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Issue itemized tuition bill

By Richard Lee - Updated on August 7, 2020 at 5:26 pm

Columnist Richard Lee pushes UT to be transparent with tuition dollars and provide students with an itemized tuition bill.
We must go legacy-blind

By Rayne Daniel - Updated on August 7, 2020 at 5:17 pm

Columnist Rayne Daniel encourages UT’s Panhellenic Council to implement a legacy-blind recruitment process to promote diversity.
I thought student petitions didn’t do anything. I was wrong.

By Daisy Kielty - Updated on August 5, 2020 at 3:40 pm

Columnist Daisy Kielty encourages the campus community to believe in the power of a petition.
Step up, take charge

By Sneha Prasath - Updated on August 5, 2020 at 3:31 pm

Columnist Sneha Prasath argues students need to step up and hold each other accountable to limit the spread of COVID-19.
Management response to Demands for Reforms in The Daily Texan Newsroom

By Megan Menchaca, Sami Sparber, Emily Caldwell, Brittany Miller, Marcus Krum - Updated on August 3, 2020 at 1:50 pm

The Daily Texan’s fall and summer 2020 management team respond to Demands for Reforms in The Daily Texan Newsroom.
With online testing, the honor code is nonexistent

By Ayla Musharrif - Updated on July 31, 2020 at 7:55 pm

Columnist Ayla Musharrif argues that blindly trusting students in an online testing environment puts honest students at a disadvantage.
Students need to know who will be teaching their classes

By Makenna Jonker - Updated on July 31, 2020 at 7:40 pm

Columnist Makenna Jonker argues the course schedule should disclose if a professor has been found guilty of sexual misconduct.
An unnecessary risk

By The Daily Texan Editorial Board - Updated on July 31, 2020 at 5:00 pm

The editorial board urges UT to reconsider its current plans for reopening campus in the fall amid community safety concerns.
Reenact, expand pass/fail

By Hunter Bergfeld - Updated on July 24, 2020 at 11:04 am

Columnist Hunter Bergfeld encourages UT to re-implement and expand the pass/fail policy from the spring 2020 semester.
Mitigate housing shortage

By Sneha Prasath - Updated on July 24, 2020 at 10:56 am

Columnist Sneha Prasath argues UT should expand its off-campus property portfolio.

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