Lesbian. Heterosexual. Transgender. Bisexual. Gay. Questioning. Asexual. Queer. Language is foundational to any conversation, and for the queer community, it is a double-edged sword. Language choice...

I won’t be in class on Wednesday. Instead, I will be in Washington, D.C. at the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the historic arguments in Fisher v. University of Texas. This case will decide whether...

The lingering memory of the hard-fought football game we hosted this past Saturday night has got me thinking largely in sports metaphors. Specifically, the axiom “act like you’ve been there...

When I entered UT as a freshman, I was just 17 years old. I resented being younger than all of my friends, and being too young to buy scratch-off lottery tickets or go into certain bars on Sixth Street....

Last month, the UT System Board of Regents accepted KUT’s proposed $6 million acquisition of KXBT, a radio station that currently plays oldies music. At first glance, the acquisition seems like a...

This Wednesday, lawyers appearing before the U.S. Supreme Court will debate the constitutionality of using race as a factor for admission at public universities. The issue has already provoked a passionate...

“My life has been the poem I would have writ, / But I could not both live and utter it,” wrote Henry David Thoreau.  It appears that most college students have chosen to live their...

Have you ever walked away from a class feeling you haven’t learned a thing? It’s not necessarily your fault, and you’re not alone. The conventional, lecture-based approach to teaching,...

On Oct. 1, all 166 UT campus resident assistants (myself included) gathered in the San Jacinto multi-purpose room for a speech by Sam Duggan, managing director of the student housing department at Texas...

Last week, the Counseling and Mental Health Center hosted Suicide Prevention Week. In light of their efforts, I can’t help but think of my own inner demons.  It’s never easy, but I have...

Editor's Note: This article was originally published on October 1, 2012, but it was updated to include corrections on October 2, 2012. A recent headline in May from the New York Times sums up what...

The other day, while wearing an oversized T-shirt and Nike shorts, I read the column titled “Don’t short your identity.” As a sorority member, I was upset that I was being judged based...