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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

The Daily Texan

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How to teach history

The Daily Texan Editorial Board January 15, 2013

Editor’s note: On Jan.11, the National Association of Scholars published a report titled “Recasting History.” The 62-page report concludes that both UT and A&M’s introductory...

B.A.? Be hired

Matt Gertken January 15, 2013

Undergraduates in the literature courses I teach often ask whether they are crazy for wanting to major in the liberal arts. Even the most indulgent parents sometimes nudge their children toward math, engineering...

Advice from a wannabe

Maria-Xenia Hardt December 7, 2012

When I was 12 years old, I told my family that I wanted to be a journalist when I grew up. A sports journalist. By 2022, I announced, they would all be able to watch me on TV, commenting on the final match...

Ethics overlooked at McCombs

Ryan Nill December 7, 2012

Nicole Renaux graduated from the Red McCombs School of Business in May 2010 and got a job at Black Star Co-op, a beer brewery and pub that is owned cooperatively by about 3,000 of its customers. At Black...

Holiday season doesn’t need a reason

Mac McCann December 6, 2012

As soon as Thanksgiving ends, we begin the Christmas shopping season. To celebrate the birth of a man who said to “sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor,” we spend more of...

Alter your reality for the better

Laura Wright December 6, 2012

Madeline Tuckfield has always lamented her hometown’s lack of urban legends. “I love Austin so much, it’s such a cool vibrant city, but we don’t have any monsters or ghosts,”...

Top 10 ways to avoid studying for finals

Laura Wright December 5, 2012

Listen, folks: The PCL being open 24 hours, 7 days a week could be taken as a license to increase your productivity — imagine all the extra books you can digest with 24 whole hours in those fluorescent-lit...

Protect the Internet, in Syria and in Texas

Grayson SImmons December 5, 2012

On Nov. 29, all of the Internet Protocol addresses in Syria simultaneously became unreachable. The entire country lost the Internet until it was restored just as mysteriously two days later. Syrian state-run...

How the Whisper app could help, but doesn’t

Patrick St. Pierre December 4, 2012

A new app called Whisper is gaining popularity among college students across the country. Whisper is a social platform that allows users to anonymously share secrets — hence the name — that...

What to Watch: December 3 – 7

The Daily Texan Editorial Board December 3, 2012

Every Monday, we provide a list of opinion-worthy events to expect during the coming week. The Association for India’s Development (AID) will stage a “die-in” on Monday at 11 a.m. on...

Scrutinize protests of UT’s Israeli interests

Tracy Frydberg December 3, 2012

In the Nov. 29th column “Draw the connections: UT, the US and Israel,” co-authors Christina Noriega and Jonathan Orta call for the University to “divest its interests in Israel”...

Obama and our future in space

Grayson SImmons November 30, 2012

I voted for Barack Obama during the recent election. There are a number of reasons why he got my vote, and although some might not think it carries much weight, his administration’s position on our...

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