The Obama administration recently announced new initiatives in an effort to fix the many problems of the public-private student loan system in America. These include allowing new borrowers to limit repayments...

President Barack Obama recently announced his intention to expand Pay As You Earn, a student loan forgiveness program originally passed in 2012. The plan enables former college students who meet eligibility...

Much to the dismay of many UT doctoral students, the Office of Research and Graduate Studies of the College of Liberal Arts recently announced the implementation of policies which will regulate graduate...

Summer, the months carved out of the school year for travel and relaxation, has now become the window of opportunity for us to get ahead by either interning or committing to a paying job. Unfortunately,...

The recent start of the O’Bannon v. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) federal trial comes on the heels of several major legal announcements regarding intercollegiate sports. The first...

This November voters will have the opportunity to make their voices heard regarding the direction of both Texas and the United States, as all major offices in the state’s government will be on the...

When I first heard of Obama’s most recent plan to combat climate change, I thought about the issue of the environment more broadly. Ninety-seven percent of scientists say climate change exists, and...

Tuesday morning, this country experienced yet another school shooting when a 15-year-old took a gun into Reynolds High School in Oregon and opened fire, killing one student and injuring a teacher...

Houston-based nonprofit Children at Risk recently released its 2014 ranking of high schools in the greater Austin area. Out of 54 schools, the group gave Austin’s Liberal Arts and Science Academy...

Editor’s Note: A shorter version of this column ran in the June 9 edition. Freshman orientation is in full swing on the UT campus. Hordes of fresh-faced students flock to Austin to, among other...