In 2002 the Supreme Court ruled in a landmark decision that individuals with an intellectual disability cannot be executed. However, this ruling failed to specify what standards should be used to judge...
Finals week approaches and PCL reservations are getting harder and harder to come by. All across campus, Longhorns are frantically reading, studying and googling with the hope of acing their finals. While...
The rise of Donald Trump has been chillingly accompanied by a rise in white supremacy and bigotry. Now, after his win, it’s more important than ever for those of us who fiercely disagree with his...
Editor's note: This column appears in a point-counterpoint regarding the validity of college athletics. Read the opposing viewpoint here.
Sports play a critical role in American society. That being...
Editor's note: This column appears in a point-counterpoint regarding the validity of college athletics. Read the opposition here.
Higher education has been intertwined with athletics for the majority...
The Milky Way is billions of years old and composed of billions of stars. If life is a fairly typical and unremarkable process, and not an aberration in the history of the universe, then by now there should...
Now is the time when most students are thinking about housing options for next fall. While many are signing leases or putting down their deposits for a dorm room, there is another alternative that affords...
In the United States, Texas has consistently ranked among the lowest in education quality and finance, and it’s not looking to change any time soon. Instead of fixing the broken funding mechanisms...
Texas’ football season came to an end with the loss of its head coach Charlie Strong, who was fired for not bringing adequate improvement to the team.
College football in Texas is an underlying...
A new study from Stanford examined grade school through college students’ (in)ability to judge a source’s credibility, including bias in news articles and sponsored content. The results do...
For members of the soon-to-be opposition, much consternation, hand-wringing and other assorted recrimination has accompanied the last few weeks. Those prognosticating the demise of the Democratic Party...
Spending time with your pet can be as rewarding and great as spending time with any human — sometimes even better. It is natural to want to bring your dog everywhere you go but unfortunately not...
