Almost every successful moment I’ve had in college is thanks to Texas Student Media.
My first internship was because of work I did for The Daily Texan — which eventually led to my...
Editor’s note: A 30 column is a chance for departing permanent staff to say farewell and reflect on their time spent in The Daily Texan’s basement office. The term comes from the old typesetting...
The University is falling short of a demand for on-campus student housing by 3,900 beds, according to a previously unreleased report obtained by The Daily Texan.
The report, called the Residence Halls...
The loudest noise on the 13th floor of the UT Tower is the minute hand of an old clock.
More than half of the floors of the UT Tower are empty, classified formally by the University as either...
Austin, which Forbes calls America’s No. 1 boomtown, has become a technology hub as a wave of innovation and entrepreneurship has come to town — and the University of Texas is trying to catch-up...
With Student Government elections yielding low turnout in recent years — 14.9 percent of the student body voted in 2013 — campaigns often vie for endorsements from voting blocks to maximize...
Updated Tuesday, Feb. 26 — In Greg Abbott's and Wendy Davis' latest campaign finance reports, Davis reported raising another $3,665 from UT professors and staff, while Greg Abbott raised...
Two UT System Regents gave almost 10 times more in campaign contributions to Greg Abbott than what more than 100 UT individuals combined gave to Wendy Davis, according to the latest campaign finance reports...
After months of debate and consideration, Austin’s new student city council district was finalized to include a drastically smaller portion of minority residents than UT’s racial and ethnic...
In this week's The Daily Texan Podcast, Bobby Blanchard, Christine Ayala and Jordan Rudner discuss the latest ongoing developments in the Wallace Hall committee hearings. They also talk about Christine's...
In a state that’s been plagued with on-and-off drought conditions for more than six years, UT has worked to decrease its water usage, but the University still has a ways to go if it’s going...
In this podcast, Bobby Blanchard, Christine Ayala and Jordan Rudner discuss the most recent regent controversies. They also talk about the new athletic director and Rudner's story on the underreporting...
Over a dinner at a loud, high-end seafood restaurant in chilly February, Roderick Hart, dean of the College of Communication, found himself in a conversation he didn’t expect to have that night.
Hart...
In this week’s The Daily Texan podcast, Bobby Blanchard, Christine Ayala and Jordan Rudner discuss the developments in Texas’ new abortion law. They also talk about the conflicts behind casting...
In this week's The Daily Texan Podcast, Christine Ayala, Jordan Rudner and special guest Madlin Meckelburg discuss the long discussion at the Student Government meeting on undocumented students....
The names of oilmen and CEOs are making their way onto campus buildings as UT becomes more likely to honor big-dollar donors instead of long-time professors and influential University presidents.
While...
Orange — A building named after a UT president, faculty member or regent.
Green — A building named after a donor.
Yellow — A building that is unnamed. The University might...
In this podcast, Bobby Blanchard, Christine Ayala and special guests Madlin Mekelburg and Anthony Green discuss the news that the campus post office is slated to close in February. They also discuss...
The Engineering Sciences Building — a 50-year-old facility that houses the University’s electrical engineering program — has run its life course.
Ceilings open up to exposed...
In this podcast, Bobby Blanchard, Christine Ayala and Jordan Rudner discuss the recent four year graduation rates and Christine Ayala's long form feature on UT's mascot — Bevo.
Listen...
1. No more stained, ugly ceiling tiles that look like someone spilled his or her coffee.
Photo of the Engineering Sciences Building ceiling by Zachary Strain
2. It...
In this podcast, Bobby Blanchard, Jordan Rudner and Jacob Kerr discuss the recent action by the UT System Board of Regents to approve a new funding plan for the University's new engineering building....
Behind the fresh, glamorous exteriors of the newly built private off-campus dorm, The Callaway House, is American Campus Communities, a private student housing developer that the UT System has invested...
In this podcast, Bobby Blanchard, Christine Ayala, and Jordan Rudner discuss the balloon attacks happening in West Campus, the 10-1 plan, and recent accusations that construction workers in West Campus...
