More than three months later, it’s clear that the post-election panic over fake news has backfired. Instead of shattering the alternate realities Americans constructed for themselves online, the...
“Monorail! Monorail! Monorail!” cheered the citizens of Springfield in the classic “Simpsons” episode “Marge vs. the Monorail,” in which smooth-talking conman Lyle Lanley...
Whole Foods recently announced that they will open their budget-friendly 365 by Whole Foods Market subsidiary store in Cedar Park on April 26. This store is an attempt by the Austin-based company to fulfill...
You are probably well acquainted with the cartoon raccoons in the Kinsolving and J2 Dining halls that lightly shame you for wasting food. But their judging stares neglect one of the biggest sources of...
President Donald Trump’s executive order attempting to ban citizens of seven majority Muslim countries affects more than just Muslims. It makes many international citizens fear they could become...
When I first stumbled onto the 40 Acres at the start of 2014, an election was about to occur. After spending three semesters at a smaller university in Boston, the prospect of a real election at a school...
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-VT, and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-TX, took the stage Feb. 7 to debate health care reform. As a low-income American with a pre-existing condition and minimal access to affordable health care,...
UT is set to lead a consortium of research institutions in a five-year study on alcoholism and how the disease changes the brain. This is exciting news, but sadly its importance has been overshadowed as...
Editor's note: The following piece was written as a collaboration between the student govenrnment associations at each of the universities in the Big 12 conference, and appears online via each of those...
On Feb. 7, Betsy DeVos was sworn in as the 11th U.S. Secretary of Education amidst widespread controversy and opposition. She was justly criticized for her glaring lack of experience and apparent ignorance...
“You’re doing too much! I want one day without a CNN alert that scares the hell out of me,” actress Cecily Strong said in “Saturday Night Live”’s “The People’s...
The Texas Legislature is currently debating a bill that would remove taxes on textbooks. While businesses receive generous tax exemptions, it is still controversial for students to receive the same benefits.
State...
