While the United States can boast being advanced in many ways, it fails to require basic rights for its citizens, an example being proper mental health care. For students, taking exceptional care to manage...
Congratulations, citizens of Travis County, we drink like fish. According to a report by Austin’s ABC affiliate, county residents drink far more on average than residents of any other county of the...
The University of Texas at Austin has overlooked the experiences of minority students for too long. Blatant disregard of minorities’ struggles has kept us from living up to many of the core values...
Over the course of the past month, Austin ABC affiliate KVUE has revealed a practice within Texas law enforcement that allows almost all police officers who are arrested for committing crimes to keep their...
It has now been more than two weeks since I voted for Student Government executive alliance (president and vice president, respectively). It has been nearly as long since this University was supposed to...
Every year an approximated 65,000 undocumented students graduate high school but, due to the lack of their legal status, not all of them move on to attending college. In 2012, the Obama administration...
To be frank, this year’s executive alliance election has been embarrassing. The average student has been forced to sit idly by as they witness impeachment legislation, Supreme Court resignations...
Between Robert Morrow, Martin Shkreli and Donald Trump, high profile buffoons have recently dominated much of the news cycle. Most of the coverage has been negative, and a majority of Americans...
Election season is in full force. Every cable news desk, radio podcast and conversation with your grandparents seems to focus on politics. Even here at school, recent student elections have captured campus...
On February 20th, thousands of Asian Americans in cities across the United States took to the streets to protest the conviction of Peter Liang, a NYPD officer charged with killing Akai Gurley, an unarmed...
Yesterday, a grassroots activist-led organization called the Austin Justice Coalition protested the death of David Joseph with members of Black Lives Matter at the Austin City Hall to seek justice. This...
The UT Board of Regents approved a 3.1 percent tuition increase for the next academic year, which will have another 3 percent increase layered on top of it for the 2017-2018 academic year. Coupled with...
