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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...