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The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

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PCL renovation would expand services to graduate students

Xing Liu May 3, 2015

The Perry-Castañeda Library will start renovating the ground floor in December 2015. The 7,400-square-foot area will be reconstructed as space for research and studying by graduate students and...

House Bill 1797 would fix University’s domestic partner benefits problem

Kallen Dimitroff May 3, 2015

Currently, the Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court are debating the right to gay marriage. The debate has invoked the same themes that have surrounded this issue for decades: morality, church and state,...

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Early moves by Rotnofsky, Mandalapu don’t quite shake things up

The Daily Texan Editorial Board April 30, 2015

Last month, the originally satirical Xavier Rotnofsky and Rohit Mandalapu were swept into office as student body president and vice president, respectively. In doing so, they pledged to shake up Student...

Raising minimum wage is good for all

Nathan Burchard April 30, 2015

On April 15 workers in 236 U.S. cities went on strike to promote raising the national minimum wage to $15 per hour.   The strike was organized by the #FightFor15 movement, which is made up in large...

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Daily Texan clause alteration a move to promote transparency

Spencer Schredder April 30, 2015

On Tuesday, Student Government approved A.B. 3, which amended certain provisions of the University of Texas Student Government Code of Rules and Procedures. Most of the changes within A.B. 3 acted as clarification...

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Texan, TSM’s future secure

Riley Brands April 29, 2015

Texas Student Media has a bright future ahead. I couldn’t necessarily have said the same had you asked me when I started at The Daily Texan in the summer of 2012. At the time, I was just a lowly...

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The Texan needs to figure out what students care about

Laura Wright April 29, 2015

The growth of the Texan’s digital product in the two and a half years I spent at the paper was amazing to see. We went from having a neglected twitter to having lively accounts not just for the paper...

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Seeds planted for a fruitful decade

Edward Stockwell April 29, 2015

The future looks very bright for the entities at Texas Student Media. A year ago, I would have said the exact opposite. I would have said something like, “Repent! This ship is doomed! All of us will...

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The Daily Texan breeds opportunity

Bobby Blanchard April 29, 2015

Almost every successful moment I’ve had in college is thanks to Texas Student Media.  My first internship was because of work I did for The Daily Texan — which eventually led to my...

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Print media dead, Texas Travesty open casket funeral

Chris Gilman April 29, 2015

The technological-biological singularity. Terraforming Mars. Hip-hop hologram concerts. Steak dinners the size of a pill. Pill dinners the size of a steak. 3-D printed children. Cars that can fly. Airplanes...

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Recent crime against student shows we must make safety top priority

Claire Smith April 29, 2015

In the early morning hours of April 25, Indiana University student Hannah Wilson was beaten to death. Reported missing the day before, her body was found in Needmore, about 20 miles from campus. The investigation...

Campus carry: No thanks!

Rohit Mandalapu and Xavier Rotnofsky April 28, 2015

As your new Student Government president and vice president, we know it is our job to advocate for what is best for students and will maximize safety. House Bill 937, currently being considered by...

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