If you’ve ever gone house-hunting you’ve learned how to look at a complicated object, take it apart and individually evaluate each piece. I bet you didn’t know that you also do that with...
It’s savior season. As classes end and students have several free months, many will choose to go on medical mission trips abroad. While students have the best of intentions for these trips, a critical...
The other day, I sought out a replacement laptop charger at Fry’s. After accomplishing the task at hand, I ate lunch at the restaurant located in the store.
It was a very nostalgic moment for...
At the UT Senate of College Council’s recent Conversation on Campus Safety, a panel discussion on pressing safety concerns, I noticed something — most of the questions about safety were asked...
Everyone can see that the price of gas is cheaper, but what might not be as obvious is that hundreds of thousands of people have lost their job because of it. The price of crude oil has crashed from over...
Sex can be a positive thing. But when states like Utah declare sex a public health hazard, it only reinforces the stigma toward sex. What these legislators fail to comprehend is that porn is not responsible...
In the self-proclaimed greatest state in the Union, there is an implicit expectation that Texans have access to running water and sewage systems. However, these basic utilities do not exist for close to...
Last Wednesday when U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew announced that Harriet Tubman will replace Andrew Jackson on the twenty dollar bill, most rejoiced at the idea. Hillary Clinton tweeted, “I can’t...
The Texas Revue is the largest event hosted by the University Unions annually, showcasing a variety of acts to over 1,000 attendees. Although each of the performances at the Texas Revue is given the stage...
The youth, ages 18–24, makes up 5 percent of the voting population of Travis County. In a county that houses one of the largest urban universities in the nation, this number may come as a surprise....
It’s about more than just us.
At Texas Hillel, we’ve made it a goal this year to make sure we include programming with other student groups on campus. We strongly believe in inclusion and...
As the state of Texas finds pride in the increasing number of first-generation students entering and graduating from colleges and universities all across the state, it is not necessarily indicative of...
