Editor’s Note: The name of Huynh’s mentee has been changed.
Just past dawn every Thursday, a few cars full of Plan II Honors students make the 20-minute journey through East Austin to the...
Nestled beneath an overhang at Dean Keeton and Guadalupe sits a man named David. Many of you have likely seen him there — he’s become practically a fixture in recent months. With copies of...
Midway through my third semester at Brandeis University, a private college just outside Boston, I decided to redirect my attention to local politics and journalism, as well as the academic coursework that...
I am an atheist. Admittedly, I don’t know exactly what that means. Depending on who you talk to, it could mean a lot of things. To some, it means that I am amoral at best and I live a life of ultimate...
“Net neutrality” is a contentious subject. The debate itself exists somewhere in the crosshairs of arduously written Federal Communications Commission regulations, fumbling politicians and...
Correction: An earlier version of this column erred on multiple points regarding the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety and the sourcing of the University's apparel from VF Corporation.
On Oct....
Editor’s Note: “Peace be upon him” (abbreviated “pbuh”) is a salutation for the prophets of Islam. Who receives salutations depends on the school of thought. It is a mandatory...
As observers of international affairs, we have a tendency to divide the world into good guys and bad guys, friends and foes. Old maps from the Second World War show the allied countries in one color, the...
People are naturally prone to making judgments and categorizations. It is the way we make sense of the world. As children, we put cubes in the square-shaped holes and spheres in the circular holes. Making...
Governor-elect Greg Abbott has made no secret of his support of gun rights in Texas. In December 2013, Abbott created a “We the People” petition, proposing legislation that would allow Concealed...
If you turned on a television in the immediate lead-up to this year’s general elections, chances are that you may have seen one of many attack ads involving Medicaid expansion.
Since the Affordable...
A few weeks ago, I wrote that looking back at past midterm elections could provide clues as to possible outcomes in the 2014 contests, in both Texas and the United States. Historically, a president’s...
