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Students walk past Longhorn Coffee Co in the WCP. Longhorn Coffee Co, which is run by Housing and Dining, pays students a minimum of $13/hr.

Longhorn Coffee Co. employees face worker shortages

Madeline Duncan, Senior News Reporter March 20, 2023

Employees at Longhorn Coffee Co. in the William C. Powers Student Activity Center say issues with new management has left them understaffed. McKenna Golen, a government sophomore and student manager...

 A student at the University of Texas at Austin launches Adobe Illustrator inside the G. B. Dealey Center for New Media on March 6, 2023.

New UT Senate resolution would help students get Adobe Creative Cloud for free

Ireland Blouin, Senior News Reporter March 6, 2023

A resolution supporting free Adobe Creative Cloud licenses for all students will be presented at UT Senate’s next general assembly this Thursday. The Adobe Creative Cloud is a cluster of applications...

UT Outpost accepts soup donations as payment for parking tickets with Food for Fines program

UT Outpost accepts soup donations as payment for parking tickets with Food for Fines program

Kamryn Brownlee, Associate Managing Editor March 6, 2023

The Food for Fines program returned to campus March 6–24, allowing those with eligible citations issued by Parking and Transportation Services to donate soup cans to the UT Outpost in place of paying...

Student Government representatives attend Big 12 on the Hill Conference to advocate for mental health, college affordability

Student Government representatives attend Big 12 on the Hill Conference to advocate for mental health, college affordability

Isabella Zeff, General News Reporter March 5, 2023

UT Student Government attended the Big 12 on the Hill Conference in Washington D.C. from Feb. 26 to March 1 to advocate directly to lawmakers for improvements to mental health resources on campuses and...

Under threat: Academic freedom gives college students the power to fully understand the world around them. Lawmakers are trying to take that away.

Under threat: Academic freedom gives college students the power to fully understand the world around them. Lawmakers are trying to take that away.

Samantha Greyson, Senior Projects Reporter March 2, 2023

On Nov. 3 1944, thousands of students held a “funeral procession for academic freedom,” touting a casket in a march around campus after the Board of Regents fired beloved President Homer Rainey.  In...

Texas Cowboys, Pi Kappa Phi approved for campus return after suspension

Texas Cowboys, Pi Kappa Phi approved for campus return after suspension

Kylee Howard, Senior News Reporter February 27, 2023

UT spirit organization Texas Cowboys and fraternity Pi Kappa Phi are approved to return to campus on a provision basis after hazing-related suspensions in 2019, the University announced Monday.  Texas...

UT algorithm bias research published amid anti-DEI efforts in Texas Legislature

UT algorithm bias research published amid anti-DEI efforts in Texas Legislature

Mason Rouser, General News Reporter February 23, 2023

Algorithms trained to be sensitive to bias based on gender and race in the job recruiting process pose the risk of showing a new kind of bias called “social norm bias,” a study published Jan. 23 found. The...

McCombs professor sues UT officials for threats against viewpoint

McCombs professor sues UT officials for threats against viewpoint

Raiyan Shaik and Kylee Howard February 23, 2023

Richard Lowery, associate professor of finance, sued multiple UT officials, claiming they infringed on his First Amendment rights and threatened him for his publically conservative views, according to...

Members of Underpaid@UT sit together in the CMA patio on Feb. 17, 2023. The organization wants to raise awareness of the difficulties graduate students experience and advocate for a pay increase.

Graduate students continue fight for better wages despite pushback

Ikram Mohamed, Projects Reporter February 20, 2023

When Lauren Nelson arrived at UT in 2017 she was making $13,000, the same amount she had been making at her service job prior to going to graduate school. Sharing a 400-square-foot apartment with her...

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UT benefactor, San Antonio businessman Red McCombs dies at 95

Kylee Howard, Senior News Reporter February 20, 2023

Billy Joe “Red” McCombs, UT benefactor and San Antonio business mogul, died on Sunday, according to a statement released by the McCombs family Monday.  According to the statement, McCombs died...

UT For Me initiative celebrates 3 year anniversary

UT For Me initiative celebrates 3 year anniversary

Amirtha Jayakumaran, General News Reporter February 19, 2023

Since its launch in January 2020, the success initiative UT For Me has served over 7,000 Pell-eligible first-time undergraduate students and will graduate its first cohort in spring 2024. UT for...

Dell Medical School and Austin Community College unite to open mental health clinic

Dell Medical School and Austin Community College unite to open mental health clinic

Molly Mcilhinney, General News Reporter February 19, 2023

The Amplify Center, a product of a partnership between Dell Medical School and Austin Community College, opened on Feb. 9 at ACC’s Eastview Campus. The center, a subpart of Dell Medical School’s...

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