Pete Stroud

Recent Contributions

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Associate editor bids grateful goodbye to his Texan family

May 2, 2014

The second best thing that happened to me in college was when my cheap, battered old laptop died on me last fall.
In speech, George W. Bush says education is today’s most important civil rights issue

April 10, 2014

In his speech Thursday night at the Civil Rights Summit, former President George W. Bush led with a joke that was, in the Johnsonian tradition, somewhat off-color.
Q&A with Rev. Jesse Jackson

April 10, 2014

Rev. Jesse Jackson, a major figure of the Civil Rights Movement and Baptist minister who ran for president in 1984 and 1988, sat down with The Daily Texan this morning to discuss the civil rights issues he feels students in the United States are most affected by today.
A graphic breakdown of the Flaming Lips failed concert

March 16, 2013
Gunning for trouble

January 22, 2013

On Tuesday, Jan. 15, five state representatives filed a bill, HB 553, that openly flouts the authority of the federal government, declares any federal regulation of gun availability to be unconstitutional and proposes to prosecute any police officer or state official who attempts to enforce those federal regulations.
Global attention from F1 threatens local identity

November 18, 2012

On Sunday, Nov. 18, Austin hosted its highly anticipated Formula One United States Grand Prix.
The mural didn’t need to go

October 10, 2012

Until a couple of weeks ago, art floated in the sky over Town Lake.
Don't sneer at Arizona State

September 16, 2012

Despite detractors’ claims, Arizona State has been doing a lot of things right.
Far from Fisher

September 7, 2012

I’m writing this to say that while I completely sympathize with her frustration, I’m throwing my support behind the University instead.

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