Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

Fire Relief concert raised $750,000

Jody Serrano October 21, 2011

UT President William Powers Jr. presented a $750,000 check to the local charity Austin Community Foundation to aid victims of the recent Central Texas fires. The money was raised by the Oct. 17 “Fire...

Results of first UT Energy Poll released, attempts to sway energy policymakers

Matthew Stottlemyre October 20, 2011

UT President William Powers Jr. and Thomas Gilligan, dean of the McCombs School of Business, announced the results of the first UT Energy Poll in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. The poll, conducted by...

Changing the tune of TPAC

Viviana Aldous October 20, 2011

As the climate cools, members of the Tuition Policy Advisory Committee put on their sweaters and prepare for the tuition-setting season, caroling hopeful tunes of representation and self-determination. TPAC...

Potential tuition increase causes controversy

Liz Farmer October 13, 2011

Students voiced concerns over potential tuition increases at the Tuition Policy Advisory Committee’s first open forum of this tuition-setting term Wednesday. This is the first year the committee...

Committee suggests Liberal Arts College upgrade

Allie Kolechta October 13, 2011

A newly formed student committee submitted recommendations to decrease tuition and increase the quality of UT’s liberal arts education to the college’s dean on Wednesday. The College Tuition...

Graduate student to stand trial in Iran

Brianna Pelayo October 4, 2011

Omid Kokabee, UT graduate student and member of the American Physical Society, will go on trial today in Iran facing espionage charges. Kokabee was arrested by Iranian authorities upon landing at Tehran’s...

Quotes to note: Increasing the four-year graduation rate

The Daily Texan Editorial Board September 29, 2011

[Corrected Sept. 29: Corrected third quote.] Editor’s note: In his State of the University Address, President William Powers Jr. said he wants to increase the current 52-percent four-year graduate...

State senate wants A&M rivalry in law

John Farey September 29, 2011

Texas A&M football’s move to the Southeastern Conference next year has now become a political issue, with one state senator moving to legislatively mandate the traditional Thanksgiving football...

Forum on graduation rates encourages student input

Andrew Messamore September 28, 2011

[Updated on Sep. 28 at 12:58 a.m., corrected graduation percentages] In order to obtain student input for the task force working to increase the four-year graduation rate, the Liberal Arts Council and...

New supercomputer to be built on campus

Kayla Jonsson September 22, 2011

[Corrected Sept. 22: Removed last two graphs] UT’s Texas Advanced Computing Center plans to build a supercomputer with state-of-the-art computing and visualization capabilities as part of a National...

Include students to improve degree plans

Samantha Katsounas September 20, 2011

As UT’s freshmen express relief upon finishing their first few weeks of class, they remain blissfully unaware of a startling fact regarding their new home. Unbeknownst to most freshmen, half of their...

Texas verging on move to Pac 12

Trey Scott September 19, 2011

With more dominoes falling this weekend, it appears ever more likely that college football is about to change drastically as schools look to form “super conferences.” Texas, Oklahoma, Texas...

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