I knew that I wanted to join The Daily Texan from the moment I got to UT. Although I chose to be a computer science major, I couldn’t quite cut off my ties to journalism. It was a part of me, like...
After being rejected from The Daily Texan five times my freshman year, I wasn’t sure I was cut out to be a journalist.
I vividly remember calling my mom, in tears, and promising that I would...
There were a lot of days when I didn’t know if I could keep working at the Texan.
I struggled a lot here. I struggled with the constant wave of production. I struggled with what being a...
I found out I got the job as a sportswriter in the silent library of the RLM. Despite the fact that I was in the RLM, a factory of sadness, my brother and I silently fist pumped as we disturbed many who...
I remember the first time I walked into the basement. It was my first week at UT, and I was pretty sure I was in the wrong place. I looked around awkwardly after entering through the double doors —...
There’s no better way to put it — I’m burnt out. I’ve spent five semesters at The Daily Texan, and I never thought writing my 30 column would bring no tears.
My decision to try out for Life&Arts...
In seven semesters working at the Texan, I’ve written 100 stories. Story number 101 is my goodbye to this basement and its paper that have shaped my college experience.
All honesty, I dipped...
I never toured UT when picking what college I was going to attend. A week before decisions were due, my parents drove me down from Dallas to take a look at the Forty Acres. We couldn’t find the Tower,...
Welp, it’s now my time to write my 30.
I initially wanted to join the Texan to take pretty photos as a hobby, thinking photography could never amount to a career. I tried out and found that...
Whew, so this is really it, huh?
Coming in as a transfer student, I had no idea where my place would be on campus.
But here we are, one summer and five semesters later, and the Texan ultimately...
The day after I received my first assignment as a general reporter at The Daily Texan, I had a panic attack and quit.
I never considered myself a journalist until The Daily Texan made me into one. I...
How do you write about the end? How do you encapsulate four years in a place that gave you every high and low you never expected? I’m not entirely sure, but I know it wasn’t perfect. My time...
