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The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

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UHD can better serve students with dietary restrictions

Sydney Gray March 4, 2020

Sometimes, I just choose not to eat in the dining halls at all. This may seem dramatic to most freshmen who experience the dorm dining halls, but for students with strict dietary needs, living in a...

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UT can connect students to local community

Khadeeja Shah March 4, 2020

Although Austin boasts a diverse population, UT is very isolated from the rest of the city. Students have their own shopping centers on The Drag, and most undergraduates don’t venture off the Forty...

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Check your biases at the door about UT’s PACE program

Maria Sailale March 3, 2020

UT is well known for its automatic admissions policy. Thousands of talented and high-achieving students have earned their spot at the prestigious University in this way.  However, in light of a...

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Election day must be an excused absence to encourage student voting

André Williams March 3, 2020

Have you noticed the campaign posters that decorate the entrance to the Perry-Castañeda Library? Have you been stopped by someone offering you an information packet on a candidate running for election?...

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The Daily Texan endorses for tomorrow’s primary elections

Tomorrow is your last chance to vote in the 2020 primaries. For Austin, Travis County and many of Austin’s congressional districts, UT Austin students are a critical — and growing — voting...

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Vote Simona and Lynn to Mess With Texas

The Daily Texan Editorial Board February 28, 2020

This year, UT students unapologetically challenged administration about professor misconduct. We achieved an unprecedented level of success in holding administration accountable for their actions, thanks...

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UT needs to rework its nicotine addiction programs

Yusuf Shafi February 27, 2020

In December 2019, the Trump administration signed a spending package into law raising the purchase of tobacco age to 21. A few months earlier, Texas abolished the previously existing grandfather clause,...

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Students need to change mentalities about overworking themselves

Sam Thielman February 26, 2020

Many students strive for perfection. There is immense pressure from peers, families, and society to work as hard as you can. People romanticize sacrificing their mental and physical health for the sake...

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Upcoming primary election candidates discuss potentially historic campaign

Julia Zaksek and Maggie Lazaroski February 24, 2020

This is the last week of early voting before the primary election on March 3.  As the election approaches, students and community members are rallying and pledging support to candidates. Student...

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Julie Oliver talks collaboration on campus, immigration reform

Julie Oliver February 24, 2020

I was proud to deliver Voodoo Doughnuts to the University Democrats who’d stayed up all night at the Flawn Academic Center in anticipation of the first day of early voting. We did some handstands...

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Heidi Sloan discusses activism, importance of working class

Heidi Sloan February 24, 2020

Our campaign is drawing a new line around the working class in Texas — a line that begins every conversation not by asking people at their doors whether they are Republican or Democrat, but rather...

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Hang up and hang out

Ishan Shah February 21, 2020

You pick your phone up for the fifth time in 20 minutes. You instinctively check Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat even though you know you haven’t gotten any new notifications. You set the phone back...

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