This Thanksgiving, my grandma sent me into an early life crisis without even knowing it. “I would have never guessed you would go into sports,” she said to me. I sat there and thought to myself, how...
Some may not know this, but as a member of the media there is no cheering in the press box. It’s meant to be an unbiased atmosphere and can be kicked out for doing so.
Now, some may not know this,...
When I decided to attend the University of Texas, I had one aspiration in mind: to be the Sports Editor of The Daily Texan.
I worked in the same position in high school and was just cocky enough to...
Sarah Brager, Associate News Editor
• December 5, 2024
This column, my last written work for The Daily Texan, started the same as all of my articles: with a frustrating series of typing and deleting, taunted by a flashing cursor.
Does writer’s block...
Minza Mirza, Associate Life&Arts Editor
• December 5, 2024
Second-in-command, I get the job done — when Amelia tells me to. I love my lot at the Texan, my peculiar, pleasant lot.
The Life&Arts department spews out a love for life, culture and people....
For as long as I can remember, whenever someone asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would’ve said a professional athlete or sports reporter. Sixteen years later, I’m officially a retired...
I applied to the copy department my first semester at UT because I didn’t think I was good enough to write for the Texan. I had never done journalism in high school and it all seemed so daunting to me....
Journalism, as Nicholas Kristof said and The Daily Texan has taught me, is an act of hope. Hope that people will read, listen and care. Hope that our words can create empathy, understanding and change....
Many students hope to fall in love during college, and luckily, I did. After several Zilker strolls, numerous concert dates and a few intimate film screenings, I found myself deeply infatuated. However,...
Trinity Flaten, Director of Digital Strategy
• December 5, 2024
To be completely honest, I never thought I’d write a 30 column. So, now that I’m facing saying goodbye, I have absolutely no idea what to say.
When I first stepped onto the Forty Acres, I was riddled...
I joined The Daily Texan in the fall of my freshman year. Seven semesters, over 100 newspapers and countless late nights later, I can’t imagine my time at UT without it. The Texan was the first community...
After serving four semesters at the Daily Texan and two as video editor, it is time for me to say goodbye to the Texan and to UT. As a filmmaker, I have never been very good with words, but this may be...
