In recent years, major university athletic programs have made millions off the achievements of their student-athletes.  Many student-athletes receive a full-ride scholarship, which covers the cost...

Europeans faced with a crushing economic crisis have gotten a lot of bad news in the past few years. Although I’m no economist, I am a German native studying in the States and I’ve recognized...

I turn 21 today. Considering that it might be the last birthday entitling me to some new legal standing — before I become eligible for Social Security benefits, that is — I was unlikely to...

Editor’s note: This column was submitted in acknowledgement of Pediatric Cancer Awareness month in September. I still remember the day it happened.  It was a Tuesday morning and the doctor’s...

In my lifetime, I’ve probably attended about 100 Longhorn football games. My family would pack up the van, drive four hours down to Austin and stay with my grandparents.  The next day, we would...

Note: Lloyd Doggett is a Democratic Congressman in US House of Representatives. Doggett spoke to Daily Texan columnist Amil Malik about important issues in the upcoming presidential election. The interview...

Walking across campus last week, I overheard a conversation between two young men.  One said to the other, “I went to bed at one, got up at seven.  I got six hours; that’s a good...

It was the students in my UT course on Pharmacology and Human Enhancements who gave me the news back in 2004. UT students were using a lot of Ritalin and Adderall to stay awake and improve their mental...

 It’s been five years since the UT chapter of Young Conservatives of Texas last published a “professor watch list.” The compilation of the list, resurrected this year, claims to ...

Until a couple of weeks ago, art floated in the sky over Town Lake. On one side of the mural, the artist painted an unabashedly whimsical but artfully rendered rocket blasting toward a distant star exploding...

Well, it’s time for another Red River Showdown, and for the first time since 2007, both of our teams are coming in with a loss on their records. That’s because our defense’s tackling...

Dear Texas, We hate you. We hate burnt orange, drugged-up steers, dress-up cowboys, “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad” and losing to the Longhorns. We hate the McCoy and Shipley brothers,...