In my many years of teaching ancient mythology, I have absorbed, as I hope my students have, the important lessons about life that the original myth-makers embedded in their stories.
One lesson is to...
During last Saturday's game against Ole Miss, many Longhorn fans left the stadium early, either out of shame or boredom. But was that the right move? Two of our opinion columnists have weighed in in...
Last Saturday night, the Longhorns took on the Ole Miss Rebels and lost 44-23. It was disappointing and upsetting to watch, and there’s no denying that our school’s football program isn’t...
I didn’t go to the football game last Saturday. However, had I have been there, it’s possible I would have joined in the so-called “tragedy” of hordes of students bolting toward...
On Sept. 4, UT journalism professor Robert Jensen penned an op-ed in the Austin Post titled “With Truce at the UT Factory, Time to Face Tough Choices.” In the article, Jensen defended the University...
I have a love-hate relationship with UT’s core curriculum requirements. On the one hand, I’ve learned a lot in all of those classes that I never thought a government major would have to take. ...
Horns Down: Texas Inhospitality
Carson Otter, a visiting student from Ole Miss is in intensive care after being assaulted in Austin in the very early hours of Saturday morning before the football...
The core purpose of the University of Texas at Austin is “to transform lives for the benefit of society,” and entrepreneurs do this when they take huge risks to develop crucial technologies...
As freshmen are settling into their dorms or off-campus apartments this semester, many will discover that some inconveniences become apparent once the novel shine wears off their new homes away from home....
Can you imagine being killed by a government sniper while protesting for reforms in your own country? For many Syrians, this is no stretch of the imagination.
In March 2011, during the middle of the...
“It is now your turn Doctor…”, read the graffiti on the outer wall of a school in the southern city of Dara’a.
That graffiti sparked the Syrian revolution.
The...
Recently, debate has swirled around a potential strike on Syria to “punish” the regime of Bashar Al-Assad for an alleged sarin-gas attack on the Syrian rebels that killed 1,429 people. Although...
