According to a study conducted by Google and Gallup, black and Hispanic students are less likely than white students to have access to computer science classes in elementary and high school. Additionally,...
Last week, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a bill designed to eradicate child marriages within the state. SB 1705, which will go into effect on September 1, introduces a minimum age for marriage...
It’s summertime in Austin, and that means that students are participating in age-old college traditions: backpacking across continents, soaking up sun on the beach, and working long hours without...
American society is divided — there is no question about it. Racism is a driving force behind much of this division. Most people aren’t racist because they hate another race — they’re...
Yesterday, as part of a long Texas tradition, the state’s eponymous magazine published its biennial “Best and Worst of the Texas Legislature” list. Proving no exception to the...
Carol Denise Richardson, a woman who last year was granted clemency by Obama, is back in prison. Arrested for theft and violation of the terms of her release in Houston, her story is not wholly unique....
Terrified by the devastation of Hurricane Katrina just weeks earlier, Houstonians fled in the days leading up to 2005’s Hurricane Rita, a storm with 175 mph winds packing a seemingly worst case...
Today’s media deals in alternative facts! SAD! However, the media is not the only culprit; alternate facts also stem from an overlooked— yet equally dangerous— source: children’s...
Disney’s “Moana” took the world by storm in the summer of 2016, earning over $600 million and widespread critical acclaim. The associated toys and merchandise have generated immense revenue...
“I didn’t get in.” It’s a common saying for seniors in high school when applying to colleges and universities but one I hear too often from hopeful seniors applying to UT....
Some Freshman Research Initiative labs on campus exceed the standard of normal coursework in that some students spend ten or more hours in lab a week and additionally have lab reports that take extra...
High school theater often fosters more drama off the stage than on it, as I discovered during the past four years. In that time, the social drama in my department and many American high schools shifted...
