Editor’s note: Abby Springs is currently running to become the next editor-in-chief of The Daily Texan. For this column, she was asked to present her platform and vision for the Texan.
While...
Editor’s note: Abby Springs is currently running to become the next editor-in-chief of The Daily Texan. For this column, she was given the following prompt: The Daily Texan has for years struggled...
Austin is a big city. With nearly one million people, it’s the 11th largest city in the United States — and the UT campus is right smack dab in the middle of it.
Living in a large, urban...
For as long as I can remember, I’ve struggled with social anxiety. Making phone calls, speaking up in class and even simple conversations can create knots in my stomach and runaway thoughts in my...
If you’ve been on Twitter the past few weeks, you’ve likely seen these viral videos with hundreds of thousands of likes — a young woman with a microphone approaches college students to...
In 1955, UT-Austin administrators made an important calculation.
It was the year after Brown v. Board of Education, and UT was finally forced to integrate its undergraduate program. According to state...
With four student protests, a petition with over 1,000 signatures, widely circulated social media posts, and coverage in local and national news, sexual misconduct at UT has finally come to a head. Last...
Last weekend, you probably barbecued with friends, picnicked at Barton Springs or caught up on school work with the luxury of a three-day weekend. However, along with the minimum wage, retirement benefits...
In 1946, Heman Sweatt applied for admission to the University of Texas School of Law. A hard-working, educated mail carrier in his 30s, he was like any other applicant in all respects but one — he...
It’s finally summer, and you decide to spend some time studying for midterms on South Mall in the warm sun. Hours spent pouring over textbooks and class notes make you feel like your brain cells...
Fever. Dry cough. Inflamed eyes. Large rashes. Bronchitis. Laryngitis. Death.
These are some of the symptoms and possible side effects of measles, a highly contagious disease making a comeback...
UT libraries are in crisis.
The price of academic publications, or serials, is rising much faster than the national rate of inflation. From 1986-2004, serials prices increased by 273%, while overall...
Editor's note: A previous version of this column falsely stated that the University established the Graduate Education Task Force in response to the Graduate Student Labor Conditions Committee's...
The average American spends over $100 per year on bottled water. Only 23% of those bottles are ever recycled — the rest take centuries to decompose and can release toxic chemicals into the environment....
It’s summer employment season. Students across UT are writing cover letters and submitting applications to find the perfect job or internship.
I’m one of them. These past few weeks, I’ve...
Sweaty palms. Nervous stuttering. Your heart beating out of your chest as you look at the students staring back at you. Maybe you can try imagining them in their underwear?
Most of us have been there...
When becoming informed on political issues, it’s easy to focus on the big, national, attention-grabbing headlines. The Green New Deal. Tax policy. Health care reform.
While those issues...
Each year, student government candidates line up on Speedway and West Mall to proclaim they are the best choice to represent UT’s diverse student body.
However, Student Government can only be...
“USE OF BUTLER SCHOOL OF MUSIC PRACTICE FACILITIES IS RESTRICTED TO CURRENTLY ENROLLED MUSIC STUDENTS AND APPROVED BSOM PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS. VIOLATORS ARE SUBJECT TO REMOVAL AND/OR PROSECUTION.”
Most...
Each year, tens of thousands of students apply to UT-Austin dreaming of higher education on the Forty Acres. Each year, tens of thousands of students are denied.
But there’s another route to UT....
In 1977, the University of Missouri refused to allow recognition of a gay rights group on campus, based on the belief that the group would encourage lawbreaking behavior.
The organization, Gay...
For those stuck in a housing limbo, each day means another lease signed, another apartment taken and another option snatched from the ever-diminishing supply of affordable, off-campus housing.
This...
