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Senior public relations major Simi Sodipe stands outside the William C. Powers Student Activity Center on Monday.

Semester of SB 17: Student leader navigates loss of community spaces

Meredith Roberts, General Projects Reporter April 22, 2024

Editor’s Note: The implementation of Senate Bill 17 meant the loss of diversity, equity and inclusion offices, positions and resources throughout campus. The Texan’s projects department reached out...

A person bikes on Guadalupe Street on April 17, 2024.

City of Austin bans parking in bike lanes, provides extra enforcement

Aaron Sullivan, Senior News Reporter April 22, 2024

The Austin City Council ratified a resolution on April 4 banning parking cars in bike lanes, along with approving enforcement of it through new means and equipment. The resolution specifically directs...

Quarterback Arch Manning throws during the Orange vs. White spring game on April 20, 2024.

Arch Manning’s big day spoiled by Team Orange in annual Orange-White matchup

JT Bowen, Senior Sports Reporter April 20, 2024

Despite a dazzling showing from redshirt freshman quarterback Arch Manning, Team White couldn’t get the job done, falling to Team Orange at Texas’ annual Orange-White Spring Game. Though boasting...

Junior Sabina Zeynalova hits the ball during singles play against Oklahoma on March 3, 2024.

Texas women’s tennis defeats Oklahoma, heads to final round of Big 12 tournament

Anna Ambrose, General Sports Reporter April 20, 2024

Texas women’s tennis triumphed over Red River rival Oklahoma 4-2 Friday night in the semifinals of the Big 12 Tournament in Stillwater, Oklahoma.  The Longhorns defeated the Sooners for the second...

Tona Southards Naranjo, the mother of a former TDCJ inmate who passed away in prison due to heat, stands in front of the 85 to Stay Alive prison cell simulation outside the Harry Ransom Center on April 17, 2024.

‘85 to Stay Alive’ exhibit demonstrates importance of humane prison conditions

Tyler Pullum and Paisley Garza April 18, 2024

Content warning: This story contains mentions of death and inhumane treatment in prisons. When Tona Southards Naranjo’s son, Jon Southards, first went to prison, she didn’t understand the conditions...

UT, what do you owe, and who do you owe it to?

UT, what do you owe, and who do you owe it to?

The Daily Texan Editorial Board April 16, 2024
The Daily Texan Editorial Board argues that UT is prioritizing political agendas over campus community.
Sergio Torres-Peralta, food policy coordinator for the Austin Office of Sustainability, discusses the proposed Austin/Travis County Food Plan with UT students and Austin residents on April 10, 2024. Workshop participants spoke about expanding access to nutritious and culturally relevant food and wrote suggestions on sticky notes.

Students, staff provide input on Austin-Travis County food plan

Mara Ramazanoglu, General News Reporter April 15, 2024

The Student Government’s Food Security Agency hosted an inter-collegiate session on April 10 to review the goals and strategies of the Austin/Travis County Food Plan, which the city says is the first...

Senior Micah Braswell celebrates after winning the set point against senior Tadeas Paroulek from Baylor University on April 13, 2024. Braswell won the match 2-0.

No. 4 Texas celebrates its seniors and its final regular season Big 12 conference title

Ryan Hopper, General Sports Reporter April 13, 2024

Celebrating its six seniors on senior day, No.4 Texas prevailed in a 7-0 sweep over No. 37 Baylor at the Texas Tennis Center on Saturday afternoon to win the outright Big 12 regular season title for the...

Sophomore Viviana Martinez and freshman Kayden Henry reach for ball during game against Oklahoma on Friday.

No. 2/1 Texas softball beats No. RV/24 Baylor in alumni game

Lauren Hightower, General Sports Reporter April 13, 2024

With 47 Texas softball alumni in the stands, No. 2/1 Texas softball defeated No. RV/24 Baylor 9-6 after battling back and forth for runs.  Before the game started, former catcher Jacqueline Williams,...

Freshman catcher Nik Sanders high-fives Senior pitcher Charlie Hurley at game two of the annual Fall World Series held at UFCU Disch-Falk Field on Nov. 3, 2023. Hurley acted as a coach for all three of the Orange vs. Stripes scrimmage games held.

Texas baseball gets dominated in all game aspects and falls to Houston 9-1

Lindsey Plotkin, Associate Sports Editor April 13, 2024

Texas baseball loses its fifth straight series opener, this time falling to Houston in the opening game of the first and only Big 12 matchup between the teams. The Cougars defeated the Longhorns 9-1 thanks...

‘Its worth taking a stand’: A look at two student protests that influenced UT’s history

‘It’s worth taking a stand’: A look at two student protests that influenced UT’s history

Trisha Dasgupta, General Projects Reporter April 12, 2024

When thinking about student protests, images of students conducting sit-ins for civil rights, marching against the Vietnam War or walking for Roe v. Wade might come to mind. However, tucked between...

State Rep. Ron Reynolds, chair of the Texas Legislative Black Caucus, speaks at a press conference on Senate Bill 17 on Wednesday. Behind him plays a video of Rep. John Kuempel saying no staff would lose their jobs due to the bill; 66 UT employees were impacted by the Universitys SB 17 related layoffs, according to the Texas Conference of the AAUP.

Texas Association of University Professors confirms at least 66 staff members terminated in DCCE mass firings

Aaron Sullivan, Senior News Reporter April 10, 2024

The University fired 66 staff members in its mass firing on April 2, the president-elect of the Texas Conference of the American Association of University Professors confirmed at a joint press conference...

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