Of the three West Campus apartment complexes that opened to more than 1,000 students this fall, at least two were built by construction workers who claimed they were mistreated.
Documents obtained from...
In the first Daily Texan podcast of the 2013 fall semester, Bobby Blanchard, Christine Ayala and Jordan Rudner discuss updates on the Longhorn Network and some of the recent Board of Regents controversies.
Check...
Just before the start of the next academic school year, Greg Fenves, the dean of the Cockrell School of Engineering, has been appointed to the position of provost of the University.
Fenves, who...
In the last Daily Texan Podcast of the summer, Bobby Blanchard, Christine Ayala, Jody Serrano and special guest Sara Beth Purdy recap the summer's two biggest stories: abortion legislation and Fisher...
In this podcast, Bobby Blanchard, Christine Ayala, Jody Serrano and special guest Jacob Kerr discuss the UT regents, MyEdu and ESPN's X Games. They also get off topic for a little bit and discuss the...
Within the state of Texas, sports are a way of life. Home to two MLB teams, two NFL teams, three NBA teams, NBC’s Friday Night Lights and a mob of frenzied fans, Texas is known for its all-American,...
In this podcast, Bobby Blanchard, Christine Ayala and Jody Serrano discuss Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's recent announcement that he was running for governor in 2014. They also discuss the abortion...
49ers quarterback and former longhorn Colt McCoy introduced Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott as "the next Texas governor" to a crowd of Abbott supporters at an event in Austin Thursday evening.
"It's...
Moments after the Texas Senate passed abortion legislation and sent a bill to Texas Gov. Rick Perry's desk, undaunted Democratic Senators and opponents of the abortion legislation rallied on the...
In this podcast, Bobby Blanchard, Christine Ayala and Jody Serrano discuss the most recent UT System Board of Regent meeting, the final stages of the abortion legislation in the Texas legislature and the...
Supporters of abortion legislation in blue and opponents of the bills in orange mixed together at the Texas Capitol Monday night, chanting, screaming and singing over each other.
Two different rallies...
In this podcast, Bobby Blanchard, Christian Ayala and special guest Laura Wright discuss the second special session of the 83rd Legislature. They also discuss how the national spotlight has turned to Texas...
More than 1,000 people signed up to testify on abortion legislation at a House State Affairs Committee hearing on Tuesday, but less than 100 had the opportunity to.
The House State Affairs Committee...
The Supreme Court of the United States has struck down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act and is requiring Congress to figure out new ways to determine which states require stricter federal monitoring.
Section...
In this podcast, Bobby Blanchard, Jody Serrano and Christine Ayala speak about the recent controversies at the State Capitol regarding abortion legislation. The trio also talk about Texas Gov. Rick Perry's...
Gov. Rick Perry vetoed a key bill that would have restricted the responsbilities and power of the UT System Board of Regents in a slew of bill killings Friday.
Perry vetoed more than 20 bills,...
In a 21-page document released Monday, UT has outlined the expectations, duties and opportunities of the inaugural dean of the Dell Medical School, a position the University hopes to have filled by...
UT students studying abroad in north London are approximately a mile away from a mosque that was set on fire Wednesday.
According to the Associated Press, a fire at the Somali Bravanese Welfare Association,...
On the cusp of possibly losing $105 million in research funds under the across-the-board budget cuts known as sequestration, UT System officials are working to find alternative options to fund research.
Higher...
After four years as the director of the School of Journalism, Glenn Frankel will retire from his position and become a full-time author.
In an email to his colleagues Thursday evening, Frankel...
Students who sought relief from end-of-the-year stresses by doodling on the whiteboards in the Perry-Castañeda Library just might be famous on Flickr.
Beginning in the spring of 2010, the library...
This semester, more than 20 journalism and computer science students entered senior journalism lecturer Robert Quigley’s new Mobile News App Design class. All of them will leave the class as developers,...
