According to the official UT website regarding attendance policies, “regular attendance at all class meetings is expected. Instructors are responsible for implementing an attendance policy and must...
There have been at least 20 high school and college shootings in the United States since Dec. 3, 2019. Even more recently, two students were shot and killed in their dorm room Feb. 3 at Texas A&M University-Commerce...
It’s nice to have a clean campus and clean classrooms. It’s nice to see yesterday’s broken water fountain working just fine today. It’s nice to have food ready in the dining halls...
Yes, you can prioritize your mental health. But you shouldn’t need me to remind you, nor do you need my permission.
As college students, we somehow manage to attend our classes, go to office hours...
My first winter break of college, I was home catching up with one of my best friends from high school. She’d just gotten her final grades back and was relieved that she’d barely eked out a...
I think we can all agree that college is far more stressful than what all those shiny brochures advertised. It is a time of intense academic, social and professional pressure. For many students, this pressure...
You look up from your plate and scan the room. Sitting across from you, someone else is doing the exact same thing, and you make eye contact for just a second. This unbearably awkward second seems to last...
A skull fracture and internal bleeding. Over $6,000 in medical bills. Two weeks taken away from his education. This was the price electrical and computer engineering freshman Michael Chen had to pay when...
Chubby, big-boned, stocky. However you say it, I am, and always have been fat.
For a while, that made me really sad. Nowadays, I’m mostly OK with it. But there was a short time in my life...
Before I was born, my parents decided to immigrate to the United States from Mexico. Like many others, they were simply looking for a better life. I cannot imagine how vastly different my life would be...
Here at UT, I can look around the classroom and see many people of color, but very rarely are there other Black students.
The lack of representation is a problem felt among many in the Black community...
For some students, summer is a time to worry about classes, internships or anything else that pertains to their academics. For others, summer is a time to worry about whether they’ll have a place...
