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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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The candidates’ columns: Let the student regent vote

Bobby Blanchard February 26, 2013

Editor’s note: Per the TSM election code Section 7.45B, Daily Texan editor-in-chief candidates have the opportunity to publish two columns during their campaigns. The candidates were asked to write...

The candidates’ columns: Voting for a voice

Laura Wright February 26, 2013

Editor’s note: Per the TSM election code Section 7.45B, Daily Texan editor-in-chief candidates have the opportunity to publish two columns during their campaigns. The candidates were asked to write...

What to Watch: February 25 – March 1

The Daily Texan Editorial Board February 25, 2013

Today at 11:30 a.m. at the UT School of Law (TNH 3.127), Ramzi Kassem will host a discussion about the place of torture in American policy and the film “Zero Dark Thirty.” Kassem is a professor...

Lights out: Campus smoking ban

Zachary Adams and Roy Cathey February 25, 2013

Editor’s note: On Friday, March 1,  UT will become a 100 percent smoke-free campus. Some 15 signs currently designating smoking areas will have been removed by then. Below, Daily Texan...

We Asked: power in the tower

The Daily Texan Editorial Board February 22, 2013

The Question: Who should have the most power over what happens at UT-Austin — The board of regents, the legislature, or the University’s administration? Marysabel Guillen, undeclared freshman...

This is not a test

Laura Wright February 22, 2013

Editor’s note: Per the TSM election code Section 7.45B, Daily Texan editor-in-chief candidates have the opportunity to publish two columns during their campaigns. The candidates were asked to write...

The Daily Texan is not a newspaper

Bobby Blanchard February 22, 2013

Editor’s note: Per the TSM election code Section 7.45B, Daily Texan editor-in-chief candidates have the opportunity to publish two columns during their campaigns. The candidates were asked to write...

Top ten shuts out out-of-state students

Eric Nikolaides February 21, 2013

The Top Ten Percent Law, which was passed in its original form in 1997, guarantees automatic admission to any state-funded university to all Texas high school students graduating in the top 7-8 percent...

Service should be more than self-serving

Natalie San Luis February 21, 2013

In 2011, I was invited to join Orange Jackets, one of UT’s most prestigious women’s service organizations. Later, I learned that my membership was contingent on my ability to pay several hundred...

Don’t misunderstand plastic bags’ impact

Larisa Manescu February 20, 2013

An Austin city ordinance that prohibits businesses from providing plastic and paper single-use shopping bags to customers goes into effect on March 1, and I’m excited for the enforcement. The regulation...

The future of financial aid at UT is in your hands

Tom Melecki February 18, 2013

“No qualified student should be prevented from attending the University for financial reasons,” declared UT’s Commission of 125, a group of prominent citizens who convened nearly a decade...

Don’t mandate volunteering

Amil Malik February 18, 2013

The Texas Legislature is an idiosyncratic establishment from which impractical bills often arise. Consider House Bill 22.  HB 22 proposes “the establishment of a public service requirement...

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