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The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

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Proposed laws threaten to move Texas backward on LGBTQ equality

Sam Groves April 20, 2017

To paraphrase the famous words of associate Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, states are the laboratories of American democracy. With their considerable autonomy, state governments can test out new...

Health should come before soda industry profits

Alina Agha April 19, 2017

Last summer Philadelphia became the first big city in the nation to pass the “soda tax” — a tax designed to help reduce the consumption of sugary or carbonated drinks in the U.S. —...

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Fraternities’ link to rape should not be ignored

Liza Anderson April 19, 2017

When the University released the results of a campus-wide study on sexual assault last month, they were accompanied by a myriad of promises to recommit to eliminating sexual violence. One arena in which...

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Police body cameras should be normalized

Emma Berdanier April 19, 2017

Last week, the UT Police Department announced that their officers will begin wearing body cameras in an effort to build trust between the UT community and the department. The response to this change has...

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Horns up, Horns down: April 18

The Daily Texan Editorial Board April 18, 2017

Horns Down: Gaudy football lockers This weekend, before our football team’s spring game kicked off, Herman’s crew dropped a tweet showing off plans for new lockers, which will all feature...

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Fixing health care starts with focusing on patient outcomes

Trevor Hadley April 18, 2017

Following the failed attempt to pass the American Health Care Act, President Donald Trump voiced to Americans his new health care strategy: Wait for Obamacare to fail.  “Let it be a disaster,”...

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Geoengineering proves poor solution to climate change

Gabby Sanchez April 17, 2017

As Donald Trump’s presidency continues, it has become clear that acting for the benefit of the environment and the future human population is not in his or the Republican Party’s plans. After...

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Historic Austin ISD segregation requires fix

Josephine MacLean April 17, 2017

“I am unwilling to close my eyes to needless suffering and deprivation which is not only a curse to the people immediately concerned, but is also a cancerous blight on the whole community,”...

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Meaningful diversity requires more than lip service

Jacob Hood April 17, 2017

From the moment prospective students hear from UT, they are met with brochures of various grinning faces forced together under a heading of “Diversity.” The term continues to get tossed around...

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Texas death penalty practice deserves abolition

Usmaan Hasan April 17, 2017

Arkansas wants to execute eight people over the next 10 days. The state’s stock of Midazolam, a sedative used for lethal-injection, is due to expire at the end of the April. Not one to let taxpayer...

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Harmful portrayals of women permeate advertising

Laura Doan April 17, 2017

Carl’s Jr. recently released a new commercial that signals a retreat from 10 years of ad campaigns that featured tanned women in bikinis enjoying burgers to a ridiculous degree. Other than being...

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Survivors deserve help in ending sexual assault

Kirk Watson April 14, 2017

Sexual assault is shockingly common on college campuses. According to a recent survey from the University of Texas System, 15 percent of female undergraduate students reported being raped since enrolling...

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