Last Tuesday, an article went up on a website titled “Party with Playboy” that got a lot of well-deserved media attention. The article itself was titled “Playboy’s top 10 commandments...
Overwhelmed. Intimidated. Confused. These are the feelings that mark the first few weeks of freshman year. Dorms, however, serve as safe havens for the hordes of new students in those first few weeks....
Students are under incredible pressure – finding a job, dealing with relationships and making the most of their four years on the 40 Acres. But when these pressures turn into something destructive...
Editor’s Note: This column is the first in a series by associate classics professor Jennifer Ebbeler on the changing nature of higher education at UT-Austin and other institutions. Look for Prof....
The University of Texas at Austin and the University of Alabama are two very different campuses. The football teams have had varying degrees of success in recent years, both schools have distinct takes...
This Tuesday, less than a month into the semester, students will be asked to vote in the first Student Government election of the school year when they elect two first-year representatives from the freshman...
Longhorn fans reveled in hope leading up to last Saturday’s game against Ole Miss. With a new defensive coordinator, we were optimistic for a win. Halfway through the third quarter, though, many...
Texas is an important data point in the national healthcare debate. According to a U.S. Census report released this month, Texas still has the largest uninsured population in the country – 6.4 million...
Perhaps it is a result of our evolution as social creatures, or perhaps the root is more recent, such as the emergence of the social media that we use to advertise ourselves to the world. Whatever the...
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...
