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

Partners Documentary courtesy of Henry Horenstein

Partners’ documentary explores unexpected, unconventional relationships

Faley Goyette February 27, 2020

A man with a cat for a significant other. A couple in an arranged marriage. A woman who believes everyone’s husband should go to jail for at least a little while. These are the relationships —...

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Texas women’s basketball honors ‘Texas Exes’ in fall to Kansas State

Myah Taylor February 23, 2020

On a Saturday afternoon honoring the legacy of the Texas women’s basketball program, Longhorn fans at the Frank Erwin Center couldn’t celebrate a win. Texas fell to Kansas State 60-54, as...

Undefeated Texas opens up homestand against North Texas

Carter Yates February 19, 2020

Texas, who just moved up to No. 4 in the USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll, is looking to continue its red-hot start to the season. Sitting at 10–0, the Longhorns are just three games...

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Smart’s upbringing drives passion beyond on-court success

Wills Layton February 19, 2020

Shaka Smart’s five-year head coaching career at The University of Texas has been nothing short of a roller coaster. While this ride may be approaching its end as the banged-up Longhorns are set to...

Texas’ first home win comes after early adversity

Emily Barton February 19, 2020

The Longhorns opened up their season at home against the UT-San Antonio Roadrunners Monday night. Despite the gloomy weather and gray skies, Texas was coming off a sunny weekend sweep at Rice. Texas avenged...

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Q&A: Ordinary Elephant discusses thoughtful lyrics, origin story

Aisling Ayers February 19, 2020

Whether they are performing in an open-air folk festival or simply feeding their dogs, the singer-songwriting duo balance one another’s unique talents. Ordinary Elephant, a husband-wife folk band,...

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‘(Un)divided’ documentary features unlikely friendship between UT alumna, Trump supporter

Grace Barnes February 19, 2020

In 2017, several months after Donald Trump had been elected president, Amina Amdeen went to a Love Trumps Hate rally in Austin. Joseph Weidknecht, a Trump supporter, was also marching toward the capitol...

Longhorns improve to 3-0 in Puerto Vallarta College Challenge

Carter Yates February 15, 2020

For the first time in this young season, the No. 6-ranked Texas Longhorns had their backs against the wall. In the first game of Friday’s doubleheader in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, the Longhorns...

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Men’s basketball breakdown: Analyzing Texas’ Saturday collapse against Texas Tech

Aneesh Namburi February 11, 2020

After a three-game skid that had head coach Shaka Smart on a molten seat, the Longhorns restored a slight ray of hope in fans by rattling off back-to-back wins over TCU and Iowa State. Then, they lost...

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Men’s basketball breakdown: Longhorns’ problems mount in blowout loss to West Virginia

Marcus Krum February 11, 2020

Video by Isaac Gutierrez, @ByIsaacG Texas basketball’s midseason struggles came to a head in Jan. 20’s 97-59 loss to West Virginia in Morgantown. It was the Longhorns’ worst loss of...

Injuries continue to make Longhorns’ postseason push more difficult

Wills Layton February 11, 2020

The basketball gods have not been kind to the Longhorns this season. Early on in the season, Texas was spared, only losing a player to injury after a concussion to sophomore forward Gerald Liddell sidelined...

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Longhorns bear Baylor beatdown at home

Stephen Wagner February 11, 2020

It only took the No.1 Baylor Bears 38 seconds to prove a Texas team ravaged by injuries was no match for them in the Longhorns’ 52-45 loss on Monday night. After the Bears knocked the ball out...

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