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UT must provide resources for genderqueer students, educate faculty and student body

By Kateri David and Julia Zaksek - Updated on October 27, 2019 at 10:19 pm

Forum Editors Kateri David and Julia Zaksek discuss challenges genderqueer students face on campus.
UT’s Texas Archaeological Research Laboratory must return ancestral remains

By Kaitlin Burns Passafiume - Updated on October 22, 2019 at 9:18 pm

Contributor Kaitlin Burns Passafiume argues that UT’s TARL should repatriate ancestral remains to Texas’s original indigenous groups in compliance with federal law.
UT students with disabilities deserve priority, inclusion

By Ivy Hester - Updated on October 20, 2019 at 9:52 pm

Speech and language pathology junior Ivy Hester argues that UT must make several changes to improves students' with disabilities access.
Two years without accommodations: My struggle for access

By Ally Stephens - Updated on October 20, 2019 at 9:50 pm

English sophomore Ally Stephens describes her struggle to receive disability accomadations at UT.
New permit policy provokes criticism, calls for increased access for students with disabilities

By Kateri David and Julia Zaksek - Updated on October 20, 2019 at 9:48 pm

Forum editors Kateri David and Julia Zaksek discuss Parking and Transportation Services implementation of the D+ permit and students' reactions to it.
Homelessness decriminalization reveals rift in community, at risk of being rolled back

By Kateri David and Julia Zaksek - Updated on October 13, 2019 at 10:29 pm

Forum editors Kateri David and Julia Zaksek discuss the history and ongoing debate over the decriminalization of homelessness in Austin.
Ending homelessness requires the whole community’s effort

By Nathan Ryan - Updated on October 13, 2019 at 10:26 pm

Nathan Ryan, CEO of Blue Sky Partners and a commissioner for the City of Austin, argues that the Austin community must come together to solve the issue of homelessness.
Criminalizing homelessness denies people their humanity

By Bryan Register - Updated on October 13, 2019 at 10:23 pm

Bryan Register, Austin Community College professor, calls on the Austin community to focus its efforts on providing homes for the homeless, not recriminalizing them.
Bisexual and pansexual identities are valid, regardless of college stereotypes and assumptions.

By Kateri David and Julia Zaksek - Updated on October 6, 2019 at 10:56 pm

Forum editors Julia Zaksek and Kateri David discuss the challenges of identifying as bisexual or pansexual as a college student.
On being "not queer enough," struggling for acceptance

By Brittany Sodic - Updated on October 6, 2019 at 10:54 pm

Education graduate student Brittany Sodic discusses her experience as a bisexual woman and not feeling "queer enough."

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