Last month, the UT System Board of Regents accepted KUT’s proposed $6 million acquisition of KXBT, a radio station that currently plays oldies music. At first glance, the acquisition seems like a...

This Wednesday, lawyers appearing before the U.S. Supreme Court will debate the constitutionality of using race as a factor for admission at public universities. The issue has already provoked a passionate...

Editor's Note: An earlier version of this article mismatched respondents' photographs and responses. We asked students standing on the steps of the Tower who they support in next week’s...

My mother emigrated from Mexico at the age of 25. When I was growing up, she put a huge emphasis on my grades, sometimes to the detriment of my other activities. My mother’s emphasis, and my resulting...

“My life has been the poem I would have writ, / But I could not both live and utter it,” wrote Henry David Thoreau.  It appears that most college students have chosen to live their...

Have you ever walked away from a class feeling you haven’t learned a thing? It’s not necessarily your fault, and you’re not alone. The conventional, lecture-based approach to teaching,...

Editor’s note: Fewer fireworks flew during Wednesday night’s presidential Debate in Denver than in Tuesday’s debate in Dallas between the two Texans bidding for the open U.S. Senate seat...

Last night’s presidential debate should be eye-opening to Americans, but not for either candidate’s specific answers to questions about the economy, health care, education, military or even...

On Oct. 1, all 166 UT campus resident assistants (myself included) gathered in the San Jacinto multi-purpose room for a speech by Sam Duggan, managing director of the student housing department at Texas...

Editor’s note: On Oct. 2, U.S. Senate candidates Paul Sadler (D) and Ted Cruz (R) had their first televised debate. After arguing about how many more debates the pair would have before the Nov. election,...

Last week, the Counseling and Mental Health Center hosted Suicide Prevention Week. In light of their efforts, I can’t help but think of my own inner demons.  It’s never easy, but I have...

Editor's Note: This article was originally published on October 1, 2012, but it was updated to include corrections on October 2, 2012. A recent headline in May from the New York Times sums up what...