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The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

30 Column

Opinion editor tells all in one-time exclusive

Opinion editor tells all in one-time exclusive

Mia Abbe, Associate opinion editor December 2, 2022

My sophomore year, I applied to the opinion department on a whim. I had already been rejected from The Texan twice and figured, “I have opinions, how hard is it to write my opinion.”  Very hard,...

Diversity and Inclusion Director thanks her diamonds

Diversity and Inclusion Director thanks her diamonds

Rachael Hatchett, Director of Diversity and Inclusion December 2, 2022

Monday, October 15, 1979. Hatchett is written in The Daily Texan 19 times. Wednesday, May 5, 1982 brings the first Hatchett by-line. If you told me 6 semesters ago, I would have 2 by-lines, a couple pictures,...

Managing editor struggles to write one last headline

Managing editor struggles to write one last headline

Fiza Kuzhiyil, Managing Editor December 2, 2022

When I close my eyes and try to picture my life without the Texan, I just find myself staring at the back of my eyelids like someone who can’t conjure an apple in their mind. Let the record show, I can...

Associate managing editor bids farewell to basement roaches

Associate managing editor bids farewell to basement roaches

Sruti Ramachandran, Associate Managing Editor December 2, 2022

I first attended orientation as one of 15 people with my video on in a Zoom room of over 300. I was in my room on a chilly February evening, and I took notes. The last time I attended orientation, I was...

Associate Photo Editor says “Art is in” one last time.

Associate Photo Editor says “Art is in” one last time.

Connor Downs, Associate Photo Editor December 2, 2022

I came into UT hoping to become an engineer, and through a long complicated series of events, eventually found myself in the school of communications. But before I was even accepted into Moody there was...

Design editor quits to pursue career in meteorology

Design editor quits to pursue career in meteorology

Juleanna Culilap, Design Editor December 2, 2022

The Texan steals around ten hours of my life every week and has been doing so since I was a freshman. One switch from broadsheet to tabloid later, I find myself romanticizing my final walks home from the...

Sports editor says goodbye after 1 final ‘early’ dinner run, game of basement pingpong

Sports editor says goodbye after 1 final ‘early’ dinner run, game of basement pingpong

Matthew Boncosky, Sports Editor December 2, 2022

I’ve worked at The Texan for three years now, and in that time I’ve heard countless staffers discuss the burnout they eventually experience working at this paper. Throughout my time here, I never really...

Associate social media editor writes more than 250 characters

Associate social media editor writes more than 250 characters

Kaitlyn Wilkes, Associate social media editor December 2, 2022

For all 143 of you who liked the “cow” tweet, you’re welcome. If you had told my freshman year self that I would be getting paid to write tweets like that I would’ve thought it was a good joke,...

Political cartoonist has Trumpy Dumpty to thank for launch of career

Political cartoonist has Trumpy Dumpty to thank for launch of career

Yulissa Chavez, Editorial cartoonist December 2, 2022

I was a fresh-faced freshman that was just about to finish their first semester of college. Trump had won the 2016 presidential election and I was heartbroken and enraged. So, I drew.  My first cartoon...

Copy desk chief admits she enjoys editing sports stories

Copy desk chief admits she enjoys editing sports stories

Emma Allen, Copy Desk Chief August 9, 2022

Editor's note: This article first appeared in the August 9, 2022 flip book.  I almost chickened out of being a copy editor. If my younger self could see me now, as copy desk chief, she would be beside...

Managing editor picks one last controversial icebreaker before budget

Managing editor picks one last controversial icebreaker before budget

Anna Canizales, Managing Editor August 9, 2022

Editor's note: This article first appeared in the August 9, 2022 flip book.  After one semester as a newsletter writer and *many* semesters as a reporter and in various editing roles, this is my final...

Life&Arts film columnist rolls credits on Texan career

Life&Arts film columnist rolls credits on Texan career

Noah Levine, Life & Arts Film Columnist May 9, 2022

Aw shucks. I’m graduating? Really? Damn it. Anyway, I guess I have no choice but to leave this wonderful publication and all of the amazing opportunities it has graciously gifted me. Going into college,...

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