Every week, the Daily Texan Editorial team will sit down with a campus or community figure to ask them about issues related to students. These conversations, edited and condensed for clarity, will run...

Current freshmen not withstanding, UT students couldn’t have missed the new high-rise apartment complexes being built in West Campus last year. However, beneath the cranes and exposed beams of 2400...

Horns Down: Tesla cars can't be sold in Texas Texas politicians claim loudly and often to be the champions of the competitive free market, but there are exceptions to every rule. The state government...

Editor’s Note: This editorial, in response to the horrific events of 9/11, ran in the Texan on Sept. 12, 2001. Although controversial for urging careful reflection, rather than war, at a time of...

Horns up: Lawmakers stand up for LGBTQ rights  A group of Democratic state lawmakers sent a letter to Maj. Gen. John Nichols of the Texas Military Forces on Monday asking him to allow same-sex...

Horns up: Lawmakers stand up for LGBTQ rights  A group of Democratic state lawmakers sent a letter to Maj. Gen. John Nichols of the Texas Military Forces on Monday asking him to allow same-sex...

Last Saturday night’s whooping on the football field at the hands of the BYU Cougars had us hiding under our tables out of embarrassment. Given how painful it was to have our dreams of a comeback...

Horns Down: Gerrymandering aimed at minorities  A federal panel of judges ruled Friday that the voting maps adopted by the Texas Legislature this summer will be used in next year’s primary...

Horns Up: After a great deal of controversy and debate, the San Antonio City Council voted 8-3 to include the LGBT community in its list of classes protected from discrimination. Although Austin,...

On Wednesday, Sept. 4, the Texan reported on a plan by Capital Metro to eliminate two of its UT shuttle routes to cut costs, perhaps as early as January. The routes on the chopping block serve the Wickersham...