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Texas’ banned book list for prisoners needs serious editing

Laura Doan January 16, 2018

Inside Books Project is a nonprofit organization with the mission to send books to prisoners who want to learn, be entertained or connect emotionally with books. Every Sunday and Thursday, Inside Books’...

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SMU sets example for college students engagement with polarizing speakers

Grace Leake December 14, 2017

In early December, controversial activist James O’Keefe, founder of conservative whistle-blowing organization Project Veritas, spoke at Southern Methodist University. Event organizers anticipated...

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Five Years Since Sandy Hook Marks Five Years of Congressional Inaction

Rohan Batlanki December 13, 2017

Tomorrow marks five years of mourning the loss of 27 lives in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. It was one of the deadliest, and by far the most disturbing, school shootings in American history,...

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The so-called “war on Christmas” is a divisive fantasy

Sam Groves December 7, 2017

“Guess what?” exclaimed a jubilant President Donald Trump at the Values Voters Summit in October. “We’re saying Merry Christmas again!” And with that, he resumed his annual...

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Student grades must rely on performance, not attendance

Sarah Alarcon December 7, 2017

Only three more days of class until we can study for finals, take them and finally sob tears of gratitude that we survived the fall semester. I would feel less stressed leading up to finals if I didn’t...

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Queer is invincible

Carlos Devora December 7, 2017

The term Queer has become a complex discussion point for many people in and out of the LGBTQ community. Despite the term’s negative connotation throughout history, many people in the LGBTQ community...

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Austin’s proposal for Drag is slow step forward

Ryan Young December 7, 2017

Yesterday, the city of Austin released a report recommending a complete transformation of the Drag, Austin’s gridlocked central artery that thousands of Longhorns get stuck in every day. The proposal...

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Local news matters, read The Chronicle

Zachary Price December 7, 2017

When alt-weeklies — free, weekly newspapers ­— hit the scene in the 1970s, they quickly became famous for taking on issues that mainstream outlets wouldn’t: sex and drugs and rock...

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The UT System’s bid for Los Alamos is an accident waiting to happen

Spencer Buckner December 6, 2017

Los Alamos National Laboratory is a bastion of the nuclear community — instrumental in the creation of the first atomic bomb and countless innovations since. Any opportunity for UT to work with Los...

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Robert Lee Moore Hall is due for a name change

Jacob Kunz December 6, 2017

As we move ever forward to improve the state of race relations in this country, looking back at our history seems to only reveal the issues of the past. I have remarked before that we must reflect on the...

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UT must notify students of sexual assaults near campus

Emily Vernon December 6, 2017

Last Wednesday, a woman was kidnapped and sexually assaulted in Hyde Park.  In the early hours of the morning the Saturday before, a UT student was groped in West Campus, and later that night, reports...

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Decision in religious freedom lawsuit is victory for students

Liam Verses December 6, 2017

The Supreme Court declined to hear a case challenging student-led prayer at Birdville ISD board meetings last week. That decision is a victory for students of faith. Back in 2015, Isaiah Smith and the...

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