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Social media increases numbness to violence

Emily Vernon October 7, 2015

College students are notorious for keeping their heads down, scrolling through a news feed while walking to a class or waiting on a professor. In fact, approximately 89 percent of people ages 18–29...

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Study drugs promote economic stratification in the classroom

Mubarrat Choudhury October 6, 2015

Editor's note: This is one part of a point-counterpoint regarding study drugs. Read the other installment here. Researchers from the University of Oxford and Harvard Medical School published a study...

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Modafinil provides safe, effective cognitive enhancement for users

Jacob Schmidt October 6, 2015

Editor's note: This is one part of a point-counterpoint regarding study drugs. Read the other installment here.   A review published in July indicates that the popular study drug modafinil...

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Campus carry fuels white privilege, criminalization of Black people

Loyce Gayo October 6, 2015

Imagine for a moment that a large group of Black men bearing sawed-off shotguns and AR-15s crashed the Texas Capitol during ACL festivities to solicit your support for open carry.  Would they be...

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Students should stand for labor rights

Mohammad Syed October 6, 2015

There are three things you should consider before putting a Wendy’s burger in your mouth. First, you’re getting roughly 830 calories from the burger alone. Second, the 50 grams of fat...

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Editorial Cartoon: Water on Mars

Erica Ndubueze October 5, 2015

Ndubueze is a German and studio art senior from Austin.

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Societal standard for masculinity threatens bisexual identity for men

Valeria Pizarro October 5, 2015

It’s no secret that when discussing sexuality, people generally avoid using the word “bisexual.” Sexuality is a spectrum, and a recent study found that 43 percent of young people in England...

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Optimizing students’ political clout can have big impacts in state policy

Laura Hallas October 5, 2015

With the passage of the campus carry law SB 11, students are realizing that state legislation can hit close to home, and in this case, their classrooms. It is important, because of laws like this one,...

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ACL guests should take safety precautions

Benroy Chan October 5, 2015

Austin City Limits, like many music festivals, is an exhilarating event for tens of thousands of people — many of whom are students. Although attendees go to enjoy music and hang out with friends,...

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Snake-bitten Longhorns look to create their own luck

Ezra Siegel October 2, 2015

The Longhorns haven’t caught many breaks this season. In back-to-back weeks, late-game special-teams disasters sunk the Longhorns’ chances of winning. Additionally, a variety of controversial...

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Schools should rethink ridiculous zero tolerance policies

Mary Dolan October 2, 2015

The reasons for a student getting suspended are usually pretty standard: cheating on a test, disrespecting a teacher or bullying a student. But what about making a clock? Ahmed Mohamed, a MacArthur...

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Students must take lead to prevent bike theft

Alexander Chase October 2, 2015

For thousands of students on campus, biking to class makes a great deal of sense. However, the choices that students make to protect their bicycles do not. Short-sighted locking and registration practices...

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