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The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

Opinion

Defend co-op tradition for the future

Ryan Nill August 30, 2012

In 1940 a group of UT students cooperatively built, managed and lived in a house called The Campus Guild, located at 2804 Whitis Avenue. They understood that having a vested interest in their housing situation...

Opera is open to all

Robert DeSimone August 30, 2012

The column that ran in The Daily Texan on July 16 about opportunities for undergraduates pursuing opera needs some clarification and context. The Butler School of Music does not offer an undergraduate...

Bonus-happy regents reign

The Daily Texan Editorial Board August 30, 2012

Next year, the economy will likely continue to stink, and university budget cuts will remain a topic of discussion. But, in a new development, each of the UT System’s 15 presidents will be eligible...

Where we stand

Susannah Jacob August 29, 2012

A new year begins today for the Texan. We’re ready. Being a college student today means finding your way in a world that seems to have lost its own. At almost every level of government, compromise...

Young Texans need jobs

Dave Player August 29, 2012

If you’re worried about getting a job after graduation (and you should be), pick your major carefully. A report earlier this year by Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce...

Wear a @%$# helmet

Laura Wright August 27, 2012

I’m not going to deny it: Bike helmets are lame. They look lame, they feel lame, if you don’t bombard them with Febreeze on a regular basis their smell surpasses lame and goes straight to repellant....

Want to write for the Texan?

The Daily Texan Editorial Board August 27, 2012

The Daily Texan Editorial Board is currently accepting applications for columnists and cartoonists. We’re looking for talented writers and artists to provide as much diversity of opinion as possible....

Advice from the archives

Dr. Harry Huntt Ransom August 27, 2012

Editor’s note: Between 1935 and 1971, Harry Ransom served as a UT professor, the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, the University president, and the chancellor of the UT System. His column...

Make this a habit

The Daily Texan Editorial Board August 6, 2012

Why should you read The Daily Texan? This fall will bring a presidential election, the U.S. Supreme Court’s review of race-conscious admissions at the University of Texas at Austin, (which could...

Forgo Facebook

Laura Wright August 6, 2012

Three weeks into your first year of college, several things seem to happen all at once: That first test forces you to realize that your college classes are, in fact, harder than the ones you took in high...

The hazards of press releases and academics

Kayla Oliver August 6, 2012

Earlier this summer, associate sociology professor Mark Regnerus garnered national attention when he published a study finding that children with gay parents fared worse than those with straight parents....

Lessons from the Happy Valley

“First it giveth, then it taketh away.” The rock band Queens of the Stone Age lyrics sum up the situation at Pennsylvania State University. On July 23, the National Collegiate Athletic Association...

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