Combining news and current events into a comedic medium is not a new concept, but Andrew Rosas hopes to bring the University’s accomplishments into a new light.
Rosas recently took over...
With a keyboard at his side and headphones clasped over his ears, Jared Marxuach hits a sequence of keys producing a melancholic flow of piercing notes. After looping the sequence back and reflecting on...
In a country where the language is unfamiliar, smart phones become the closest thing to a best friend for international students.
The ESL program, offered through the International Office,...
When international relations senior Gwam Puerta notices a dip in the party’s energy, he wets his hair, lathers his beard in Vaseline and sets a torch on fire — ready to bring the crowd to life.
Puerta...
Editor’s note: Tat-Tuesday is a weekly series that features students around campus and their tattoos.
Photos by Marshall Tidrick
Seth Murchison
What made studio art sophomore Seth Murchison’s...
Editor’s note: Some of the names in this story have been changed to protect the sources’ identities.
The expectations for an incoming college student are higher than ever: Get good grades,...
From hip-hop to classic rock, talk shows to hard news, radio allows listeners to stay connected. But with new technologies adding competition to the generations old medium of communication, college students...
Editor’s note: Tat-Tuesday is a weekly series that features students around campus and their tattoos.
Photos by Mike McGraw | Daily Texan Staff
Stephanie Kent
Stephanie Kent, a first-year...
Images of armed fighters running through the streets of an Iranian war zone still linger in Mardin Aminpour’s memory.
Aminpour, a history Ph.D. student, is one of the first Kurdish...
Students in the proverbial “friend zone” may think their courtship attempts are doomed, but UT Austin research indicates that patience sometimes pays off.
UT scientists found that...
Editor’s note: Some of the names in this story have been changed to protect the sources’ identities.
Casual hookups. Convenient one-night stands. Cringe-worthy pickup lines. Unreciprocated...
UT clinical professor Elissa Steglich has seen the despair and fear that resides in Texas detention centers firsthand. One woman she spoke to, a tailor from Central America, terrified by gang threats and...
