On April 4, the Texas House of Representatives passed the state budget for the next two years. Who were the winners? Gun owners? Teachers? Republicans? Sure, but those groups always win. This time, the...
Texas won eight games two years ago, then nine the year after that. No team in the country has more returning starters than the 19 the Longhorns have.
Everything is perfectly set up for Texas...
At the beginning of every week, we provide a list of opinion-worthy events to expect during the coming week.
From 7-9 p.m. on Monday, marine toxicologist Riki Ott, who has written extensively about...
An announcement Tuesday morning from Google made it official: Austin is getting Google Fiber. We’re now set to be the second Google Fiber-endowed city after Kansas City adopted the service just last...
Wednesday night, I reacted to a safety alert email sent out by the UT administration about a “non-specific” bomb threat with the same nonchalance the students sitting around me in The Daily...
The Question: Jim Benson, the executive director of University Lands, estimates the UT System’s 2.1 million acres of land will generate close to $1 billion in oil and gas revenue this fiscal year....
The Associated Press banned the term “illegal immigrant” on April 2, and critics argue that it was an unnecessary, dramatic and overly sensitive copy editing edict.
I, however, could not...
The 2013 reductionism award for rap music goes to the April 8 article “The 2012 cheating award for music goes to rap.” The article, about infidelity and hip-hop music, can be characterized...
Every time I walk to class along the East Mall area from the western part of campus, I cannot help but notice the way the buildings change from the orange tile roofs and tan brick facades of campus’...
On Monday, April 8 at the Texas Hillel Jewish community center, the Latino-Jewish Student Coalition held their second annual Latino-Jewish Seder — a Passover Seder is when Jews tell each other the...
Live music defines Austin. In fact, you often hear that Austin has more live music venues per capita than any other city, although this claim is disputed. But despite the hype, Austin is missing something...
Pope Francis is old news. The former archbishop of Buenos Aires and cardinal since 2001 was elected to his position as head of the Catholic Church on March 13, while most students at UT were enjoying spring...
