious subjects in stand-up performances, deliver powerful messages

Sage Dunlap, Life & Arts General Reporter November 3, 2021

After performing a final stand-up routine for his elementary school talent show, Dakota Widenor boxed up his off-the-cuff puns and knock-knock jokes, thinking he ended his one man comic act. However, he...

What to expect from 5-star recruit Dillon Mitchell

What to expect from 5-star recruit Dillon Mitchell

Riley Glenn, Sports Reporter November 3, 2021

Dillon Mitchell needed one visit to decide that Texas was the place for him. The five-star recruit from Montverde Academy chose the Longhorns on Oct. 25. Mitchell is ranked No. 28 in the country and...

Texas soccer completes first undefeated conference regular season in program history with 2-0 win over Kansas

Texas soccer completes first undefeated conference regular season in program history with 2-0 win over Kansas

Vicente Montalvo, Sports Reporter October 29, 2021

On a windy and rainy night at Rock Chalk Park in Lawrence, Kansas, the No. 20 Longhorn soccer team defeated the Jayhawks 2-0, breaking records and surpassing personal milestones.  Texas soccer finished...

UT students compete in Austin Film Festival

UT students compete in Austin Film Festival

Peyton Sims, Life & Arts General Reporter October 29, 2021

While quarantined at his home in New Jersey in spring 2020, Chase Bolnick, a radio-television-film freshman, had an original short film idea about the effects of a zombie apocalypse on an American family....

UT launches program to anonymously report campus experiences

UT launches program to anonymously report campus experiences

Leena Alali, News Reporter October 29, 2021

UT launched a program this month that allows students to anonymously report their experiences on campus to better identify problem areas in the community. The Division of Diversity and Community Engagement...

New UT master’s program to bridge gap between humanities, healthcare

New UT master’s program to bridge gap between humanities, healthcare

Hope Unger, News Reporter October 27, 2021

In early October, a new master’s program that explores how the arts and humanities interact with the medical field started accepting applications for its first semester in the fall of 2022.  The...

Key Texas matchups to watch this week: Texas women’s soccer goes for Big 12 supremacy

Key Texas matchups to watch this week: Texas women’s soccer goes for Big 12 supremacy

Nick Hargroue, Sports Reporter October 27, 2021

Here are some of the most exciting matchups for the upcoming week in Texas athletics: Thursday, Oct. 28 — Texas Women’s Soccer: Texas @ Kansas, Big 12 Now on ESPN +, 7 p.m. Postseason seeding...

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