At 2 p.m. on November 19, as I was surrounded by fellow University students, a homeless woman on Guadalupe randomly attacked me. I had no affiliation with her, and I had not provoked her in any way; the...
The first time I voted in a general election (2012), I was shocked at just how long the ballot was. The presidential election had obviously garnered a fair amount of coverage, as did local races for Congress,...
The college admissions process often causes high school students to think of leadership positions as currency. Consequently, it is easy for students to think of leadership as a title or a means to an end....
Last semester, students who had been enrolled for at least four long semesters or had taken 60 hours in residence at UT, whichever came first, became ineligible to transfer colleges without the explicit...
There are few stereotypes more publicly villainized than the lazy, unambitious government employee. That’s why a decision by a judge in Detroit to allow the city’s creditors to seize pension...
Rarely do infrastructure changes galvanize business students to the point of petition. The McCombs School of Business’ Millennium Lab transition is the exception. Though the plans to convert the...
Editor’s Note: Holocaust survivor Max Glauben of Dallas will speak at 8:15 p.m. Friday night at Texas Hillel, 2105 Nueces.
Friday, if you choose, you will have the privilege to hear...
There are four Republican candidates for lieutenant governor this year: incumbent David Dewhurst, Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples, Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson and state Sen. Dan Patrick. With...
In 2006, the Texas Comptroller denounced consulting firm Accenture’s mishandling of Texas welfare, Medicaid enrollments and the Children’s Health Insurance Program. Instead of saving the state...
Just days after Charlie Strong was introduced as the University’s new head football coach, booster Red McCombs took to the airwaves to voice his thoughts on the new hire. In an interview with ESPN...
During my first week of college, I opened up an Excel spreadsheet on my newly purchased laptop in my newly stocked dorm room. For the next 30 minutes, I planned out my course schedule for the next four...
