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Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

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Study abroad column drew inaccurate conclusions

November 3, 2011

Last week’s column titled “Study abroad not a panacea” suggested a variety of reasons why study abroad participation is not wholly responsible for the higher graduation rates of participants,...

No loans means no bad loans

Daniel Krawisz October 31, 2011

 The Know Before You Owe initiative, as reported by The Daily Texan in Thursday’s paper, fails to address the root of the problem of student debt, which is the government’s own intervention...

An insult to vigilantism

Douglas Luippold October 27, 2011

Just to be clear, doesn’t the application mentioned in Samian Quazi’s column that ran in The Daily Texan on Wednesday simply make it easier to report illegal parking to law enforcement officials...

Leaving no stone unturned

October 25, 2011

I read Thursday’s Daily Texan feature on rapper Kreayshawn and thought it was awesome! I commend The Daily Texan for choosing to chronicle what is a very real shift that is occurring in hip-hop....

Front-page mistake

Lauren Cozart October 24, 2011

It was a mistake to place Ryan Haecker on The Daily Texan’s front page Friday. I understand that the UT Anscombe Society is unique, and I do not object to the group being highlighted. What bothers...

Emphasizing the wrong points

Cristina Portales October 21, 2011

I was very surprised and saddened by the front page of Wednesday’s Daily Texan. I attended Mikhail Gorbachev’s lecture Tuesday, and I feel like your article has completely corrupted and distorted...

Front-page gem

October 20, 2011

I don’t imagine they award Pulitzer Prizes for short pieces in college newspapers. Nonetheless, Trey Scott’s article on the egregious discrepancies in punishment meted out to athletes in different...

Occupy movement merits more coverage

Jeshua Mauldin October 17, 2011

Being a sophomore who lives on campus, I am an avid reader of The Daily Texan, but lately I feel that the Texan is coming up short on its duty to report the most important and relevant news of current...

Unrealistic expectations

Francis D. Fisher October 17, 2011

Students can contribute valuable information to the debate on raising tuition but only if they better understand the basic problem of higher education finance: It costs ever more to provide the same kind...

A specious argument

October 13, 2011

I must say I was upset after reading Friday’s column, “The Texas Stampede.” I am pleased that students are starting to realize how important scientific computing is, but I am disappointed...

Single-gender schools prove beneficial

October 10, 2011

I have a different opinion than described in “Study shows single-gender schools cause stereotypes” published Wednesday in The Daily Texan. First of all, nothing in the paper talked about how...

The role of a newspaper

October 10, 2011

Tuesday’s firing line from Ally Motts titled “Simply embarrassing” is a striking highlight of how so many residents of the Forty Acres lack a proper understanding of what a newspaper...

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