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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

Columns

Marketing yourself: build a brand

Marketing yourself: build a brand

Maximo Mendoza, Columnist November 6, 2024
Columnist Maximo Mendoza discusses the importance of building a positive personal image and marketing the best possible version of yourself.
Forced intimacy with a disability

Forced intimacy with a disability

Arista Rail, Columnist November 5, 2024
Senior columnist Arista Rail talks about her experience with the constant need to overshare and depend on others due to her disability.
Go home to vote

Go home to vote

Owen Oppenheimer, Columnist November 5, 2024
Columnist Owen Oppenheimer argues that voting in Travis County might not do much, but in your home county it could flip a race.
Decreasing political partisanship, polarization on campus

Decreasing political partisanship, polarization on campus

Belle Xu, Columnist November 3, 2024
Columnist Belle Xu encourages UT students to engage in discussion with both sides of the political spectrum to escape the feedback loops of social media.
Sportsmanship should be an expectation for college athletics, not an option

Sportsmanship should be an expectation for college athletics, not an option

Kayla Petry, Columnist November 3, 2024
Columnist Kayla Petry argues the student section’s conduct during the UT-Georgia football game was unsportsmanlike and urges students to showcase better behavior moving forward.
Beware of crisis pregnancy centers. Seek safe care.

Beware of crisis pregnancy centers. Seek safe care.

Emily Harrison, Senior Columnist October 30, 2024
Senior columnist Emily Harrison urges students seeking abortion serito avoid anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers in Austin.
Predicting your college success with one question

Predicting your college success with one question

Shashank Kota, Columnist October 29, 2024
Columnist Shashank Kota argues the influence of high school education on college success.
Navigating the sophomore slump

Navigating the sophomore slump

Haleigh Lechner, Columnist October 28, 2024
Columnist Haleigh Lechner argues that those feeling stressed from “sophomoritis” should seek support from campus resources.
Practice political literacy within social media

Practice political literacy within social media

Arista Rail, Senior Columnist October 27, 2024
Senior columnist Arista Rail argues that students should avoid acquiring all their political information from social media.
We want YOU (to vote early)

We want YOU (to vote early)

Haleigh Lechner, Columnist October 24, 2024
Columnist Haleigh Lechner urges students to vote early and beat Election Day crowd.
Civic engagement can drive the change we need

Civic engagement can drive the change we need

Yash Gupta, Columnist October 24, 2024
Columnist Yash Gupta calls on students to make a difference on the issues we care about through civic engagement to stop being doomsayers.
In defense of sexy Halloween costumes

In defense of sexy Halloween costumes

Tiffany Lam, Columnist October 23, 2024
Columnist Tiffany Lam argues that revealing Halloween costumes can be empowering.
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