When State Sen. Judith Zaffirini (D-Laredo) first visited UT to attend a football game at 15 years old, she wasn’t thinking of going to college. Three degrees from UT later, she became the first...

Blair sat alone in a lawn chair 20 feet from the bonfire her friends built to celebrate senior prom. She didn’t feel like grabbing another Dos Equis or talking to anyone. As her friends refilled...

At first, psychology senior Alice Smith thought she was in love, but soon she began to realize she and her boyfriend had different ideas of what their relationship should look like. Smith found herself...

She knew she had been raped when she saw the condom wrapper on the nightstand.  When Hailey, a UT sophomore, went to his apartment the night before, she didn’t think anything of it when...

Raised by a policeman and a rape crisis counselor, Eva never walked alone at night or left home without her Mace. But she could never have prepared for her closest friends to be the largest threat she...

Editor's note: This is part of a compilation of stories highlighting the experiences of students struggling to achieve equal representation on campus. Heman Marion Sweatt sees $27,000 in cash...

Editor's note: This is part of a compilation of stories highlighting the experiences of students struggling to achieve equal representation on campus. In a library filled with the sounds of...

To some, she was a mentor, to others a teammate. Some called her their “ghoulfriend,” others knew her as a co-worker, an employee, a daughter, a best friend, a sister.  But whether...

English professor Patricia Garcia wasn’t expecting to be introduced to the love of her life at a book release party. As the night progressed, she began to realize this was the kind of person she...

While their families opened Christmas presents at home, a deployed troop took a picture celebrating abroad wearing the Santa hats they had just received. When another troop felt hopeless, they boosted...

When Anna Weingart’s mom knocked on her bedroom door, she asked her to turn off the lights before she entered. Weingart had finally decided to come out to her mom, and she couldn’t look her...

Editor’s note: Tat-Tuesday is a weekly series that features students around campus and their tattoos. Julie Kantor Though American studies Ph.D. student Julie Kantor’s body is covered in...