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Q&A with Connor Vanden Hoek, UT student activist

Connor Vanden Hoek March 26, 2018

The Daily Texan: How are you involved with the March for Our Lives movement?  Conner Vanden Hoek: So after Parkland, one of unfortunately many awful tragedies that’s happened with gun violence,...

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Q&A with Ana Lopez, gun safety advocate

Ana Lopez March 26, 2018

The Daily Texan: How are you involved with the March for Our Lives? Ana Lopez: Long story short: Jack Kappelman, one of the major organizers, I was best friends with his older sister in high school....

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Professors offer observations on race and representation at UT

Representation matters, and UT’s demographic breakdown affects student reactions to university events. The last few weeks of Student Government elections are the latest example of this interaction,...

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Deceptive campaigning, anti-whiteness, and hopes for a new Texas

Courtney Cook March 5, 2018

In the wake of the UT Election Supervisory Board sanctioning Guneez Ibrahim and Hannah McMorris’s campaign for “deceptive campaigning” and colluding with the allegations, as well as personal...

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Are UT applicants excluded because of color or money?

Alberto Martinez March 5, 2018

The movie “Black Panther” is generating enormous attention and record-breaking ticket sales. But while African-American advancement experiences a breakthrough in film, it still lags acutely...

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UT students need a union

Ben Sklar March 5, 2018

Every spring semester, a small group of people do their best to delude the UT student body into thinking they have power. Student Government campaigns try to convince a totally disillusioned student...

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Executive Alliance candidates present platforms

Vik Shirvaikar February 26, 2018

On Wednesday and Thursday, the student body will vote to select its leaders and representatives for the next academic year. Last week, we presented editorials by the candidates for editor-in-chief of The...

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Our irrefutable case

Daniel Noble Hernandez and Aakash Saraiya February 26, 2018

Since we began our campaign one week ago, many people have dismissed us as a joke. Our qualifications have been questioned. Our brilliant ideas have been impugned. We would like to respond to the vitriolic...

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A new Texas looks like this

Hannah McMorris and Guneez Ibrahim February 26, 2018

There’s a reason 80 percent of our campus does not vote in UT Student Government elections. It is indicative of those who do not see themselves in campaigns, doubt the organization creates change...

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Goss and Lee are different

Denny Lee and Austin Goss February 26, 2018

In early 2017, I approached my friend, Denny Lee, about running for student body president and vice president. “Sure dude.” We’ve always been goofy, especially in ROTC. People who hang...

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Getting started on realistic change

Mehraz Rahman and Colton Becker February 26, 2018

We get it. Student Government is traditionally associated with solving inconsequential problems. That’s a reflection of the fact that many of the priorities administrations have taken on have focused...

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Editor-in-Chief candidates offer perspectives on housing

Vik Shirvaikar February 19, 2018

With Student Government campaigns in full swing, we turn our attention to an election of our own. Janhavi Nemawarkar, Cuillin Chastain-Howley, and Liza Anderson, three of the opinion department’s...

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