“A celebration of culture does not require supporting a political entity. However, the Holi festival on the LBJ Lawn makes it unapologetically clear that it promotes India and proactively legitimizes...
March is my favorite time of year: the end of winter, spring break and, of course, March Madness. I am a college basketball junkie. I used to play myself and I love the excitement, the team play, the win-or-go-home...
As of 2014 our school's freshman class reported a racial breakdown of 45 percent white and 23 percent Asian, with American Indian and Pacific Islander making up the smallest percentages.
Just...
Editor’s Note: This is part of a series of Q-and-A’s with UT’s deans. Andrew Dillon has served as dean of the School of Information, formerly the Graduate School of Library and Information...
Mr. President,
Earlier this week, University of Oklahoma President David Boren made national and international headlines by denouncing a fraternity’s chant that singled out and discriminated...
In late February the Texan reported that Austin’s Urban Outfitters, located on a central part of Guadalupe Street across from the University, purchased the leases of five buildings...
Imagine a state where the pension system is in a desperate state of disrepair. Decades of underfunding by the legislature and “kick-the-can” politics have pushed the funds to the...
One of the great challenges of this century is to find ways to wring truth out of the plethora of information on the internet. We are swimming in a vast sea of information. However, at the simultaneous...
Still wondering who to vote for this Student Government election? This alumnus doesn’t have the answer but will give you insights to the game.
I’m proud to say I was an outlier within Student...
In a recent op-ed piece, Nicole Kruijs provides an uncharitable and one-sided description of the Rotnofsky-Mandalapu campaign for Student Government president and vice president. She emphasizes...
Jon Stewart is hilarious. But I wouldn't want him to be president of the United States.
Similarly, Xavier Rotnofsky and Rohit Mandalapu, the Texas Travesty candidates for Student Government...
Last week, I discussed how a Rotnofsky-Mandalapu victory in this week’s runoff election for Student Government president and vice president can help UT students reclaim Student...
