Gentrification in Austin is no new issue. For almost a century, racial minorities have been marginalized by subversive zoning policies but only recently has the issue gained wide-scale visibility. However,...
President Obama has made many crucial decisions in an effort to leave a lasting legacy on the fight against climate change. He’s made efforts to switch the nation to clean energy, and earlier this...
Immunization is recommended by the World Health Organization, the Center for Disease Control, the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases and a whole bunch of other experts. Scientifically speaking,...
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump finally admitted Friday that President Obama was born in the States. This reversed his position on the first political issue he attached his name...
The NCAA has found itself in a bit of a quandary of late. School after school continues to be in the spotlight for, well, unscrupulous practices. Academic fraud, players getting paid — that should...
Early September is like Christmas for Apple fanboys. The annual iPhone announcement is the most important event for Apple every year but also brings out their many detractors and people upset that they...
The war on technology has arrived at UT as many professors are banning the use of laptops in their classrooms. Laptops and tablets are the norm in a modern classroom setting — many textbooks are...
The astronomical cost of attending college has become a political touchstone of late. Several presidential candidates, as well as President Barack Obama, have emphasized the issue during this campaign...
New York fashion week started on Sept. 7, but chances are knockoff versions will hit shopping malls before the event even ends. This “fast fashion” depends on cheap labor and harsh chemicals,...
Each September, the release of the U.S. News and World Report Best Colleges Ranking is a testament to the conflict of values surrounding higher education. Students and university stakeholders alike aspire...
“There are monsters in society that will do us harm,” said Austin Police Department Chief Art Acevedo at a press conference in April while addressing the shocking murder of a UT student on...
Gov. Greg Abbott’s recent $7.2 million educational proposal attempts to form “Innovative Academies,” a grant program for STEM subjects to be emphasized in Texas high schools. Abbott’s...
