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The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

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Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

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Texas Legislature should reform auto and payday loan industries

Chuck Matula February 8, 2015

If you’ve watched daytime basic cable, you’ve probably seen their commercials. With bright colors and gimmicky sound effects, they’re hard to miss, offering you “$2,000, $3,000,...

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Austin landlords should accept Section 8 housing vouchers

Mary Dolan February 6, 2015

Over the past couple of decades, Austin’s population has grown enormously. This has forced many city residents to engage in the ever-frustrating sport of house hunting. However, it seems that most...

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Student Government a great way to effect change at UT

Taral Patel February 6, 2015

Only 13 students have signed up to run for 43 Student Government positions, according to University data, and students can easily file until Feb. 17 at noon in SAC 2.102 (see: http://deanofstudents.utexas.edu/campuswideelections/howtofile.php)....

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Forum editor Amil Malik talks with the campus executive chef

Amil Malik February 4, 2015

Editor’s Note: Forum Editor Amil Malik sat down with Division of Housing and Food Service Executive Chef Robert Mayberry in order to discuss healthy eating on campus.  Amil Malik: Could...

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Improvements in waste diversion will help campus conservation efforts

Jaclyn Kachelmeyer February 4, 2015

My journey with food waste began with a banana peel.  Finding myself one morning of spring 2013 far from the plethora of garbage options in JCL — recycling, compost, landfill — I realized...

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Opposition to campus carry bills SB 11 and HB 937 based on misguided fear

Daniel Hung February 4, 2015

Editor's note: This is part of a Point/Counterpoint series regarding campus carry bills HB 937 and SB 11. To read the opposing viewpoint, click here.  There will be blood on the streets and...

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Campus carry bills HB 937 and SB 11 will disrupt UTPD

Claire Smith February 4, 2015

Editor's note: This is part of a Point/Counterpoint series regarding campus carry bills HB 937 and SB 11. To read the opposing viewpoint, click here. On Jan. 26, lawmakers from both houses of the...

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Flipped classrooms at UT raise questions regarding the benefits of online education

Jordan Shenhar February 3, 2015

Like a lot of my peers, I don’t enjoy getting up early, I do enjoy watching videos on the Internet, and I have the attention span of a campus squirrel. And so, like a lot of my peers, I often find...

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Gaining an international education is about more than just studying abroad

Jeremi Suri February 3, 2015

We live in an impatient moment, when everyone wants immediate results. The Internet has encouraged this attitude, allowing anyone with a computer and a wireless connection instant access to videos, music...

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College of Fine Arts dean shares his thoughts on Monochrome for Austin

Douglas Dempster February 2, 2015

The latest sensational addition to Landmarks, the University’s public art collection, is Nancy Rubin’s Monochrome for Austin, a terrific sculpture by a celebrated, but challenging artist.   Installed...

Charlie Hebdo should inspire UT community to debate free speech

Caroline Covington January 30, 2015

I’m not proud to say that in the over half-dozen times I’ve been to France, I never even noticed Charlie Hebdo. But I think it’s safe to say that Charlie Hebdo was unknown to many other...

New Year’s resolutions often perpetuate harmful beauty ideals

Katherine Brookman January 29, 2015

We have all heard the “New Year, New You” idea, wherein people vow to improve themselves in a number of ways over the course of the year. Whether it is a promise to eat...

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