Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

Hope Unger, Associate News Editor

Hope is a journalism junior and is currently an associate news editor. She used to be a projects reporter, copy editor and covered crime and city breaking news. She loves to be at home with her cat Nala.

 

 

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‘It’s just not enough’: Nearly 25 years later, UT’s auto admit rule struggles to diversify

‘It’s just not enough’: Nearly 25 years later, UT’s auto admit rule struggles to diversify

Hope Unger, News Desk Editor November 29, 2022

When state lawmakers implemented UT’s automatic admission policy nearly 25 years ago, it was intended to promote diversity on campus.  While the policy has slightly helped the University become more...

UT community members create strategies to improve inclusivity for students with disabilities

UT community members create strategies to improve inclusivity for students with disabilities

Hope Unger, News Desk Editor August 26, 2022

University students and faculty worked with the Collaborative for Access and Equity this summer to publish advice for students with disabilities on how to benefit more from their classes. The team used...

As UT discontinues PCT, some students worry about COVID-19 testing resources

As UT discontinues PCT, some students worry about COVID-19 testing resources

Hope Unger, News desk editor August 13, 2022

As students return to campus for the beginning of the fall semester, UT posted signs in the Student Services Building stating the proactive community testing program would no longer be operational starting...

UT to discontinue PCT program after Aug. 15, offers more self-test kits

UT to discontinue PCT program after Aug. 15, offers more self-test kits

Hope Unger, News Reporter August 9, 2022

The University will discontinue its proactive community testing program, which provides free testing to asymptomatic students, after Aug. 15, and announced in an email Monday it will offer students four...

Texas fans await the start of the final mens basketball game at the Frank Erwin Center.

Incoming men’s basketball freshman Arterio Morris arrested for assault

Christina Huang and Hope Unger July 28, 2022

Content Warning: This story contains descriptions of domestic violence. Incoming Texas men’s basketball freshman Arterio Morris — the nation’s top-ranked point guard in the 2022 recruiting class...

UT student creates APD Decruitment project

UT student creates APD Decruitment project

Hope Unger, News Reporter July 28, 2022

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the July 26, 2022 flip book.  After seeing APD recruitment efforts around Austin, UT student Andie Flores said she wanted to create her own campaign pushing...

988: New national mental health hotline launches

988: New national mental health hotline launches

Hope Unger, News Reporter July 21, 2022

TW: Discussion surrounding mental health. To report concerning behavior or ask for advice, students can call the Behavior Concerns and COVID-19 Advice Line at 512-232-5050. Students can also contact the...

The Standard residents report multiple car break-ins, more issues

The Standard residents report multiple car break-ins, more issues

Hope Unger, News Reporter July 7, 2022

Residents of The Standard at Austin apartment complex have experienced numerous car break-ins, unresponsive management and, at one point, no water for days since the summer started. Management for the...

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Dell Seton Medical Center went on lockdown Friday after perpetrators fled from police chase into hospital

Hope Unger, News Reporter June 30, 2022

Dell Seton Medical Center went into lockdown last Friday after an individual in a vehicle discharged a firearm around 53rd Street and Airport Boulevard and then traveled south toward downtown Austin, ultimately...

West Campus standoff suspect charged with 5 cases of aggravated assault

West Campus standoff suspect charged with 5 cases of aggravated assault

Hope Unger, News Reporter June 28, 2022

Austin Police officers responded to reports of a non-UT student pointing a gun at a student on the 2400 block of Pearl Street at around 2:18 a.m. on June 17, which later led to a standoff with police at...

‘We are regressing’: Students join protests following overturn of Roe v. Wade

‘We are regressing’: Students join protests following overturn of Roe v. Wade

Claire Stevens and Hope Unger June 27, 2022

When Rachel Marquez heard that Roe v. Wade had been overturned on Friday, she cried.  “It was just surreal to me that women have fewer rights over the control of their own body than guns right now,”...

United Kingdom offers visas to graduates from UT-Austin, other leading universities

United Kingdom offers visas to graduates from UT-Austin, other leading universities

Hope Unger, News Reporter June 23, 2022

The United Kingdom announced they are offering a High Potential Individual Visa for graduated students from leading universities around the globe, including UT, an opportunity that started May 30.  To...

UT-Austin to create Alliance of Hispanic Serving Research Universities with 19 other schools

UT-Austin to create Alliance of Hispanic Serving Research Universities with 19 other schools

Hope Unger, News Reporter June 20, 2022

UT is joining 19 other leading research universities to form the Alliance of Hispanic Serving Research Universities and foster a greater representation of Hispanic students in doctoral studies.  The...

