Sexual assault is not a political issue.
How can it be? Sexual assault does not discriminate by political affiliation, nor by gender identity, race, affluence or sexual orientation. Yet, a large portion...
There was a time when I opened Twitter and all I saw was a mass of tweets condemning women who had falsely accused a man of rape. These tweets called for the women in question to be held accountable for...
President Richard Nixon signed Title IX into law as part of the larger education amendments of 1972 and as a follow-up to the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964. The law states that “No person in...
Did you, student reader, apply to schools besides the University of Texas-Austin? Do you remember the bane of your existence during your senior year of high school? A name worse than Voldemort, but more...
Every year, the competition for teenagers around the world to get into college gets tougher. With more people from an increasing variety of backgrounds pursuing a higher education, big state universities...
As UT-Austin’s executive director of admissions, I get many questions about the undergraduate admissions process. And understandably so, since many people want to learn more about the automatic admission...
The year was 1909 when leaders of the North-American Interfraternity Conference, an umbrella organization that governs over fraternities, met to “address the evils of pledgeship.” The first...
In the immortal words of Edmund Burke: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
Unfortunately, too many good men and women do nothing to reduce or...
Last October, a car accident took Nicky Cumberland’s life. He was on his way back from a Texas Cowboys retreat that involved alleged hazing. The driver had fallen asleep at the wheel.
An...
As communicators at a public university who deeply value our professional relationships with journalists, we take very seriously any suggestion that we create roadblocks to information, as The Daily Texan...
University Lands is one of our state’s most important and enduring competitive advantages, and the revenue stream it produces is unlike any other in American higher education.
According...
Since 1839, University Lands have been held for the economic benefit of the University of Texas and Texas A&M Systems. The lands generate income through a variety of pursuits, including grazing, wind...
