When the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 was passed, states were forced to raise their legal drinking age to 21 or face a 10 percent decrease in federal highway funding. Politicians across the...
On a recent evening, due to no fault of my own, a rogue cyclist almost crashed into my car.
Here’s what happened: Around 8:15 p.m. my car stood still, waiting for the light at 35th and Jefferson...
Prosecutors recently indicted Penn State’s ex-President Graham Spanier for allegedly covering up the Sandusky child abuse scandal. University presidents, take note: Inadequate oversight of internal...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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,...
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 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...
