Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

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

Senior digital staffer makes one last character limit joke to say goodbye

Senior digital staffer makes one last character limit joke to say goodbye

Nick Susa December 3, 2021

As a senior digital staffer, normally I’d keep my reminiscing and goodbyes to 280 characters or less. I’d call this amazing, life-changing experience “unforgettable” and leave it at that. Any long...

Projects editor’s love-hate relationship with student paper ends in pathetic fizzle

Projects editor’s love-hate relationship with student paper ends in pathetic fizzle

Neelam Bohra December 3, 2021

There is an ugly dry-erase board sitting in my apartment. Peeling blue duct tape segments it into sections, where the names of reporters, their stories and editors’ initials are written in marker. When...

LARTS associate editor finally writes about something besides music

LARTS associate editor finally writes about something besides music

Morgan-Taylor Thomas December 3, 2021

I’m not sure why I initially hesitated to try out for the Texan. I could blame 18-year-old me for being naive or thinking I lacked skill. Whatever the reason — I’m sure it had to have been fair …...

Design editor finally learns to leave basement on time

Design editor finally learns to leave basement on time

Megan Fletcher December 3, 2021

As I write this, I’m taking ibuprofen. I have a splitting headache. I left the basement last night at about 3 a.m., after losing track of time talking with the same six people I always do. It was (is)...

Lifelong LSU fan learns it’s hard to root against Longhorns, among other things

Lifelong LSU fan learns it’s hard to root against Longhorns, among other things

Kaitlyn Harmon December 3, 2021

A year and a half ago, I didn’t even know what AP style was. I was dazed and confused, changing my major four times from biology to religious studies to human dimensions of organization to journalism....

Photo editor tries to delete slack, is deleted by slack instead

Photo editor tries to delete slack, is deleted by slack instead

Jack Myer December 3, 2021

I have a complicated relationship with joy. I came to UT San Antonio as an 18-year-old in a strange city where I knew no one. I picked up a student newspaper looking for a crossword puzzle, and instead...

Associate copy desk chief finally free from searching ‘attribution’ entry in style guide

Associate copy desk chief finally free from searching ‘attribution’ entry in style guide

Chloe Roman December 3, 2021

Here lies my first and last piece to ever be written in The Daily Texan. Enjoy. I found myself in the damp basement the spring semester of my sophomore year, after transferring to UT. Although I only...

Diversity & Inclusion co-director says goodbye, feels hopeful for future of sensitive newsrooms

Diversity & Inclusion co-director says goodbye, feels hopeful for future of sensitive newsrooms

Carolynn Solorio December 3, 2021

Prior to accepting a position at The Daily Texan, I had no real experience inside a newsroom. What I did have, however, was the experience of a person who knew what it felt like to be misrepresented in...

News editor says goodbye, prepares for identity crisis

News editor says goodbye, prepares for identity crisis

Brooke Park December 3, 2021

I worry a lot about who I will be without the Texan. Ever since I stepped foot in this anxiety trap called the basement in my first semester of college, The Daily Texan dominated my thoughts and feelings....

DC photo editor pictures new happy ending

DC photo editor pictures new happy ending

Blaine Young December 3, 2021

Honestly, I never thought I would get my graceful exit. My final curtain call. I started at the Texan almost four years ago with big dreams and an open heart. I found my passion for photojournalism here....

Editor-in-chief still cant get into Texan basement office

Editor-in-chief still can’t get into Texan basement office

Emily Caldwell May 6, 2021
Editor-in-chief Emily Caldwell says goodbye and thanks everyone who helped her throughout her term.
Credits roll on video editor’s tenure

Credits roll on video editor’s tenure

Brendan Long May 4, 2021

A few weeks after I took a flight halfway across the country to move into my dorm on my own, I tried out for The Daily Texan. Frankly, I had no idea what I was doing, which was true for most things on...

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