Your next big exam looms, and you’re poring over your notes for the thousandth time. Your professor didn’t give you a study guide, so you aren’t certain about which concepts to focus...
Your professor is calling out names for attendance. You wait with a culminating sense of dread. The professor calls out what they think is your name. You cringe inwardly and raise your hand. Your professor,...
Earlier this year, Samantha Josephson, a 21-year-old college student from South Carolina, did exactly what nearly every college student will do at some point in their college career: She called for an...
I left the gym with aching limbs, but proud of myself after a good workout. It was a toasty 85 degrees outside, but when I entered the Jester East building, I broke out in goosebumps — partly because...
If colleges across UT could make it easier for students and advisers to schedule advising appointments, why wouldn’t they?
The STAR system is an online program that allows students in the Moody...
Editor's note: A previous version of this column falsely stated that the University established the Graduate Education Task Force in response to the Graduate Student Labor Conditions Committee's...
I dread walking to class, but it’s not the mild foot pain waiting for me at the end of each trek that makes me anxious — it’s the people. While I’m aware no one is actively seeking...
Each semester of college has presented its own unique set of challenges, but the spring semester of my senior year has shown me a new level of chaos.
Along with the expected headaches over assignments...
Recommendation letters can make or break an application. A strong recommendation highlights your curiosity, dedication, enthusiasm and open-mindedness — all things a transcript doesn’t reflect.
As...
Black caps and gowns in the sweltering heat. Balloons and a flower bouquet passing through dozens of hands for the obligatory senior portraits. A plethora of adults remarking dismally, “They’re...
You’re a student considering coming to UT. As a member of the LGBTQ community, choosing a university with an inclusive and supportive environment is important to you. When you tour the campus, you...
Students often complain about not having enough time or being overwhelmed with work, but these burdens are nothing compared to those of a student who is also a parent. Student parents not only have to...
