Last week, the United States suffered the first successful domestic terror attack since Sept. 11, 2001. As of this writing, one suspect is dead and the second is in custody and has just recently awoken....

Journalism and higher education have a lot in common. Both are venerable institutions that form a bedrock of our civic way of life. And both are undergoing enormous change in response to a rapidly shifting...

Until a few days ago, my hometown of West, Texas, was widely unknown. Travelers often stopped at the Czech Stop, located just off I-35 north of Waco, to pick up a kolache or two, maybe, but very few had...

At the beginning of every week, we provide a list of opinion-worthy events to expect during the coming week. On Monday, April 22 at 4 p.m., students can attend a conversation with Dr. Paul Farmer of...

Last Wednesday, Michael O’Donnell, associate vice chancellor of the UT System, testified before the Senate Higher Education Committee on SB 496, a bill by Sen. Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo. SB 496 would...

The Question: Early news reports about the deadly explosions in Boston and West, Texas were characterized by misinformation. Did you follow news about the tragedies? If so, how did the dissemination ...

Many students and faculty have had the displeasure of encountering the strange black hairballs in the first floor elevator lobbies of Jester West. But though all who come across them are curious as to...

Since early this semester I’ve heard talk about privatization — from some, how awful it is, and from others, how great it is. Like many people, I had no idea what it meant for a school to undergo...

For me, the Jefferson Center for Core Texts and Ideas seemed like yet another certificate offered in the marketplace of academic plans, a superfluous center to compete with Plan II and the other humanities...

Greek life is underappreciated and misunderstood on this campus, but the truth is that it is an indispensable part of the UT experience. Evidence of this can be found in the Greek community’s commitment...

Editor’s note: Daily Texan columnist Amil Malik sat down with Prabhudev Konana, chair of the Department of Information, Risk and Operations Management at the McCombs School of Business to ask about...

Cellphones are useful for the very reason that we can carry them around, but most of us don’t realize that our service providers keep a record of everywhere we travel whenever our phones are turned...