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The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

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Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

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Committee suggests Liberal Arts College upgrade

Allie Kolechta October 13, 2011

A newly formed student committee submitted recommendations to decrease tuition and increase the quality of UT’s liberal arts education to the college’s dean on Wednesday. The College Tuition...

UT Professors Research Mexican American Representation and Education

Jennifer Berke October 13, 2011

Mexican Americans were historically neglected both in education and in government representation, according to two UT professors who presented their research Wednesday. Emilio Zamora, professor in the...

Leadership Initiative group determined to stop Texas Aggie Conservatives

Kayla Jonsson October 13, 2011

UT and Texas A&M have long been rivals on the athletic field, and now a group of UT students have established a political rivalry as well. Members of the University Leadership Initiative, a UT student...

Qdoba opens on Guadalupe

John Farey October 13, 2011

Business on Guadalupe Street near West Campus appears to be booming with four new restaurants opening this fall, despite slower economic conditions nationally. Qdoba owner Kortney Otten, who opened a...

Massey Prize awarded to economist for law, capital markets research

Sarah White October 12, 2011

Economist and scholar Robert Litan spoke about how challenging it is for legal scholars to keep up with the rapid changes in the current financial world during an interview with The Daily Texan. Litan...

Policy professor talks government security

Megan Strickland October 12, 2011

Balking recent trends of demanding transparency, Joshua Rovner, an associate professor of strategy and policy at the U.S. Naval War College, said intelligence entities should restrict access to secret...

Business school hosts forum to discuss tuition hike

Megan Strickland October 12, 2011

Many students in the Red McCombs School of Business said they support a tuition increase but have concerns about how much tuition rates go up and how increased funding will be spent within the University. A...

Hook the Vote rally postponed because of lack of interest, funding

Allie Kolechta October 12, 2011

The Hook the Vote registration rally for voters, originally scheduled for 9 a.m. Tuesday morning, has been postponed until next semester. The rally is tentatively scheduled for March, the same month as...

Parasite found in Texas bugs, no human cases reported

Andrew Messamore October 12, 2011

Chagas disease, a tropical parasite commonly found in Latin America, may be more prevalent in Texas than previously thought, according to research done by Sahotra Sarkar, professor of integrative biology...

Post 9/11 Prejudice towards Arab Americans and Middle Easterners

Lydia Herrera October 12, 2011

 The prejudice toward Arab Americans is still rampant in a post-9/11 world, said associate professor Germine Awad in a lecture on the ongoing bias in the U.S. against Middle Easterners. Awad’s...

Education professors honored for contributions to health

Brianna Pelayo October 11, 2011

The National Academy for Kinesiology honored three College of Education professors for their contributions to their field, the University announced Friday. Two of the honorees, Janice Todd and Jody Jensen,...

Workshop speakers discuss border control

Rachel Thompson October 11, 2011

Eighteen-year-old Esequiel Hernandez Jr. was shot and killed by a Marine while tending to his family’s livestock in Redford, Texas, near the U.S.-Mexico border. The corporal who fired the shot believed...

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