Should colleges develop and offer online courses? Yes. And UT’s online course system should be much improved.
Currently, UT offers self-paced online courses for credit through the University...
On March 19, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport became the first airport in 2013 to adopt the Transportation Safety Administration’s PreCheck program, a pre-screening program that allows certain...
At the beginning of every week, we provide a list of opinion-worthy events to expect during the coming week.
On Tuesday from 12:15-1:45 p.m. in SRH 3.112, the Robert S. Strauss Center for International...
In her visit to the Senate of College Councils last Thursday, Student Regent Ashley Purgason was quick to say that online courses “are here to stay.” More grim than enthusiastic, she assured...
The Question: What do you know about the Board of Regents’ conflict with President Powers? How do you feel about what you know?
Well, I actually just got out of a little discussion with [President...
On March 21, members of the Tejas Club, a men’s student leadership and social organization at UT, asked Robert Jensen, a UT journalism professor, to leave the group’s West Campus house after...
We Americans seem to have the idea that our great leaders have descended from heaven to be among us and guide us. It’s a comforting thought, and one that relives us of personal responsibility....
Multimillionaire space tourist Dennis Tito, one of seven civilians to ever go to space, announced that he would try to undertake a mission to the Red Planet in 2018 using SpaceX’s Dragon capsule....
Sequestration, the buzzword for the automatic federal budget cuts triggered by Congress’s failure to pass a deficit reduction deal, was signed into law March 1. The cuts will come into full effect...
The U. S. Supreme Court hears arguments in two major gay marriage cases this week, and the timing has never been better. Fifty-eight percent of Americans now believe it should be legal for gay and lesbian...
The Bill and Melinda Gates Computer Science Complex, which opened March 6, is the latest in a series of new or renovated buildings to populate the East Mall. This part of campus has long played second...
At the beginning of every week, we provide a list of opinion-worthy events to expect during the coming week.
This afternoon, the General Faculty will meet in the Hogg Memorial Auditorium to vote on...
