The United States shares something in common with China, Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia. We, like them, use the death penalty. According to the Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights group Amnesty International,...

Imagine a university where you did not have to pay any fees other than around $300 a year for administration costs and your bus ticket. Universities like this exist, and I’ve been a student at one...

The Republicans don’t even try to act like they support peace and civil liberties. For many years, the Democrats did. But after the Hook the Vote debate last week between the University Democrats...

1) The Rally to Support Diversity takes place today on the Main Mall at 6 p.m. Sponsored by Students for Equity and Diversity and We Support UT, speakers will address the importance of diversity on campus. 2)...

From now until Nov. 6, Austin residents, including UT students registered to vote in Travis County, have the opportunity to participate in democracy and make their voices heard about the direction in which...

Between the drunken whooping and hollering, wheels skidding and bottles smashing, West Campus sounds like a hybrid between a zoo and a crime scene on weekends and even some weekdays. Those of us who live...

On Nov. 1, Austin City Council will vote on a proposal to expand affordability measures in West Campus. Instead of tracking the number of affordable apartments, the city will count the number of affordable...

We asked students on Guadalupe Street about their most memorable parking experiences and their overall impressions of campus-area parking conditions. “One time I was moving in from spring break...

After the circus of this presidential election is over, a president will be inaugurated in January.  The leader of our “One Nation Under God” will be sworn in with his hand on a Bible. ...

Editor’s note: Laura Bush, former first lady of the United States, visited UT Friday evening for the Texas Exes Distinguished Alumnus ceremony, where she was honored for her accomplishments. In 1995,...

In seventh grade, the popular girls in my class convinced us to vote for a class Halloween theme: “Bunnies.” Not woodland creatures, not Peter Rabbit, but “Bunnies,” full stop,...

In Tuesday’s review of the new Taylor Swift album, Aleksander Chan asks, “Was there a better couplet in 2010 than ‘you made a rebel of a careless man’s careful daughter’ from...