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Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

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Shared services will help UT do more work more efficiently

Kevin Hegarty November 13, 2013

For more than two decades, state funding at the University of Texas at Austin has been in decline, shrinking from 47 percent of the University’s budget in 1984-1985 to only 13 percent today. Although...

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Horns Up, Horns Down for Nov. 12

The Daily Texan Editorial Board November 12, 2013

Horns Up: Theatre and dance reconsiders guest-casting decision The University’s theatre and dance department reversed its decision to cast guest actors (instead of students) for nine out of 12...

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Make coding a requirement for all UT students

Larisa Manescu November 12, 2013

College students tend to define themselves by their majors, but they need to realize that what they study isn’t a binding contract spelling out what skills they can and cannot develop before graduation. For...

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Minority students deserve recasting in UT plays

Lauren Franklin November 11, 2013

In the past two weeks, the UT theatre department has found itself caught in a casting controversy, and racial inequalities may be to blame.  According to a Daily Texan article published Oct. 30, the...

Study abroad is within reach for most students

Jasmine C. Johnson November 8, 2013

To study in another country while being fully immersed in a foreign culture has to be the highlight of any college student’s young life. So why don’t more students study abroad? Mainly because...

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How the shutdown fiasco may (or may not) affect Democrat’s chances in Texas

Kathryn Garza November 8, 2013

In the wake of the government shutdown, the Republican Party’s approval ratings are down to 22 percent nationwide, according to a NBC/WSJ poll, and it’s clear that the GOP is in trouble. Many...

Private institutes offer greater flexibility, but come with greater biases

Travis Knoll November 8, 2013

Recently, a controversial study was released which claimed that  immigrants have lower IQs and that therefore we should limit immigration. Another recently released controversial study alleged...

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The case against UT’s Shared Services Plan

Dana Cloud and Adam Tallman November 7, 2013

On Jan. 29, 2013, President William Powers Jr. gave a speech called “Smarter Systems for a Greater UT,” which announced a report written by the Committee on Business Productivity, which consists...

Traditional news sources should emulate the Buzzfeed model to stay relevant

Chuck Matula November 7, 2013

If your Facebook news feed is anything like mine, between drunk Halloween pictures and aggressively under-informed political screeds, short lists seem to dominate most of the space. From fledgling viral...

NEH, humanities deserve support, funding

Samer Ali November 6, 2013

The Chronicle of Higher Education reported Oct. 24 that Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Alabama, had submitted a letter to the National Endowment for the Humanities. Sessions, the senior Republican on the Senate...

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Government and psychology SMOCs show promise as new teaching model

Jennifer Ebbeler November 6, 2013

In the fall of 2012, psychology professors James Pennebaker and Sam Gosling launched a bold teaching experiment: They moved their face-to-face, lecture-based Psychology 301 course from the classroom to...

Living far from the 40 acres may be cheaper, but it certainly isn’t easier

Alyssa Neilson November 5, 2013

With over 86 percent of students enrolled at the University choosing to live off campus this year, according to the Division of Housing and Food Service, there’s no question that hundreds of students...

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