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The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

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Party-line political decisions on Medicaid hurt Texans

Chris Jordan September 23, 2013

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...

Classroom bias can be a self-fulfilling prophecy

Lauren Franklin September 19, 2013

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...

Longhorn football could learn a thing or two from Greek myth

Tom Palaima September 19, 2013

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...

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Point/Counterpoint: Should fans leave the stadium early?

The Daily Texan Editorial Board September 18, 2013

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...

Leaving early shows disloyalty and shame for Longhorn football team

Travis Adams September 18, 2013

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...

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...

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