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UT needs to update its name change system to support all students at UT

Sanika Nayak April 3, 2019

We use names to present ourselves to others and associate our names with how we see ourselves.  However, sometimes our given name is not the name we associate with — this is especially true...

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UTPD needs to make self-defense information more accessible

Julia Zaksek April 3, 2019

You’re a first-year student at UT. Your parents bought you pepper spray to put on your keychain and told you to be careful, but you feel like you need something more. You know the UT Police Department...

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Texas Senate addresses student loans wrong

David West Jr. April 3, 2019

UT will implement a new policy in 2019 requiring the University notify students once a year regarding how much they owe in student loans. As an individual who has taken out student loans and relies on...

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Students need to get involved, oppose e-cigarette legislation

Abby Springs April 3, 2019

When becoming informed on political issues, it’s easy to focus on the big, national, attention-grabbing headlines. The Green New Deal. Tax policy. Health care reform.  While those issues...

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UT needs to improve the way students access academic advisers

Abhirupa Dasgupta April 1, 2019

Writing flags, core classes, claiming credit and graduating on time. If these four phrases make you shudder with anxiety, you’re not alone.  Each of the almost 400 degree plans that UT offers...

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UT should fund student government campaigns

Abby Springs April 1, 2019

Each year, student government candidates line up on Speedway and West Mall to proclaim they are the best choice to represent UT’s diverse student body. However, Student Government can only be...

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University needs to allot more rooms for incoming students

The Daily Texan Editorial Board March 29, 2019

Cecille Lopez, a psychology freshman and first-generation student, waited until the last minute to secure off-campus housing because she was waiting for a housing offer from UT. When Lopez didn’t...

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Professors shouldn’t consider using test banks cheating

Henry Corwin March 27, 2019

Test banks are a compilation of a professor’s test questions from past semesters. When students are either given back an exam or allowed to leave the class with it, some students put the questions...

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UT should expand spiritual spaces to every building on campus

Neha Dronamraju March 27, 2019

Let’s take a walk down the Drag to campus. Among the shops and eateries, you will see at least two churches and maybe a mosque if you venture toward 21st and Nueces Streets. These places of worship...

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Expanding university sex education would fill in gaps, help students

Julia Zaksek March 26, 2019

You have an embarrassing question. A question about sex. You can’t ask anyone so, cringing, you type it into your web browser. Some magazine articles pop up — bright pages with breezy advice...

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Students shouldn’t have to pay for lecture materials

Abhirupa Dasgupta March 25, 2019

Over the years, many students have advocated for changes to the University’s stance on free printing. This University-wide problem has created discrepancies between introductory biology classes’...

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UT needs more student collaboration between colleges

David West Jr. March 25, 2019

Collaboration leads to innovation. UT needs to push for more collaboration between students of different majors and for departments within different colleges, essentially allowing more programs and...

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