As we enter the seventh month of COVID-19 in the United States, face masks continue to be a requirement in most public areas. However, while we're masking up, we must remember our environmental impact...
Preferred means to have a favorite. It seems optional. For example, I prefer Milky Way over Hershey’s, Dr. Pepper over Coca-Cola and mint chocolate chip over rocky road, but really, I’ll...
Any UT applicant can tell you confidently that UT is known for its research. Ranking No. 10 out of all U.S. universities for scientific research, UT’s standing as a public research institution not...
Despite the pandemic fundamentally changing the college experience, students are all pushing forward for the same reason: to get the most out of their education and establish a career.
However,...
When I used to envision my first semester at UT, studying in one of the vast on-campus libraries was always part of the picture. Whether it was from my mom recounting stories of her sleepless nights at...
“When the Longhorn Band performs, it will be expected to perform The Eyes of Texas,” Douglas Dempster, dean of the College of Fine Arts, said in a memo to Longhorn Band directors Sept. 24.
This...
The city of Austin is no stranger to bats. People gather in mass numbers to see the 1.5 million Mexican free-tail bats leave the Congress Avenue Bridge every night.
However, it is a very different...
Because COVID-19 has taken so much from our lives, it’s easy to look past the daily inconveniences that life in a pandemic brings and choose instead to normalize them –– the fogging of...
If you were to walk past the Jester City Limits dining hall inside Jester West Residence Hall right now, you’d see a small piece of paper announcing the dining hall had closed on Oct. 5, 2020. This...
The UT College of Natural Sciences’ Freshman Research Initiative is the nation’s largest undergraduate scientific research program. Over 900 CNS students participate in the program each year....
With over 9,500 signatures, a petition calling for Texas Rho’s termination exposes the dangers of Greek life. The petition cites hazing, rape allegations and pandemic partying as reasons to dismantle...
Election day is less than a month away. With the rising COVID-19 numbers across the nation, we will face a new voting reality marked by masks, social distancing and mail-in ballots.
Despite the...
