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Add collaborative research to the curriculum

Wills Layton July 16, 2019

The professor-student relationship is a fickle thing. Every semester, students take classes with a completely new set of professors, often with the large class sizes that are common at the University of...

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UT can ease the burden of textbook costs

Abigail Tovar July 12, 2019

The beginning of the semester is a strenuous time for many of us. We’re adapting to a new environment, juggling 9 a.m. classes and setting new goals to push ourselves. Textbooks add to that stress,...

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Stop humanizing homelessness

Patrick Lee July 8, 2019

Homelessness represents a moral horror of the highest order. Homelessness lays bare the cruelties of capitalism, a tyrannical system that subjugates basic human needs to the economic interests of the rich....

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Humanize, don’t criminalize, the homeless

Kaitlin Burns Passafiume July 8, 2019

“Safety and security don’t just happen. They are the result of collective consensus and public investment.”  SafeHorns, an organization dedicated to ensuring the safety of UT...

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Students should be critical of UT’s eastward development

Patrick Lee July 5, 2019

Imagine growing up in a neighborhood your whole life. You consider it home. You know the kind neighbors, the best take out restaurants, and which streets to avoid after 10. Then your neighborhood is struck...

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Grad students are Longhorns too

Wills Layton July 4, 2019

The University of Texas is known for its distinct culture. Whether it be the passionate fans, the burnt orange that bathes the campus, the blessed mascot Bevo or the logo, UT-Austin is known and felt across...

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UHD can do a better job of helping freshmen build community

Wills Layton June 28, 2019

Being a freshman is hard. From acclimating to a new environment and meeting new people to — worst of all — registering for classes, there are many challenges everyone faces. Of those challenges,...

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UT’s graduate students deserve summer support

Kaitlin Burns Passafiume June 27, 2019

“It’s practically impossible.”  That’s how Daniel Nourry, an international graduate student in Spanish and Portuguese, describes finding summer work in Austin. Financial...

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An oil-funded university is not sustainable

Patrick Lee June 26, 2019

The UT System captured headlines in 2018 for securing the second-largest endowment in the nation at $31 billion, falling only to Harvard, whose endowment is over $39 billion. To compete with university...

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Expanding sunscreen dispenser program would protect students

Abby Springs June 25, 2019

It’s finally summer, and you decide to spend some time studying for midterms on South Mall in the warm sun. Hours spent pouring over textbooks and class notes make you feel like your brain cells...

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A future without Roe v. Wade jeopardizes female students

Kaitlin Burns Passafiume June 25, 2019

Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that gives a woman the right to make decisions about her own body, has been thrown in front of the firing squad in many U.S. states as of late. While this could...

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School of Architecture must alleviate material costs

Sanika Nayak June 24, 2019

The average UT student pays thousands of dollars for their education. However, for students in the UT School of Architecture, whose degrees span five years, tuition bills are accompanied by additional...

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