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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

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Students’ social media activities have real-life consequences

Jori Epstein March 26, 2015

As the only time college ball supersedes professional sports, the NCAA Tournament bestows a maddening amount of attention on colleges. When lower-seeded teams pull off scintillating upsets, fans laud their...

Texas truancy laws need updating

Mary Dolan March 24, 2015

Many high school students in Texas are concerned about keeping their grades up and getting into college. They know that a low GPA or standardized test score could have a negative impact on their future....

FCC ruling will make Internet a right, not a privilege

Nathan Burchard March 24, 2015

The decision by the FCC to protect net neutrality has repercussions that extend beyond preventing Internet Service providers from “throttling” service and creating “fast lanes.”...

Clinton emails show need for higher accountability for public figures

Claire Smith March 24, 2015

On March 3, news broke of unconfirmed 2016 presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton’s exclusive use of private email over her four years as Secretary of State. Both Americans and the media are stuck...

Protesters of Israel Block Party unjustly target culture over politics

Jordan Shenhar March 23, 2015

“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...

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March Madness should prompt UT to review the education of its student-athletes

Jeremi Suri March 23, 2015

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...

UT must foster welcoming community to increase black student enrollment

Jazmyn Griffin March 22, 2015

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...

Dillon Head Shot in Office

School of Information dean discusses school’s faculty, students

The Daily Texan Editorial Board March 22, 2015

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...

A Letter to President Powers on Fiji

Mauricio Garcia March 14, 2015

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...

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Urban Outfitters buyout will make Austin less weird

Lauren Ferguson March 13, 2015

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...

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Texas legislators must put aside political promises to fix pension system

Chuck Matula March 12, 2015

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...

Internet provides wealth of information, though not always useful

Khadija Saifullah March 12, 2015

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...

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