The foundation of Student Government at our University occurred in 1902 following a mass meeting of the student body. Student leaders originally established this new organization for the purposes of consolidating...
Over the last few years, Austin voters have rejected proposals to remedy our city’s pernicious transportation. Proposition 1, the most recent, would have allocated money towards a rail line from...
College is a stressful time for any student. For ethnic minorities, however, navigating through a predominantly white college campus can be particularly demanding.
It is common for the alienation felt...
You. Yes you. You don’t live in a democracy. If you registered to vote, don’t show up to the polls. You’re better off going home and binge-watching Netflix. You cannot be an activist....
If I say border, what do you picture? Is it rough-skinned laborers, desert skies and flat plains blanketed by the shadow of an overbearing wall? To the untrained eye this is the beginning, middle and end...
Going through the college admission process may have gotten slightly less stressful for students nationwide. The Harvard Graduate School of Education, in partnership with other top tier universities, released...
Martin O’Malley begged for, and was denied, “just 10 seconds” in the Jan. 17 Democratic debate. This plea sums up his campaign thus far.
Moderator Lester Holt prevented O’Malley,...
It can be easy to skip that 8 a.m. class when you’re feeling tired, or when you haven’t finished your readings and know that the discussion will focus on those specific assignments. Although...
Here in Austin, I can drink milk, tea, kale juice and over a hundred different soda flavors. But for a year and half, residents of Flint, Michigan could not even drink water from their taps.
Due to...
Outside of the Nueces Mosque on Friday, Jan. 22 around 2 p.m., a large crowd of people stood shuffling inside and taking off their shoes. Many of the girls were huddled in a circle, teaching Jewish students...
As society accepts gender equality, so, too, does it understand that a woman’s worth is more than her outward appearance. Or, at least that is what we like to believe.
A recent and problematic...
Genetic modification of human embryos has been a no-no since an international conference of scientists in 1975 enforced a voluntary moratorium on the practice. But in April 2015, researchers from Sun Yat-sen...
