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Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

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A&M’s football program raises the bar

Patrick St. Pierre November 12, 2012

On Saturday, hours after our Longhorns, led by David Ash’s passing and a number of offensive plays honoring the late Darrell K Royal, posted a statement win over the Cyclones of Iowa State, the Aggie...

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Humble history is a part of our past

Drew Finke November 9, 2012

No matter how long you’ve lived in Austin, you’ve probably heard that the city was a better place just before you arrived. That’s because back then, that bar was still around, and you...

Trouble looms for the Teacher Retirement System

Laura Wright November 9, 2012

On the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) website, a pastel background sets off  black and white images of smiling teachers, young and old.  But the retirement system — in which UT...

Campus postcard

Edgar Walters November 8, 2012

What could be better than a Ryan Gosling sighting on campus? Amid rumors that the mysterious Terrence Malick film project, which has thrown UT-Austin into a frenzied celebrity love-fest, would contain...

Moving forward

Danny Zeng November 8, 2012

First, I would like to congratulate the president on winning the election. It was a hard-fought campaign. The American people have spoken. Now it is over. It is time for us to coalesce and move forward....

Iranian nuclear threat is real

Tori Maidenburg November 7, 2012

Ask UT students what they think about nuclear weapons and you’re likely to get answers referencing the Cold War and American history class. But the threat nuclear weapons pose should be an immediate...

In support of Prop. 1

Thor Lund and Wills Brown November 6, 2012

Proposition 1 and the creation of a medical school at UT-Austin is this generation of Longhorns’ most important moment, and we are fortunate enough to be a part of this historic occasion. Recently,...

The top 10 reasons to vote, today

Laura Wright November 6, 2012

1.) The lines: Normally, when you find yourself spending more than 45 minutes standing next to complete strangers with strong opinions in a long, winding line, you are either waiting to buy an iPhone or...

This column is biased

Mac McCann November 5, 2012

This year the Young Conservatives of Texas announced that they’re bringing back their ‘professor watch-list’, which attempts to bring attention to professors that teach with either a...

Throwing the first stone

Travis Knoll November 2, 2012

As a Catholic who believes that life begins at conception, I am opposed to abortion, and I think it should be actively discouraged and vigorously regulated. In that sense, I see the reasoning behind Richard...

When I grew up

Grayson SImmons November 2, 2012

When I was 18, I had everything figured out. This was back when high school mattered (hilarious, I know) and studying more than an hour for a test was a rare occurrence. It was also around this age that...

Taking our penguins elsewhere

Paul Marbach November 1, 2012

“And Then Came Tango”, a play written for second-and-third-grade audiences, which I am the composer and music director for, is based on the true story of Roy and Silo, two male penguins in...

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