A flood of donations to relief efforts in Houston followed Hurricane Harvey. Celebrities from the Kardashians to President Donald Trump tweeted about their sizable donations, but the efforts ended there....
Leaving university is a frightening experience, to say the least, especially when you’re entering a tight job market where employers are hiring at a slow rate. And at a university like UT, where...
Living on campus is not a requirement for freshmen at UT; it’s a choice, and quite a big one.
Whether choosing to live on or off campus, there can be impacts on a student’s social life and...
Last week, a federal judge ordered state officials to provide air-conditioned facilities for inmates within Texas state prisons, ruling against the Texas Department of Corrections and Justice. The ruling...
Football is the cornerstone of UT culture, something everyone who bleeds burnt orange rallies around. As of late, our seasons have been less than ideal, facing more losses than wins and not living up to...
It’s no secret that American sports center around alcohol, but that focus is generally restricted to the professional level. However, the University of Texas has brought our college athletics into...
While it may appear that the pure antipathy between Texas and California has reached a breaking point, a need for the two divisive states to work together persists. It’s apparent if only in the one...
Upon revealing a new healthcare bill meant to replace Obamacare, the U.S. Senate Republicans had everyone’s worst expectations at heart. These expectations were met and exceeded with the Better Care...
Carol Denise Richardson, a woman who last year was granted clemency by Obama, is back in prison. Arrested for theft and violation of the terms of her release in Houston, her story is not wholly unique....
Following Trump’s refusal to sign the Paris Climate Agreement, many states have opted to work around him, signing pledges to follow the treaty and cut their carbon emissions. California, Hawaii,...
Schools shaming students whose parents can’t afford lunch has always been a problem, but lately it’s showed up in political conversations, even in Texas. The state has gone so far as to attempt...
The great battle of the teaching of science in Texas schools — one that has been long-fought and has recurred nearly every year often just over the wording of a single section — comes down...
The debate as to whether or not to pay student athletes has gone on for years. Opponents on both sides have voiced their concerns over the amount of work the athletes do for the school and the precedent...
Last week, the UT Police Department announced that their officers will begin wearing body cameras in an effort to build trust between the UT community and the department. The response to this change has...
Applying to UT as an out-of-state student, it felt like the odds were stacked against me. This feeling came because of the top 10 percent rule, and the fact that those automatic admittees account for 75...
http://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article77435332.htmlOne of the largest issues in Texas education is also one that’s been brushed over and hasn’t garnered...
The Texas Legislature has a long history of wasting their time on education bills that do nothing to alleviate the actual issues within the Texas education system. Instead they focus their energy on bills...
House Bill 729 was introduced by Rep. Dwayne Bohac, R-Houston, in the Texas House, which if passed could incorporate teaching positive character traits, such as honesty, kindness, and school pride, into...
Wednesday saw plans fall through to expand the UT system to include a Houston campus as Chancellor McRaven officially canceled them. Such an expansion would have finally brought a full UT sanctioned undergraduate...
With the second semester finally back in full swing, the time is now ripe for new Student Government campaigns to emerge. And as always, these campaigns come with any number of outlandish promises and...
UT is set to lead a consortium of research institutions in a five-year study on alcoholism and how the disease changes the brain. This is exciting news, but sadly its importance has been overshadowed as...
Following the culmination of Super Bowl LI, hundreds of thousands of tourists have left Houston, and with them, the eyes of the nation have as well. The city is already being praised for hosting one of...
Following President Donald Trump’s Muslim ban, NYC taxi workers halted rides in protest, as the majority of them are immigrants. Uber responded by lifting surge prices in order to generate more revenue....
Just a few days have passed since Trump’s inauguration, and already high profile policy shifts are occurring on the national level, such as the apparent end of the United States’ involvement...
On election night, many people across the nation found themselves speechless as their worst nightmare came to fruition. In the aftermath, these same people found their voices again. Protests sprang up...
In 2002 the Supreme Court ruled in a landmark decision that individuals with an intellectual disability cannot be executed. However, this ruling failed to specify what standards should be used to judge...
Editor's note: This column appears in a point-counterpoint regarding the legitimacy of superdelegates in our political system. You can read the counterpoint here.
Following the culmination of a...
A lot is riding on the results of the election that concluded yesterday — the next president, the fate of the Republican Party and the future of science education in Texas. The last item in this...
While public education has become a contentious issue in the current election, there is one branch of education that is hardly ever mentioned — special education. It has recently come to light that...
Everything’s bigger in Texas, it seems, except voter turnout. In the 2012 general election Texas only saw a 50.1 percent voter turnout, ranking it 48th among the nation. This isn’t unprecedented,...
Common rhetoric permeating this election is the “lesser of two evils” argument. Voters, in large part, hold extreme reservations of the major parties’ candidates and instead of voting...
Baylor’s Title IX Coordinator resigned last week, in yet another event stemming from the sexual assault scandal that has clung to the school since it surfaced last August. In an interview following...
Last week, two bullet casings were found around campus and a third was found atop a defaced anti-campus carry sign. The sign, originally for Gun Free UT, was defaced with the cryptic message: “In...
It has been just over five months since Texas last executed someone. This is the longest stay in executions since 2008, when the Supreme Court was on recess and states could charge people with the death...
In an exercise of his First Amendment right to peaceful protest, Colin Kaepernick took the knee during the national anthem on Aug. 26, and plans to do so in every game this season. Now, a few weeks later,...
Just last week France’s highest court overruled the ludicrous Burkini ban that degraded not only women but also an entire culture. The ruling was viewed as a triumph by international liberal groups...
