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Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

Dylan Disu returns to Texas for fifth season

Dylan Disu returns to Texas for fifth season

Mantra Dave, Managing Editor April 23, 2023

Senior forward Dylan Disu will return to Texas for the 2023-24 season, per his social media Sunday. Disu, who transferred to Texas after two years at Vanderbilt, is using his bonus year of eligibility...

No. 7 Texas softball sweeps No. 3 OSU in three-game series, Reese Atwood saves Texas with two game-winning hits

No. 7 Texas softball sweeps No. 3 OSU in three-game series, Reese Atwood saves Texas with two game-winning hits

Katie Borchetta and Tori Garcia April 23, 2023

Freshman catcher and first baseman Reese Atwood displayed a dominant performance against No. 3 Oklahoma State with two walk-off runs over the weekend that ultimately allowed Texas to defeat the Cowgirls...

Bullpen, offensive woes cost Texas series opener in 2-1 loss to Oklahoma

Bullpen, offensive woes cost Texas series opener in 2-1 loss to Oklahoma

JT Bowen, General Sports Reporter April 22, 2023

Just two nights after putting up 20 runs, the Longhorns could only muster one against Oklahoma on Friday. The game was a microcosm of Texas on a bad night this season: a solid pitching start negated by...

Police respond to reports of man with rifle in West Campus Wednesday, UTPD later confirms ‘weapon’ to be plastic toy

Police respond to reports of man with rifle in West Campus Wednesday, UTPD later confirms ‘weapon’ to be plastic toy

Kylee Howard, Senior News Reporter April 21, 2023

UTPD officers responded to reports of a suspicious person in the 2800 block of San Gabriel Street in West Campus at approximately 5:10 p.m. Wednesday. UTPD tweeted an alert about the incident 2 1/2 hours...

UN report concerning global warming ignites ethical debate of UT’s reliance on fossil fuels

UN report concerning global warming ignites ethical debate of UT’s reliance on fossil fuels

Vivien Ayers, Senior News Reporter April 21, 2023

The United Nations released a report on March 20 warning that if countries maintain their current carbon emissions rates, the planet will reach the maximum temperature to sustain life by the end of the...

Managing editor may not have been a journalism major, was still pretty damn good at this

Managing editor may not have been a journalism major, was still pretty damn good at this

Mantra Dave, Managing Editor April 21, 2023

When I stare into the sun and reflect on my time at the Texan, I picture a scrapbook. Not one of those unserious handheld ones, but a full coffee table spread. Pictures, essays, newspaper clippings and...

Digital director, video editor walks down the Daily Texan steps one last time

Digital director, video editor walks down the Daily Texan steps one last time

Anchal Raghuvanshi, Associate Video Editor April 20, 2023

https://youtu.be/fBDr_MUjTRc

TxDOT’s proposed plans for passenger trains could improve travel for Texas Triangle

TxDOT’s proposed plans for passenger trains could improve travel for Texas Triangle

Kylee Howard, Senior News Reporter April 20, 2023

The Texas Department of Transportation announced their hope to build passenger trains connecting Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio and Houston during a conference in Dallas earlier this month.  According...

TikTok influencer Chris Olsen talks on mental health, new coffee brand

TikTok influencer Chris Olsen talks on mental health, new coffee brand

Madeline Duncan, Senior News Reporter April 20, 2023

Over 400 UT students gathered to listen to TikTok star and entrepreneur Chris Olsen speak about his journey as a content creator and advocate for mental health and his new coffee brand at the University...

Longhorns run rule Abilene Christian in 6.5 innings, cruise to 20-0 win

Longhorns run rule Abilene Christian in 6.5 innings, cruise to 20-0 win

JT Bowen, General Sports Reporter April 19, 2023

Rodney Terry’s first pitch might have been Texas’s good luck charm, as the Longhorns run-ruled Abilene Christian 20-0 in six and a half innings. The Longhorns allowed just two hits and pitched their...

Looking ahead to Texas football’s 2023 Big 12 conference schedule

Looking ahead to Texas football’s 2023 Big 12 conference schedule

Bo Espey, General Sports Reporter April 19, 2023

Texas football concluded spring practice this past Saturday with its annual Orange-White spring game. The game offered Longhorn fans a glimpse of the new roster as third-year head coach Steve Sarkisian...

UT professor awarded President’s Research Impact Award for key contributions to COVID-19 vaccine development

UT professor awarded President’s Research Impact Award for key contributions to COVID-19 vaccine development

Pili Saravia, General News Reporter April 19, 2023

While most of the nation spent 2020 hoarding hand sanitizer and toilet paper, Jason McLellan kept his head down and went back to his research. After all, he anticipated the virus almost six years earlier,...

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