David Sedaris does not stray from his typically sarcastic style in his latest book “Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls,” in which he writes about politics, rednecks, a husband-stealing...
This past weekend more than 350 journalists converged at the Blanton Museum of Art for the annual International Symposium of Online Journalism. This year a record-breaking number of editors, reporters...
WEST — Outside her house Thursday afternoon, Carolanne Kocain struggled to describe the explosion that happened at the fertilizer plant close to her home in the town of West on Wednesday evening....
WEST — Resident of West, B.J. Walters is sitting on an air mattress in the First Baptist Church of Gholson with his dog Pepe and his grandmother Joyce Rucker at 3:57 a.m. on Thursday when he...
The Association of American Publishers recently reported 23 percent of American publishing sales came from e-books in 2012, which is up from 17 percent in 2011. E-books are growing industry, and while...
In Dave Eggers’ “A Hologram for the King,” an almost broke salesman, close to unemployment, is trying in vain to support his daughter’s college education. His only hope: pitch and...
Late Wednesday afternoon, the University sent a campus-wide email alerting students they will see an increase in law enforcement for the next few days because of a bomb threat.
UT spokeswoman Cindy...
Ursula Todd, the main character of Kate Atkinson’s “Life After Life,” dies in the first few pages of the novel. And then she dies again. And again. And again. In fact, Ursula’s...
The Texas Associated Press Managing Editors named The Daily Texan “College Paper of the Year” for the third year in a row this past weekend.
Aleksander Chan, former managing editor of The...
Facebook Home, the newest push by Facebook to make your real life secondary to your digital life, isn’t going to be a success, but it is a sign for more developments to come.
Facebook unveiled...
Elizabeth Strout’s “The Burgess Boys” is only her fourth book, but her engaging plot thrives with a cast of well-rounded characters.
The majority of the novel takes place in Shirley...
Over the weekend, UT opened four free massive open online courses for registration.
The University’s edX courses, which will begin in September, are Ideas of the 20th Century, Introduction to...
UT is more popular than Beyonce. At least maybe on Twitter.
Among Texas’ universities and colleges, UT-Austin has the highest Klout score. Klout is a company that analyzes a person’s or...
“Family Pictures” is not good enough to read and not bad enough to hate. The book isn’t awful. It doesn’t put you to sleep, and it doesn’t lack clarity. But there is nothing...
Editor’s note: This is the first installment of Media Monday, which is a weekly column about journalism, social media, media in general and news.
For the past 13 years, journalism has been dying.
Kind...
A $25 million donation is going to give business graduate students another place to study and everyone else a new place to park.
Dallas businessman and UT alumnus Robert B. Rowling and his family donated...
In just 96 pages, Luis Negrón is satirical, heartwarming, heartbreaking and laugh-out-loud funny. His collection of short fictional stories, “Mundo Cruel”, is gay fiction at its best.
“Mundo...
With spring break over, UT’s Legal Services for Students is entering its busy season.
The office of Legal Services for Students offers free legal advice to UT students on any legal issue,...
Students who spend spring break in Colorado risk facing felony charges if they bring marijuana into Texas, said Sylvia Holmes, UT Legal Services for Students attorney.
UT Legal Services for Students,...
Editor’s note: Per the TSM election code Section 7.45B, Daily Texan editor-in-chief candidates have the opportunity to publish two columns during their campaigns. The candidates were asked to write...
Editor’s note: Per the TSM election code Section 7.45B, Daily Texan editor-in-chief candidates have the opportunity to publish two columns during their campaigns. The candidates were asked to write...
Dave Barry’s “Insane City” is true to its name — as soon as Seth Weinstein and his groomsmen arrive in Miami for his wedding, things get a little crazy. And by ‘a little crazy’,...
In “The Aviator’s Wife”, Melanie Benjamin shines a light on the rarely told story of author and aviator Anne Lindbergh, whose accomplishments and personality often fall in the shadow...
Although the year has just begun, George Saunders’ “Tenth of December” is sure to become one of 2013’s most prominent and talked-about works of fiction.
