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Q&A: Powers faces Fisher Pt. 2

The Daily Texan Editorial Board September 21, 2012

Editor’s note: This is the second installment in a two-part Q&A with UT President William Powers Jr., former dean of the School of Law, about the Abigail Fisher case, which the U.S. Supreme Court...

Powers faces Fisher Pt. 1

The Daily Texan Editorial Board September 20, 2012

Editor’s note: This is the first installment in a two-part Q&A with UT President William Powers Jr., former dean of the School of Law, about the Fisher v. UT case, which the U.S. Supreme Court...

Authentic Romney

The Daily Texan Editorial Board September 19, 2012

On Sept. 17, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney made headlines when a recording emerged of him saying, “There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what....

Medical school a plus

The Daily Texan Editorial Board September 19, 2012

Proposition 1 would increase Travis County property taxes to help fund a new UT medical school and teaching hospital. The proposition will appear on the Nov. 6 ballot and recently received support from...

The numbers count

The Daily Texan Editorial Board September 19, 2012

In a reply brief Abigail Fisher filed Sept. 5 with the U.S. Supreme Court, her lawyers argue UT defendants engage in “doublespeak.” Fisher is the plaintiff who in 2008 was denied admission...

Bomb threats call for facts

The Daily Texan Editorial Board September 18, 2012

At the height of Friday’s bomb scare, University of Texas Police Department spokeswoman Rhonda Weldon issued an official statement: “At 8:35 a.m. the University received a call from a male...

What to watch: 9/17-9/21

The Daily Texan Editorial Board September 17, 2012

Editor’s note: Every Monday we’ll provide a list of the top three opinion-worthy events to expect during the coming week. Celebrate Constitution Day on Monday. The UT Division of Student...

Fortifying the 40 Acres

Susannah Jacob September 17, 2012

No bombs went off, but there was fallout. At a noontime press conference on Friday, looking frazzled and like a man who spent a rainy Friday morning making decisions about a bomb threat on a campus where...

We asked: Should UT remain silent or advocate for dropping the charges? you answered:

The Daily Texan Editorial Board September 14, 2012

Every Friday, we’ll hit the streets to ask students what they think. This week we stopped by the Co-op to gauge opinion on today’s court date for members of the Make UT Sweatshop-Free Coalition....

Q&A: Former Ambassador Krueger’s perspective

The Daily Texan Editorial Board September 14, 2012

Editor’s note: Bob Krueger served in the U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate and on the Texas Railroad Commission before becoming the American ambassador to Burundi in 1994. He spoke with...

When the yell leader gets it wrong

The Daily Texan Editorial Board September 14, 2012

Imagine your football team in the midst of losing on the field, and an opposing team player suffers a fatal injury. In response, a yell leader for your team begins a disrespectful chant at that very moment....

Defend free speech

The Daily Texan Editorial Board September 12, 2012

18 UT students will go to court this Friday. Arrested in April for participating in anti-sweatshop protests, they face trespassing charges from the Travis County Attorney’s Office. Police arrested...

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