Columns

  • Students dealt another blow

    By Matt Daley -

    Part of the debt deal just passed in Congress will change the way many students pay for
    graduate school.

  • A sound science curriculum

    By Samian Quazi -

    The State Board of Education unanimously voted on July 22 to approve supplemental school materials that upheld evolution in the middle school curriculum.

  • Paper or canvas?

    By Matt Daley -

    Mayor Lee Leffingwell introduced a resolution Monday that would eventually lead to a ban on plastic shopping bags in most Austin stores.

  • The loss of our space program

    By James Favors -

    In a world where kids are not spurred on to reach for the sky, that might just prove to be a much harder problem to recover from.

  • New parking fees threaten Austin growth

    By Samian Quazi -

    After voting in early March to impose metered parking rules after 5:30 p.m., the Austin City Council has recently decided to reconsider extending the parking hours.

  • There's still space

    By Harold Fisch -

    Last week marked the end of a chapter of American space exploration with the final mission of the shuttle Atlantis. The closing of the shuttle program is bittersweet for the nation and may be painful for many in Texas.

  • Spare Stroman for my identity

    By Samian Quazi -

    On July 20, Texas is scheduled to carry out the death penalty against Mark Stroman. One of his victims, Bangladeshi immigrant Rais Bhuiyan, has garnered international headlines by calling for Stroman’s life to be spared.

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