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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

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An investment worth making

The Daily Texan Editorial Board January 31, 2012

Last Wednesday, teams from the biology, chemistry and statistics departments presented the first round of results of the University’s Course Transformation Project. The CTP is a collaborative effort...

An UNTimely endeavor

Dave Player January 31, 2012

When you find yourself in a hole, you quit digging. When a public university is about to spend millions on an undertaking that won’t benefit Texans, it’s time for the metaphorical shovel to...

A ham-fisted referendum

Brian Gatten January 31, 2012

UT’s Student Government will vote tonight on a resolution that would add a non-binding referendum on tuition increases to the next SG election and call for a scientifically conducted survey of student...

Autocracy, not democracy

Will Wise January 31, 2012

The UT System Board of Regents decided to not have a referendum on tuition. According to them, UT students are “not well enough informed or educated enough to make a decision about tuition”...

Quotes to Note: State of the Union, in-state tuition, and Austin Energy

The Daily Texan Editorial Board January 30, 2012

“If we are going to take any kind of money, certainly tax dollars, with an idea that we’re actually trying to accomplish some things with that, we’d better pay attention to: Are we actually...

Give credit where credit is due

Rui Shi January 30, 2012

Massachusetts Institute of Technology is hoping to legitimize and further transform online learning. The school finds itself at the forefront of the open educational resources movement. With its many online...

Students need a voice

John Lawler January 27, 2012

The editorial that ran Thursday about single-member districts in Austin titled, “Impeding fair representation” brought attention to an important issue. However, it failed to mention that UT...

Challenge from the White House

Katherine Taylor January 27, 2012

For those of you who were too busy with the start of school to watch President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address this week, don’t worry, he did more than repeatedly remind us that Osama...

Preserving the grounds of protest

The Daily Texan Editorial Board January 27, 2012

At its meeting Monday, Faculty Council discussed a new University policy, issued Jan. 11, prohibiting camping on University property. Few in attendance doubted what triggered the policy change: the Occupy...

Paterno: Undeified, unvilified

Jennifer Lyon January 26, 2012

Thank you for publishing a balanced account of Joe Paterno’s legacy in Monday’s paper. As someone with degrees from both UT and Penn State, I appreciated Mack Brown’s insights about his...

Impeding fair representation

The Daily Texan Editorial Board January 26, 2012

After months of debate, the city of Austin’s 2012 Charter Revision Committee is poised to hold a final vote on a proposal that has the potential to create single-member districts for city council...

A federal safety lock on weapon wielders

Zoya Waliany January 26, 2012

After a series of tumultuous events and heated debates, UT students can rest assured that measures to allow students to carry guns on campus will not be permitted. Last week, Sam Cummings, a conservative...

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