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McKay Proctor February 27, 2015

Editor’s Note: This year four candidates are running for three available voting seats on the Texas Student Media Board of Operating Trustees, which oversees The Daily Texan, the Cactus yearbook,...

Inclusiveness is the key to a vital Daily Texan

Claire Smith February 27, 2015

Editor’s Note: This year two candidates are running for editor-in-chief of The Daily Texan in the campus-wide elections. The editor of the Texan, elected by the entire student body, has three primary...

Valuing teamwork is the key to TSM success

Jan Ross Piedad February 27, 2015

Editor's Note: Jan Ross Piedad, the Moody College of Communication candidate, has written the following column on a topic of the her choosing relating to her campaign. She agreed to forgo print space. In...

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Net neutrality evens online playing field between large companies, small businesses

Jazmyn Griffin February 26, 2015

Finally, the left and right wings can agree on something.  Recent bipartisan and presidential support behind net neutrality, in addition to the FCC chairman's sudden announcement of full support...

Plagiarism decreases value of a UT education

Katherine Brookman February 26, 2015

I am sure that we are all familiar with a somewhat daunting word in the world of writing: plagiarism. Since lower school, we have been warned about the consequences of using another person’s words...

Now is the time for a dedicated ‘College of Computer Sciences’ at UT

Rohan Ramchand February 25, 2015

Every semester, the Department of Computer Science offers a three-hour seminar on mobile computing. It is considered to be one of the best and most interesting classes to take while at UT by aspiring computer...

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National Adjunct Walkout begs reflection on state of US faculty

Anne Lewis February 25, 2015

With the National Adjunct Walkout taking place Wednesday, I find myself thinking about the basic conditions of my employment — as well as that of thousands of adjuncts in our city. Through decades...

New Blanton, LBJ Library exhibits spur examination of race relations

Lauren Ferguson February 25, 2015

Both the Blanton Museum of Art and the LBJ Presidential Library have recently opened exhibits discussing the civil rights movement of the 1960s. The Blanton’s exhibition, Witness: Art and Civil Rights...

Favoritism in UT admissions process fails University

Tom Palaima February 25, 2015

In my UGS 303 Ethics and Leadership class, my students and I are now dealing with questions of how those who are on the lower rungs of the socioeconomic and political ladders of their societies feel when...

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Debate over Senate Bill 11 is misguided

Jordan Shenhar February 23, 2015

It’s caused an uproar among students, it’s spawned forceful condemnations from the Faculty Council, and it’s been covered nonstop by local media. And, despite the incendiary rhetoric,...

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UT does not need more guns on campus

Jeremi Suri February 23, 2015

Our college campuses are plagued with numerous problems, but the shortage of guns is not one of them. No one walks around our campus thinking: “I wish the students and faculty had more guns.”...

TSM board candidate says experience at the Texan will help in board position

Amil Malik February 23, 2015

Editor’s Note: This year four candidates are running for three available voting seats on the Texas Student Media Board of Operating Trustees, which oversees The Daily Texan, the Cactus yearbook,...

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