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Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

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Professional degrees have room for creativity, too

Delaney Mayfield July 12, 2016

It’s safe to say that almost everyone has hopes of creating the next Facebook within their college dorm and drop out of college to become a multi-billionaire. How have Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates...

Legislators must balance safety, innovation with self driving cars

Tejas Choudhary July 11, 2016

There is something distinctly familiar about the anxiety we feel about autonomous vehicles taking over the streets. Either the reluctance to give up control or the fear that robots might behave in an unexpected...

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Despite high ranking, UT computer science lacks product design focus

Mohammad Syed July 11, 2016

The beauty of software is that it allows us to make products and commercialize them rapidly. Computer science (CS), and I’ve said this a million times in my past columns, seems to be the most flourishing...

Whole Women’s Health decision protects Texas women

Delaney Mayfield July 10, 2016

The U.S. Supreme Court struck down Texas’ abortion law in a 5-3 decision for the Women’s Whole Health v. Hellerstedt. Women’s Whole Health was fighting the House Bill 2, passed in...

Both parties’ policy plans come up short of constitutional

G. Elliott Morris July 7, 2016

This year’s Independence Day was the United States’ 240th anniversary of the issuance of the Declaration of Independence. June 21 also marked 228th anniversary of the ratification of the United...

Semi-autonomous car crash should not drive away autonomous investment

David Bordelon July 7, 2016

Well, it’s official. The first fatality in a semi-autonomous car occurred in May, when a man using Tesla’s Autopilot crashed into the back of a tractor trailer. Already, headlines proclaim...

Trump gives voice to mainstream anti-Semitism

Noah M. Horwitz July 6, 2016

In the midst of my week-long, cross-country road trip with two close friends, Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, had posted an image critical of Hillary Clinton, the presumptive...

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Political dating sites offer little worth loving

Natalia Ruiz July 6, 2016

Everything is going well on your Tinder date — until she mentions banning immigrants of an entire religion from the United States. Or perhaps you’re tired of going to your favorite artisanal...

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Lower methane emissions, kick your beef habit

G. Elliott Morris July 3, 2016

Texans enjoy the unique experience of driving down an eighty miles-per-hour highway and witnessing the world’s biggest polluters: the gas and cattle industries. One is a multi-billion dollar industry...

Brexit offers insight into our own political problems

David Bordelon June 28, 2016

The United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union last Thursday in a historic moment that has everybody wondering what will happen next. The populist movement in the U.K. that spurred the result is...

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Julian Castro would make for strong choice as Clinton’s vice president

Taral Patel June 28, 2016

In the 1960s, while Texas Democrats held all the reins of power in DC, native Texas son, President Lyndon B. Johnson, delivered a series of poverty-combating legislation to increase the quality of life...

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Pets could help answer college stress problems

Delaney Mayfield June 25, 2016

It’s hard to tell a student not to be stressed, because a college student has every right to feel overwhelmed. UT students have the burdens of making it across campus in under fifteen minutes with...

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