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Don’t blame students leaving early for Longhorns’ football failures

Eric Nikolaides September 18, 2013

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...

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Robert Jensen thinks that UT acts too much like a factory. He’s wrong.

Travis Knoll September 17, 2013

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...

Core curriculum may bore, but don’t discount its value

Eric Nikolaides September 17, 2013

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. ...

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Horns Up, Horns Down for Sept. 17: Texas inhospitality and Mack’s admittance

The Daily Texan Editorial Board September 17, 2013

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...

Entrepreneurship is good, but responsible entrepreneurship is better

September 16, 2013

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...

Co-op housing provides safe, affordable option for students

Mark Birkenstock September 13, 2013

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....

Why the U.S. should intervene in Syria

Shiyam Galyon September 12, 2013

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...

Assad’s crimes demand accountability, and American intervention

Mouna Hashem Akil September 12, 2013

“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...

Why I wrote my congressman: to ask that the U.S. stay out of Syria

Travis Knoll September 12, 2013

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...

Student entrepreneurs excel at Demo Day

Nick Spiller September 11, 2013

While most students were interning, relaxing by the pool and sleeping until noon this summer, a group of particularly enterprising Longhorns was doubling down on its success by preparing to launch startup...

Looking back on the events of 9/11

Marshall Maher September 11, 2013

Editor’s Note: In this column, Daily Texan alumnus Marshall Maher recounts his experience as editor on Sept. 11, 2001. It started with a small CNN “breaking” banner that said, “Plane...

What the Roman emperor Augustus can teach us about changing higher education at UT-Austin

Jennifer Ebbeler September 10, 2013

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....

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