On Friday, terrorists affiliated with the Islamic State attacked multiple targets around Paris. At least 129 victims were killed, and hundreds of others were seriously wounded. Inevitably, the civilized...
Tragedies are occurring. Last week we had a major mass shooting and bombings in Paris, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Japan and suicide bombings in both Beirut and Baghdad.
To respond to such tragedies,...
As students return home next week to celebrate Thanksgiving, a holiday deeply ingrained in American culture, UT’s approximately 4,800 international students may view the tradition as a break from...
If a student’s bike is stolen on campus, they can choose to report the incident to the police, the university or both.
If a student is sexually assaulted on campus, they can choose to report the...
Contrary to popular beliefs, soft colonialism is alive and well, and it comes as a mix of Facebook statuses, volunteering and tourism. Voluntourism, a portmanteau of volunteer and tourism, is contradictory...
Carly Fiorina is right — sort of. In a recent interview she said conservative women face a double standard when it comes to the liberal media. Some pundits agree that Fiorina has faced far more sexist...
Climate change is no matter of opinion. As its impacts become more devastating, inaction has become unthinkable. Even so, politicians who deny climate change have enormous power over climate policy and...
At 17 years old, Regina Tardy fled her abusive boyfriend, intending to flee to relatives in Lubbock, according to the Austin Chronicle. After getting stuck in Austin and being taken to a homeless shelter...
Feminist Gloria Steinem says that in 2015, female ambition is still interpreted as aggression. Steinem says, “if you don’t do what you’re supposed to do, you get to be a loud black woman...
When minority students step onto a predominately white institution, we are entering an environment that was not created with us in mind. Our identities and experiences have always been a side thought,...
If we look at what is happening at the University of Missouri, we see a highly charged situation fraught with racism that observers refuse to identify as racism. Despite the fact that there have been white...
Once again, colleges and universities are at the center of media attention. The resignations of University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe and Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin, are the latest events confirming...
