Final exam season came and went this spring as it does every semester, but this time, finals brought a new set of obstacles and unprecedented worries. As we were forced to study without libraries, have...
Classroom participation is not a new concept. Students have been encouraged since grade school to speak up and voice their thoughts during class discussions. This expectation has remained prevalent in...
For years, students demanded that UT make classes more accessible for students with disabilities. Students argued that increasing the number of online classes would ensure students with disabilities could...
I’m going to be honest, I still don’t know what I’m doing.
When I joined the Texan as a columnist my first semester of freshman year, I’d stay up past midnight to see if my columns...
After a short month and a half lockdown, Texas is steadily reopening businesses. First, retail stores and movie theaters, and now barbershops, salons and gyms. While Gov. Greg Abbott might not care about...
Five points if you can recite the Pledge of Allegiance word for word without making a mistake. Ten points if you can also name the first three amendments to the constitution. If you are winning at this...
Nobody likes being told they can’t do something. That’s not just speculation — that’s a psychological fact. But what do you do when you have to sacrifice your personal wants and...
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With my job in the food service industry designated as essential business, I am still...
In a world of uncertainty with a global pandemic and widespread stay-at-home orders, the last thing on students’ minds is how they will score well on their next test or quiz. Yet, there are professors...
State law dictates that 75% of of first-year in-state students must be automatically admitted into UT. These prospective freshmen are high schoolers who rank in the top 6% of their respective schools.
I...
I know you’re tired. In the past month, the coronavirus has turned our lives upside down. From postponed commencement to financial insecurity to sick family members, the impacts of the virus has...
As college students, we learn to put up with almost anything. Before the switch to online learning, I heard countless stories of students sleeping at the Perry-Castañeda Library multiple nights...
