Less than 24 hours after a mediocre performance in the Rio Grande gubernatorial debate, state Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, appeared in Austin ready to re-enter the political wringer. “I’ve...
“Without music, life would be a mistake,” Friedrich Nietzsche. Though perhaps an exaggeration in most people’s eyes, Nietzsche saw a value in music that apparently City of Austin officials...
A few days ago, I was sitting in the FAC studying when the campus-wide alert system went off. It was a scheduled test, but I immediately froze. No one around me even looked up, but it triggered a powerful...
On my way to teach a morning class at the Law School four years ago, I was leaving the AT&T Conference Center on University Boulevard driving toward 21st Street with the University of Texas Tower right...
Amid further controversy regarding the politicization of Texas public school textbooks, it is time not only for the Powers administration but also UT faculty and students to evaluate the true significance...
When President William Powers Jr. stepped up to the lectern Monday to deliver what would be his final "State of the University" address, I felt a mix of sadness at the end of an era,...
When the sun sets Wednesday evening, Jewish people around the world will gather around the table, dip apples into honey, pass around familiar Jewish dishes and discuss the year past and the one ahead....
It has been said for years that the pen is mightier than the sword, but in a time when technology and education are merging together more and more each year, a new question arises: is the pen mightier...
It has been said for years that the pen is mightier than the sword, but in a time when technology and education are merging together more and more each year, a new question arises: is the pen mightier...
We live in a time when everything seems too big or too small. We are told that the federal government is too big, too bureaucratic and too threatening to individual liberties. The same critics say that...
Dr. Rick Hodes, a CNN Hero and the subject of the HBO documentary, “Making the Crooked Straight”, will be speaking at Texas Hillel (at the northeast corner of 21st and San Antonio streets)...
Editor’s Note: On Tuesday, the Texas Board of Education heard testimony from a number of educators who voiced objection to a proposed set of history textbooks. Over the summer, a number of history...
