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Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

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Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

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Guard your goods, create a healthier 40 Acres

Connor Hughes April 7, 2016

The Tejas Club’s commitment to promote the UHS “Guard Your Goods” campaign proves the power of student groups when advocating for a cause they believe in. UHS has recently launched...

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UT must follow City’s lead on curbing DUIs

Walker Fountain April 7, 2016

The City of Austin has a little-known policy which has been keeping drunk drivers off the streets for quite some time. If you drive to downtown entertainment districts and park in a City space, you have...

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Increasingly bloody drone warfare needs transparency

Reagan Stuart April 6, 2016

On March 7, President Obama announced that the White House would soon be releasing a report detailing casualty figures from drone strikes abroad. The announcement came in the wake of a drone strike in...

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UT expansion must grow with student community farms

Benroy Chan April 6, 2016

The story of development taking over nature is far from new — all over the world, airports replace forests and homes sit on prairies. And now, the University of Texas’s two community gardens...

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Redistribution should combat college tuition

Mubarrat Choudhury April 6, 2016

There’s no doubt that the cost of college has been increasing extensively in the last few decades. In the next two years, students at the University of Texas at Austin will be subject to a 6 percent...

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Governor Abbott needs to actively address pay inequality

Emily Vernon April 6, 2016

Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently expanded the number of women sitting on the Texas Commission for Women from seven to 15 and issued five key points for it to consider: women-owned businesses, STEM education,...

Don’t pick the lesser of two evils, pick Gary Johnson

Bailey Ethier April 6, 2016

For many, picking between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton is the equivalent of deciding between getting shot in the hand or getting shot in the foot. But why pick between the lesser of two evils when...

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Round Up’s philanthropy focus is a step in the right direction for Greek life

Leah Kashar April 4, 2016

Over the weekend, West Campus was a whirlwind of fanny-pack clad women and jersey-wearing men, all running from party to party, from philanthropy event to philanthropy event, in the spirit of the 86th...

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ICE raids must be stopped

Giselle Suazo April 4, 2016

“It’s time for a president who won’t walk away from comprehensive [immigration] reform just because it becomes politically unpopular,” said Obama in 2008 as he spoke to the National...

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Mixed-income housing combats educational inequality

Chelsea Boushka April 4, 2016

The American Dream tells us if we work hard we will succeed, but this is a false hope for many students. Eighty percent of low-income 4th grade students in the U.S. fail to meet their grade level’s...

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Austin is ready for its Major League debut

Adam Humphrey April 4, 2016

It’s apparent that Austin has an appetite for sports. Between the city’s minor league teams, major events and participation in niche leagues like ultimate frisbee and rugby Austinites have...

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We need a feminism worth fighting for

Kennedy Brookins April 4, 2016

I have a confession: I’m embarrassed to call myself a feminist. The movement started with the simple goal of wanting women to be valued and heard in the same way as men, but the most recent wave...

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