“Tenth of December”...
As they look back over this past semester and ahead to the next one, Student Government president Thor Lund and vice-president Wills Brown said they are happy with what they see.
Brown and Lund announced...
The Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library is getting a new look later this month — and it is coming with a price.
When the LBJ Presidential Library unveils its new exhibit Dec. 22, the library...
Three months after announcing intentions to place a Daily Texan news box in front of the Belo Center for New Media, the College of Communication is now saying it hopes to install specially designed and...
Chris Colfer certainly brings laughter in “Struck By Lightning: The Carson Phillips Journal,” but beyond a snarky and sarcastic attitude Colfer fails to add anything else to his novel.
“Struck...
With the help of various organizations and UT professors, Student Government is hoping to continue growing entrepreneurship support on campus.
One Semester Startup, a UT course that aims to help educate...
According to a new T-shirt, OU and UT fans have finally found something to agree on: Mack Brown.
Smack Apparel, a sports-focused non-licensing T-shirt company, is selling a new shirt that reads “Keep...
Four salamander species that inhabit Central Texas might be added to the endangered species list, but city officials say they are prepared for the restrictions associated with this change.
The U.S....
A discovery made with the help of UT-Austin equipment and research has thrown a supermassive wrench into astronomers’ understanding of black holes and how they form.
Using a telescope at UT’s...
Theories about how black holes are grown inside a galaxy may have to be modified because of a recent discovery astronomers made using UT’s Hobby-Eberly Telescope.
While working on a study to better...
As the fall semester comes to a close, students are beginning the hunt for a place to live off campus next fall — an experience that can scare first time leasing students.
Raymond Schiflett, director...
The dispute over a $30 million portrait between the UT System and actor Ryan O’Neal was delayed Tuesday, further keeping the Andy Warhol portrait of late actress and former UT student Farrah Fawcett...
Editor’s note: We will feature higher education bills already filed for Texas’ 83rd legislative session, which begins Jan. 8, every day until the end of the semester.
Two bills filed...
SURE Walk, a free Student Government service that aims to protect students walking during late hours, moved its headquarters to the Perry-Castañeda Library in hopes of better serving students and increasing...
Glenn Beck’s “Agenda 21” is set in an undated but futuristic totalitarian United States. Unfortunately, the book offers nothing new to the dystopian genre and is cliched.
The novel is...
Student Government’s increased presence on YouTube might become permanent if a new bill passes through the general assembly next week.
Wills Brown, Student Government vice president, and Joshua...
A new online interactive balloon-popping game is one way UT is trying to help its incoming students graduate in four years.
The University added modules to Wayfinder, an online site incorporated into...
Though “Brain on Fire” is written as a memoir, the tale of Susannah Cahalan’s fall into madness and ascent back to sanity is a horror story fit for any campfire.
In the book, Cahalan,...
UT will work witchcraft Monday night with its annual Hex Rally, but this year it is not against A&M.
The Hex Rally is an annual event held by Texas Exes, previously to place a hex, or a curse, on...
For the first time in nine months, Texas Student Media has a permanent director.
Jalah Goette was appointed to the position Nov. 8 by Gage Paine, Vice President for Student Affairs, after the Texas Student...
UT student organizations joined together to launch a campus-wide canned food drive this week, with the goal of collecting 1,000 cans for the Capital Area Food Bank.
Neighborhood Longhorns Program, a nonprofit...
There are not a lot of books that explore a child’s coming out story from the eyes of his parents, but with parental love and a journalistic style, “Oddly Normal: One Family’s Struggle...
Logan Brown and Bradley Roofner are fellow sophomores, fraternity brothers, roommates, close friends and the two founding CEOs of a student entrepreneurship company that makes accessorized hats for golfers.
Brown,...
Gage Paine, vice president of Student Affairs, announced Thursday that Jalah Goette will serve as the director of the Texas Student Media board.
The Texas Student Media board represents the various University...
