When I first moved to Austin in July 2017, the downtown maze of one-way and two-way streets was enough to send my head spinning. Time and experience made navigating Austin’s streets much more natural...
Dear Bevo,
The +/- grading system at UT must be amended. An A and A- should be of equal value (4.0) and B- should be 3.00 GPA points not 2.67. Why is the UT grade system so harsh?
Sincerely, Grades...
During end-of-semester Course Instructor Surveys, students are encouraged to voice problems they’ve had with teaching and assessment. These problems can be small — things such as “I wish...
550 days.
550 days passed between the moment professor Richard Morrisett pleaded guilty to a third degree felony and the time the University notified students of his infraction.
In the...
According to the pop culture database tvtropes.org, method acting is a practice in which “an actor tries to replicate the life circumstances, mannerisms and emotional feelings of the character he...
Walking down Guadalupe Street, you probably wouldn’t think there’s a shortage of food on campus. There are tons of food trucks, fast food chains and hole-in-the-wall restaurants. Now you can...
In the decades following Brown v. Board — the Supreme Court ruling that overturned legal racial segregation of school — white Americans celebrated their great moral victory, assured their friends...
While walking to and from class each day across the 40 Acres, it is easy to forget our campus’ unique position in the middle of the fastest growing American city. Longhorns need to recognize themselves...
Seven feet: narrower than some pickup trucks. That’s how wide the sidewalk is on the east side of the Drag. All for the sake of some waist-high dinky planter boxes on the western edge of campus.
Anyone...
In a four-day period last year, Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 132 people in the city of Austin. Nationally, ICE arrests jumped from 110,568 to 143,470 between 2016 and 2017. This is one...
It’s February, and the pressure to find something meaningful to do in your second summer in college couldn’t be any higher. It might feel like another summer relaxing would be wrong. But if...
In response to a racially offensive door-decorating contest, McCombs recently announced the hiring of an associate dean for Diversity and Inclusion, who will function as the chief diversity officer, CDO....
