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Eliminate the R-word on campus to promote inclusion

Jennifer Beck October 2, 2019

Moving 1,122 miles away from my Midwest home to Central Texas meant I was in for some culture shock, and I’ll admit, I have enjoyed some of it. I love the way Texans deep-fry everything, and I admire...

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Try meditation to regulate anxiety, improve emotional regulation skills

Maggie Lazaroski October 2, 2019

A hundred pages of reading, a lab report due tomorrow, an extra shift at work. It all tends to pile up on top of busy students. Personally, I have struggled with anxiety since I was in middle school....

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The Myth of “Affordable Density” in West Campus

Kevin Douglass October 1, 2019

If we want to preserve the rights of everyone but the top 10% of people living in our cities, the entire complex discussion on gentrification and urban development needs to be flipped on its head.  One...

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UT must implement targets to lower greenhouse gas emissions

Kisara Dang October 1, 2019

Whether you’ve attended a football game or eaten at J2 Dining, you’ve probably observed UT’s zero waste plan in action. The zero waste initiative is a combined effort by Student Government...

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The overselling of Big Tickets is a security threat to students

Hannah Lopez September 27, 2019

The Big Ticket is marketed as a convenient, all-inclusive ticket to UT home sporting events. Students can use it as an easy access pass to home games without having to pay each time. What could go...

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The Big Ticket has big problems

Abhirupa Dasgupta September 27, 2019

Summer Fathke, a radio-television-film sophomore and die-hard Longhorns fan, joined the burnt orange tide outside Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on a hot, humid Saturday. She had one...

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When students have an emergency, let’s allow Longhorn EMS to help

Sam Thielman September 26, 2019

Everyone has something that they’re implacably opposed to — President Donald Trump and progressive taxation, Bernie Sanders and student debt, the Vegas Golden Knights and beating the San Jose...

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UT should expand educational opportunities for Texas prisoners

Patrick Lee September 26, 2019

Textualizing the American incarceration experience is a difficult task. How is one to put into language the absurd cruelty of its vision, the oppressiveness of its architecture, the inhumanity of its owners,...

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Let’s build a reputation of open-mindedness on campus

Paige Ruder September 26, 2019

You probably have heard about Senate Bill 18 by now, a law passed by the 86th Texas Legislature allowing anyone to speak on designated public spaces on campus. Before SB 18, organizations unaffiliated...

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Students need more freedom, flexibility during registration

Maggie Lazaroski September 25, 2019

Every semester, a new course schedule is released, and with it comes an entirely new spectrum of topics for students to explore. One of the greatest appeals of higher education is that it can be molded...

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Stop writing off sexual harassment at the gym as harmless flirtation

Jennifer Beck September 25, 2019

Although gym anxiety is something that both men and women experience, there is an additional feeling of discomfort that plagues many female gymgoers — sometimes it deters women from going entirely. The...

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UT can help curb nicotine addictions on campus

Neha Dronamraju September 24, 2019

When my best friend started coughing up blood a few days ago, the first thing I thought of was her Juul. Fortunately we discovered her symptoms were just the result of a prolonged chest infection, but...

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