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Maymester courses should be cross-listed at higher rate

By Margaret Butler - Updated on November 10, 2020 at 9:21 pm

Margaret Butler urges Texas Global to encourage UT departments to alter their cross-listing opportunities so a greater number of students can take advantage of Maymesters.
Reinstate in-person counseling next semester

By Yliana Roland - Updated on November 9, 2020 at 11:53 pm

Columnist Yliana Roland calls on the CMHC to consider reinstating in-person counseling this spring.
Help UT students properly distance themselves in outdoor areas

By Anandi Barker - Updated on November 9, 2020 at 11:42 pm

Columnist Anandi Barker asks UT to create measures to ensure social distancing on the campus’s outdoor areas.
A waitlist shouldn’t last the semester

By Isabelle Costello - Updated on November 9, 2020 at 11:35 pm

The Freshman Research Initiative needs to establish a cutoff date for students that have been waitlisted for the program.
Fortify underclassman resources

By Tanya Chen - Updated on November 8, 2020 at 9:55 pm

Columnist Tanya Chen calls on BBA Career Management to offer more specialized recruiting resources for freshmen and sophomores
Professors, check in on your students

By Arianna Hosek - Updated on November 5, 2020 at 11:46 pm

Columnist Arianna Hosek encourages all professors to send out midsemester surveys to make sure students are keeping up.
Texas Athletics needs to enforce more effective admission policies

By Sydney York - Updated on November 4, 2020 at 9:12 pm

Columnist Sydney York urges Texas Athletics to enforce stricter admission policies.
Foreign language departments, offer pre-semester workshops for new students

By Eva Strelitz-Block - Updated on November 4, 2020 at 9:06 pm

Opinion columnist Eva Strelitz-Block urges UT to offer more support to incoming language students
Transfer students need mentors

By Margaret Butler - Updated on November 3, 2020 at 8:51 pm

Margaret Butler urges UT to cultivate mentorship and social programs for transfer students.
UT needs to drop stigmatized language from its mental health terminology

By Isabelle Costello - Updated on November 3, 2020 at 12:19 am

Columnist Isabelle Costello argues that UT’s mental health institutions need to dispose of the term “addiction” and replace it with “substance use disorder.”

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