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The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

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State provides free resources to assist sexual assault survivors

Eva Guzman April 14, 2017

Sexual assault is not just a criminal justice issue. Sexual assault is a public health and human rights issue that profoundly affects victims, their loved ones and society. Nearly one in three adults...

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Texas should welcome public benefit corporations

Gina Hinojosa April 13, 2017

Texas continues to be a destination for corporations across the country and the world. While our state has aggressively pursued and passed business-friendly legislation, we are behind on one trend –...

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Public opposition checks bad behavior from start-ups

Cuillin Chastain-Howley April 13, 2017

With every passing day, a new company or startup seems to draw the public’s ire. Problematic connections, unethical employee treatment and sexual harassment have all plagued various companies and...

Expanding community colleges would make higher education more accessible

Alyssa Fernandez April 13, 2017

There was a time when ‘higher education’ and ‘debt’ were mutually exclusive terms. Currently, college tuition is rising higher than the inflation rate, but there still remains one...

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Lawmakers finally tackle mental health crisis

Madalyn Marabella April 13, 2017

Fortunately for Texans, our House of Representatives is avoiding the type of partisan bickering that plagues our national government. In the wake of President Donald Trump’s failed health care bill,...

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Internal transfer difficulty fails students

Ratnika Batra April 13, 2017

When we got accepted at UT, we celebrated this occasion with our high school friends, made our parents proud, imagined our bright future — a future of our own choice. For those of us who came in...

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Trump could dismantle Obama’s LGBTQ legacy

Sam Groves April 13, 2017

There’s been some degree of relief among liberals that the legacy of President Barack Obama is proving more difficult to dismantle than many — including President Donald Trump — had anticipated....

Inadequate education contributes to sexual assault

Jori Kandra April 12, 2017

Last Wednesday Voices Against Violence hosted the ninth annual Take Back The Night event. The purpose of this event is to spread awareness and celebrate victims and survivors of sexual assault. However,...

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Budget day exemplifies Patrick’s lost influence

Noah M. Horwitz April 12, 2017

Conventional wisdom has long intimated that the Texas governorship, compared to its companions in the other states, is a relatively weak position. The retort of the “Texas Monthly crowd” in...

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Top ten percent rule proves ineffectiveness

Emma Berdanier April 12, 2017

Applying to UT as an out-of-state student, it felt like the odds were stacked against me. This feeling came because of the top 10 percent rule, and the fact that those automatic admittees account for 75...

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Real protestors fight for social justice, not fun

Audrey Larcher April 11, 2017

Last week, Pepsi released a commercial featuring Kendall Jenner advertising its soda as an essential part of a good protest. Less than a day later, the corporation pulled the video off its YouTube channel...

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Diversity, new districts strengthen Democrats

G. Elliott Morris April 11, 2017

Hillary Clinton, in Houston on Saturday for a fundraiser with Annie’s List and some 2,500 like-minded Texans, said that Texas was a bright spot in her 2016 campaign. Puzzlingly enough, Clinton said...

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