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The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

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Education is necessary for mitigating relationship violence on campus

Elizabeth Braaten August 1, 2018

Dating violence is defined as “a pattern of behavior in an intimate relationship that is used to establish power and control over another person through fear and intimidation.” A 2017 report...

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Once and for all, confederate statue bases need to go

Emily Caldwell August 1, 2018

In a what felt like a sudden move, President Fenves removed four statues of Confederate figures from UT’s Main Mall on campus in August 2017. However, the bases of these statues have remained in...

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Love thy neighbor, use correct gender pronouns

Elizabeth Braaten August 1, 2018

Within our campus community, queer-friendly departments and organizations, such as the Gender and Sexuality Center, stress the importance of educating students about gender pronouns. The use of pronouns...

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Let’s give HornsLink some love

Jacob Palmer July 31, 2018

Friends, leadership experience, networking and more — students have high hopes for what they’ll find in a student organization. In the search for that perfect organization, it’s natural...

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Title IX changes when it gets personal

Josephine MacLean July 31, 2018

I never faced the realities of a Title IX investigation until last semester. Watching a close friend of mine undergo an investigation opened my eyes to ways we can make our Title IX process less traumatizing...

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More can be done to safeguard diversity on campus

Ryan Chandler July 31, 2018

The White House recently rescinded Obama-era affirmative action guidelines that encouraged university admissions to consider race in an effort to increase diversity in higher education. While the move...

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Students need to know how to respond to sexual assault

Alyssa Jingling July 31, 2018

According to a study by the Association of American Universities, 23.1 percent of undergraduate females will experience sexual assault during college. Depending on the type of misconduct, only between...

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‘Study smarter not harder’ doesn’t refer to Adderall

Laura Laughead July 24, 2018

In the hyper-competitive college world, everyone is looking for an edge. A grade can dictate your academic future, and overloaded schedules have made sleep a luxury. About 13 percent of UT students see...

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Professors need to re-evaluate classroom policies to reduce paper waste

Ashka Dighe July 24, 2018

Each introduction to chemistry class kills approximately five trees. A tree produces between 10,000 and 20,000 sheets of paper, and considering most of my textbooks are between 200 and 400 pages, this...

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Non-academic Q’s don’t belong on students’ transcripts

Ashka Dighe July 21, 2018

Students often face numerous personal issues throughout their time at university. Learning disabilities, medical conditions and mental health issues are all personal crises that warrant a nonacademic Q-drop,...

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UT’s academic advising system fosters student responsibility and initiative

Emily Caldwell July 21, 2018

Most UT students can sum up academic advising and all the responsibilities that come with it by using one word: stressful. For a lot of us, college is the first time in our lives where we have to make...

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UT should make technology education more accessible

Abby Krishnan July 21, 2018

There are nearly 10 times more computing jobs open right now in the US than there are students who graduated in 2015 with computer science degrees. These jobs often only require a well-cultivated set of...

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