Last week, the Philadelphia 76ers became the first professional sports franchise to own an e-sports team when they acquired Team Dignitas, which is best described as the 76ers of the e-sports world (both...
As Texans, we are no longer shocked by the absurdity that constantly escapes from the State Capitol. Between the often pernicious bills passed in the Lege and the seemingly large population of ignorant...
Last week’s presidential debate was the most watched in history, drawing in some 83 million viewers. Since then, Donald Trump has blamed the perception that he lost the debate on the media, a faulty...
With a campus population of over 50,000 students, lunch hours on any given day are busy for everyone involved: Students, restaurant employees and cooking appliances work together to ensure a smooth experience....
The 13th amendment of the Constitution is believed, by many, to have ended slavery. But upon closer inspection, the line “except for people convicted of a crime” becomes clear, and so does...
Everybody wants their presidential candidate to win in a landslide, yet voters also like the ebbs and flows of a nail-biter presidential race. That’s exactly what we had a week ago, but current polling...
This weekend, swaths of students attended Austin City Limits, helping to maintain the festival’s status as the most attended event in the city. Hosting genre pioneers like Radiohead and LCD Soundsystem,...
On her way back from the Texas Tribune festival’s National Security discussion, UT law student Noor Wadi received a death threat on Guadalupe Street. After filing a police report, there was not much...
If you don’t like campus carry, vote Democratic.
In 2015, every single Republican in the Texas Legislature – all 118 of them, excluding house speaker Joseph Straus, who does not frequently...
Students across the Forty Acres think very differently about many things, but there’s one thing we all agree on: Student Government at The University of Texas at Austin has some changes to make.
This...
Recently, our state joined 20 other states — primarily Republican ones — in suing the U.S. Department of Labor for overtime laws that are set to be enforced Dec. 1. The new laws would enforce...
Suicide Prevention Week, a somber acknowledgment of the frailties each individual is subject to, is an apt time to discuss the culture of achievement that runs deeply through the UT population.
There...
