In the aftermath of the tragic shooting in Charleston, South Carolina, a hate crime which left nine people (including a state senator) dead, debate has been renewed on Confederate imagery that remains...
The University of Texas was home to four of the best years of my life. I went through a lot, to say the least, but my journey on the 40 Acres would have never been the same without the cultural education...
The recent Supreme Court case of Walker v. Texas Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans appeared to be one of those contentious 5-4 splits, but the majority and the dissent actually only disagreed on one...
To the students, alumni, faculty and staff of The University of Texas at Austin,
Today, for the first time in my life, I find myself ashamed to be an alumni.
I proudly graduated from The University...
A recent study demonstrated that eating chocolate can make you lose weight. Dr. Johannes Bohannon, the research director of the Institute of Diet and Health and author of the study, showed eating 48 grams...
Texas has long been a colorful state when it comes to politics and larger-than-life political figures. Gov. Ann Richards, who gave her famous speech at the 1988 Democratic Convention, lampooning George...
Many recent conversations have centered around the topic of fixing rising college tuition. Unfortunately, undocumented students have largely been ignored in these debates. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg...
The shooting in Charleston, South Carolina, was not a tragedy. It was an entirely predictable result of a country mired in violence and racism. The political establishment is incapable of grasping this,...
This past month marked 150 years since the end of the Civil War, a long and bloody conflict fought over slavery. Others may point to economics, succession, autonomy or federal government overreach, but...
The first rule of being a hipster is you don’t call yourself a hipster.
At least that’s what everyone says. Hipsters are not new, and they’re definitely not new to Austin, a place...
This year’s job market has been particularly bright for UT graduates. According to data released by the Texas Workforce Commission in April, the Austin metro area’s unemployment rate was at...
