Editor’s note: A 30 column is a chance for departing permanent staff to say farewell and reflect on their time spent in the The Daily Texan. The term comes from the old typesetting mark (-30-) to
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Editor’s note: A 30 column is a chance for departing permanent staff to say farewell and reflect on their time spent in the The Daily Texan. The term comes from the old typesetting mark (-30-) to
denote...
I began my freshman year as an undeclared student in the College of Liberal Arts. Being undeclared is freeing to some, but at UT it can be stressful, especially when it has become more difficult...
When I first tried out for The Daily Texan my freshman year in Spring 2013, I did not think I would get the position, as the only photos I took during the tryout process were at Graffiti Park of just the...
I don’t really think anyone understands how intimidated and embarrassed I felt walking into The Daily Texan basement for the first time. Seeing everyone joyously talking to people around them with...
Four years ago, I stepped on to the 40 Acres without a clue in the world. I was 2,000 miles away from my home in Portland, Oregon and I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. In fact, I thought...
My advice to the students at The University of Texas at Austin: Do not work for The Daily Texan. You will be required to confine yourself to the basement of the communications complex for long periods...
I walked down the musky, water-logged steps that lead to The Daily Texan basement for the last time as the sports editor of our storied publication last night.
Wait, maybe I didn’t. But...
I don’t think I knew what focal length or aperture were for the first 75 percent of my time on photo staff. I managed to keep my ignorance low-key enough to get the occasional adequate photo printed...
I was once like you. I was once a nerd.
However, if you sign up for my eight-week program, you will learn a writing system that I developed over three semesters writing for The Daily Texan. Need...
Working at The Daily Texan led to a lot of firsts for me. It was the first time I’d ever written for a newspaper. I applied on a whim in the middle of the summer before my senior year because I wasn’t...
I was never supposed to work here.
In high school, my parents sat me down and told me that I’d be poor and unhappy if I went into journalism.
I threw some garbage at them about being “interdisciplinary”...
