Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

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

Texas women’s soccer breakdown: Where will Longhorns be seeded in Big 12 Tournament?

Texas women’s soccer breakdown: Where will Longhorns be seeded in Big 12 Tournament?

Arjun Rao, Sports Reporter October 27, 2021

With one game left in the season, it is almost time for the Big 12 Championship for Texas soccer. Due to the Oklahoma State-Iowa State game getting cancelled due to lightning on Sept. 30, seeding for the...

Austin candy, costume businesses share eagerness towards Halloween season

Austin candy, costume businesses share eagerness towards Halloween season

Sofia Treviño, Life & Arts Senior Reporter October 27, 2021

Even without a steady stream of sweet-toothed customers, Big Top Candy Shop’s shelves stayed stocked, full of candies ranging from swirling lollipops to Harry Potter chocolate frogs. Within the yellow...

UT to begin renovations on Hogg Memorial Auditorium to improve safety, accessibility

UT to begin renovations on Hogg Memorial Auditorium to improve safety, accessibility

Joelle DiPaolo, News Reporter October 27, 2021

UT will start renovations next month to the Hogg Memorial Auditorium, a popular venue for student and University events, to address safety deficiencies and make the building more accessible. The renovations...

Texas sets sights on quarterback recruit, Arch Manning

Texas sets sights on quarterback recruit, Arch Manning

Riley Glenn, Sports Reporter October 27, 2021

A plethora of high-level high school prospects visited Austin for Texas’ game against Oklahoma State on Oct. 16, with the headliner being five-star quarterback Arch Manning. Manning, who plays for...

Cottagecore aesthetic offers sustainable, mindful lifestyle for students

Cottagecore aesthetic offers sustainable, mindful lifestyle for students

Jade Emerson, Life & Arts General Reporter October 27, 2021

From VSCO girls to dark academia, internet culture hosts a fair share of eclectic aesthetics. However, during quarantine, a new movement took over the screen: cottagecore.  Cottagecore, the aesthetic...

The Daily Texan predicts the biggest Halloween costumes of 2021

The Daily Texan predicts the biggest Halloween costumes of 2021

Avery Hough, Life & Arts General Reporter October 27, 2021

Each year, pop culture inspires Halloween’s most well-liked and enjoyable costumes. In 2021, iconic looks emerged from hit shows and movies, such as Netflix’s “Squid Game,” and superhero epics,...

UT faculty selected as new editorial team for Modern Asian Studies

UT faculty selected as new editorial team for Modern Asian Studies

Kevin Vu, News Reporter October 25, 2021

Three UT-Austin faculty members were selected as co-editors of one of the premier Asian Studies journals in the world beginning Oct. 1. Founded in 1967, Modern Asian Studies publishes six issues per...

UT band Yardsale! releases debut single

UT band Yardsale! releases debut single

Ikram Mohamed, Life & Arts Senior Reporter October 25, 2021

September of 2021, after playing the chorus of “San Francisco Way” for the fourth time, lead singer Nathaniel Ogren looked nervously over at his bandmates as they tried to entertain a ten-person audience...

Sigma Oasis seeks to uplift students who don’t fit in, offer meaningful connection via service work

Sigma Oasis seeks to uplift students who don’t fit in, offer meaningful connection via service work

Caroline Culberson, Life & Arts General Reporter October 25, 2021

On a sunny porch in West Campus, high school friends Lair-Émile Wysong Reina and Penn McCormack greet their neighbors with friendly waves, laughing together under the boughs of overhanging trees. In this...

Professors continue to use Proctorio despite University discouragement of the software

Professors continue to use Proctorio despite University discouragement of the software

Lauren Abel, News Reporter October 25, 2021

Editor's Note: This article first appeared as part of the October 8th flipbook.  Some students say their professors still use Proctorio, an online test proctoring tool, after the University released...

UT researchers develop e-tattoo to monitor pneumonia symptoms

UT researchers develop “e-tattoo” to monitor pneumonia symptoms

Kevin Vu, News Reporter October 25, 2021

Editor's Note: This article first appeared as part of the October 8th flipbook.  Doctors may be able to monitor patients’ pneumonia symptoms from their homes for the first time as UT researchers...

UT students say access to emergency contraception is important in wake of anti-abortion law

UT students say access to emergency contraception is important in wake of anti-abortion law

Marisa Huerta, News Reporter October 25, 2021

Editor's Note: This article first appeared as part of the October 8th flipbook.  When Lindsey Guajardo had to buy Plan B, she found herself in a 24-hour Walgreens only to realize they had run out....

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