Horns up: First day of class
After three months of doing absolutely nothing, the first day of class is here to bring purpose back to our lives. No more groggily waking up at two in the afternoon, no...
What starts here changes the world.
Our motto is repeated in every orientation, ceremony and commencement. We hear it on a daily basis across campus, and we strive to apply its optimism to our...
Whether you are stepping on campus for the first time this fall or have called it home for years, I’m excited to welcome you back to the 40 acres. We greatly value what makes our home unique —...
Editor's note: Reprinted below is the original editorial from the Aug. 1, 1986 print edition of The Daily Texan.
“There was something wrong about him that suggested and expressed...
Editor's note: Reprinted below is the original editorial from the Aug. 1, 1996 print edition of The Daily Texan.
Thirty years. Somehow, the horror of Aug. 1, 1966, won’t fade....
Editor's note: Reprinted below are the original editorials from the Aug. 1, 2006 print edition of The Daily Texan. They have been edited exclusively for typographical errors.
Forty...
Editor's note: Reprinted below are the original editorials from the Aug. 5, 1966 print edition of The Daily Texan.
The Tower Massacre
The University witnessed an appalling tragedy Monday....
Ten years ago, when the Daily Texan Editorial Board last examined how the Tower shooting changed our campus, we had finally arrived at a point where the terror felt on Aug. 1, 1966, was too foreign for...
Today, on the day the UT Tower clock will stop to honor the victims of Charles Whitman’s assault on the 40 Acres, Texas’ campus carry provisions created under SB 11 go into effect. Its effects...
Firearms – with the exception of those carried by official law enforcement personnel – do not belong on college campuses. Period.
Institutions of higher learning, as the name suggests, are...
Horns Up: Fun in the sun
After two days of hundred degree heat last week and several more on the horizon, true Texan Summer is finally upon us. If you’re like us, you wouldn’t know this...
In an unexpected move, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the University’s use of race-based affirmative action in its current admissions policy last Thursday. While this move may have been bad for...
