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...
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...
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...
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,...
During my first semester as a reporter, then-news-editor and now-real world-reporter Megan Menchaca passed out Daily Texan stickers. I sealed mine to the bottom left corner of my laptop with pride. It...
Abhirupa Dasgupta, Director of Diversity and Inclusion
• May 9, 2022
You’d think after eight semesters at this paper, I would’ve done everything I could possibly want here. And yet, there’s so many chaotic stories I wish I could’ve written, with titles like “Selling...
Nathan Han, Associate Managing Editor
• May 9, 2022
I’ve joked way too many times about finally leaving the Texan, but now that it’s actually time, I know I’m going to miss it, all because of the people.
Phoebe, thanks for a semester of getting...
I’ve worked in The Daily Texan’s opinion department every semester since I was a freshman. I knew I wanted to join since before I first came to campus. My high school newspaper was where I made my...
After following the very confusing directions to the basement for my copy tryout, I found myself looking down the scariest staircase I’d ever seen. At that moment, I was sure I had done something wrong...
Sophomore year of high school, I joined yearbook staff. Led by Mrs. Boehringer, I joined yearbook to venture deeper into my childhood fascination with photography, but more so to justify quitting lacrosse....
I’ve never known a semester of college without the Texan. Literally. I’ve been here since the very first semester of my freshman year as a columnist, stayed two more years as an associate editor, spent...
People always ask me, “Why are you working for The Daily Texan if you’re an accounting major?” and the answer I always have is, “I don’t know.” The real answer is that when I scrolled through...
