As Category 4 storm Hurricane Harvey bore down on Texas, President Trump chose to pardon former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
The presidential pardon is a powerful tool established by the U.S....
Over the past several days, Hurricane Harvey devastated the Texas coast. As of Tuesday, the now tropical storm has continued to pummel Houston with torrential rains and catastrophic flooding. By some estimates,...
While you probably spent the weekend avoiding the rain indoors, for Austin’s significant homeless population, the tropical storm was notably more challenging. According to the Ending Community Homelessness...
Much to the satisfaction of many students, Confederate statues on the Main Mall were taken down late last Sunday night. But this decision didn't please everyone. A descendant of George Littlefield,...
Being black at UT is a challenge in and of itself. There are reminders of the Confederate States of America throughout our campus, a legacy that fought to keep us out of the University. So, President...
Last Saturday, hundreds of Austinites gathered at City Hall to rally against white supremacy, and just two days later, UT removed three controversial Confederate statues from the Main Mall.
But...
Students returning to UT will enter a campus altered for the better.
President Gregory Fenves announced Sunday that the four remaining Confederate statues would be removed from the Main Mall, as they...
The long-stewing white supremacist movement resurrected on the internet and ennobled by Trump’s presidential campaign reared its ugly head in Charlottesville on Saturday, when an alt-right demonstrator...
For some students, the core curriculum is seen as just a set of requirements to fulfill and is not seen as an opportunity to gain relevant life skills as opposed to developing skills specific to a career...
Most students can agree they picked their major because they wanted to learn material related to their future career. However, the College of Natural Sciences’ B.S.A. degree plans, offered since...
Just in time for the fall semester, Capital Metro is making it much easier to get around Austin. Improvements to the agency’s flagship MetroRapid service are arriving Aug. 20, and UT students and...
At some point in their higher education experience, almost every college student finds themselves packed in a giant lecture hall with 300 of their peers, listening to a professor—who doesn’t...
