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,...

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...

In the two and a half years that I’ve spent at UT so far, I’ve switched my major four times. In high school, I tried to play nearly every sport and instrument available and never perfected one. Now,...

I write good news stories. Copy, don’t fact-check that — Peter would say they’re “ok.” But 68 mostly okay stories later, I’m struggling with this one. Because no amount of experience could...

I’ve said many times that The Daily Texan stands apart from any other student experience on campus because we are so much more than a student organization. We are creating something every day that will...

I never would have expected I’d be saying goodbye to The Daily Texan before I even began my junior year. The truth is, I don’t know college without the Texan. I started as a general news reporter...