As students drive back to Austin for the start of school, they may notice that the price is only a little more than $2. This might be great for commuters, but the low price of crude oil, which gasoline...
Public education was one of the top priorities this past legislative session, with more than 200 bills passed relating to education issues. The majority of the passed laws relate to amending previously...
The months of August and September bring the deadly combination of heat advisories, increased humidity and outdoor activity. What results are around 600 deaths in the United States each year from heat-related...
If there was any doubt that UT would continue to lead the way in high profile research projects, that doubt can now be safely put to rest. UT announced August 11 it would partner with the New Energy and...
The Daily Texan is the voice of students on our campus. You may spot a Texan newsstand every morning at your bus stop, see a stack of copies outside of your lecture hall. You may never pick it up, but...
There has yet to be an obvious point whereat Donald Trump, the current frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, has gone too far in terms of outrageous rhetoric. Pundits and prognosticators...
During this past legislative session, over 200 education-related bills were passed. Many of these new laws relate to higher education issues and will take effect this coming year.
House Bill 1992, which...
On August 20, President Gregory L. Fenves announced the formation of a working group that is tasked with determining how campus carry will be implemented at UT-Austin next August. Students, a stereotypically...
In February 1946, Thelophius Painter, the University’s 13th president, wrote a letter to Attorney General Grover Sellers regarding the graduate law school application of Heman Marion Sweatt. In the...
“Davis must fall.” “Emancipate UT.”
These are a couple of the statements that have appeared on UT’s statue of Jefferson Davis over three different instances of vandalism...
The Jefferson Davis statue was not removed from the Main Mall this morning, as originally planned, due to a temporary restraining order requested by the Texas division of Sons of Confederate Veterans....
Many mass shootings have been highlighted in the news this year, but national leadership generally disagrees on the solution to the problem.
Republicans advocate for more gun rights, such as concealed...