UT to increase current faculty, staff Google accounts to 20GB instead of 5GB this fall

UT to increase current faculty, staff Google accounts to 20GB instead of 5GB this fall

Hope Unger, News Reporter June 13, 2022

UT will increase UTmail Google storage for current faculty and staff to 20 gigabytes, but student accounts will be limited to 5GB starting Nov. 1. Information Technology Services sent an email June...

Ketamine-based medical clinic opens in West Campus

Ketamine-based medical clinic opens in West Campus

Hope Unger, News Reporter June 9, 2022

A new psychedelic medical clinic opened last month in West Campus to offer a patient-guided healing journey through treatments using ketamine, an FDA-approved anesthetic for combatting depression. The...

‘The ball’s in (UT’s) court’: UT buys building off The Drag, forces local businesses out

‘The ball’s in (UT’s) court’: UT buys building off The Drag, forces local businesses out

Hope Unger, News Reporter June 9, 2022

Editor’s note: This article first appeared in the June 7, 2022 flipbook. Mig Kokinda has tattooed students and other clients at the Electric 13 Tattoo off The Drag since it opened 15 years ago. However,...

UT engineering students plan to restructure Cockrell Diversity Committee

UT engineering students plan to restructure Cockrell Diversity Committee

Hope Unger, News Reporter May 10, 2022

Engineering students who pushed for an amendment to add a diversity, equity and inclusion board to the Student Engineering Council are now trying to reform the school’s diversity committee after the...

UT will not require standardized test scores for fall 2023, joins Common App

UT will not require standardized test scores for fall 2023, joins Common App

Hope Unger, Senior News Reporter April 28, 2022

Beginning in Fall 2023, prospective students will be able to apply to UT through the Common App portal, and the application will no longer require standardized test scores for undergraduate admissions.  Miguel...

Ukrainian, Russian UT students react to Russia invasion of Ukraine

Ukrainian, Russian UT students react to Russia invasion of Ukraine

Hope Unger, News Reporter April 28, 2022

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the March 1, 2022 flipbook. Russian and Ukrainian UT students say they fear for their family and friends’ safety after Russia invaded Ukraine with military...

UT students recall memories of Texas French Bread after fire destroys bakery

UT students recall memories of Texas French Bread after fire destroys bakery

Hope Unger, News Reporter April 28, 2022

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the January 28, 2022 flipbook. The Austin Fire Department responded to a fire at Texas French Bread in North Campus on Monday evening. Everyone inside the...

Sexual abuse advocates gather to discuss trauma and victims’ rights at film screening

Sexual abuse advocates gather to discuss trauma and victims’ rights at film screening

Hope Unger, Senior News Reporter April 27, 2022

Content Warning: This story contains discussion of sexual violence and abuse.    The Texas Advocacy Project hosted a showing of the documentary “CUSP,” spotlighting the effects of sexual...

UT launches program for veterans, military families as they adjust to civilian life

UT launches program for veterans, military families as they adjust to civilian life

Hope Unger, News Reporter April 26, 2022

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the April 22, 2022 flipbook. UT started a new program earlier this month designed to support military veterans and their spouses as they transition back...

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Student Engineering Council votes against creation of DEI committee

Hope Unger, Senior News Reporter April 19, 2022

On Monday, the Student Engineering Council voted against adding an amendment to form a new diversity, equity and inclusion board due to disagreements over the organization’s constitution.  The creation...

UT students wait hours for lecture with Crash Course co-founder Hank Green

UT students wait hours for lecture with Crash Course co-founder Hank Green

Hope Unger, News Reporter April 19, 2022

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the April 15, 2022 flipbook. Science content creator Hank Green visited the Texas Union on Thursday to talk to students about his journey in science and...

Students saw machete in West Campus hours after APD said they responded to the incident

Students saw machete in West Campus hours after APD said they responded to the incident

Hope Unger, News Reporter April 17, 2022

Editor's Note: The article first appeared in the April 8, 2022 flipbook. Residents of a West Campus apartment building on 28th Street and Rio Grande Street encountered a disturbing scene on Friday,...

Former UT law facilities director pleads guilty to theft

Former UT law facilities director pleads guilty to theft

Hope Unger, News Reporter April 13, 2022
A former Texas Law facilities director was charged with first-degree theft of property and second-degree theft of service. Jason Shoumaker pled guilty to the lesser charge of a second-degree felony for theft of property and was placed on deferred adjudication March 31. 
Free opioid overdose-reversing drug now accessible in some UT libraries

Free opioid overdose-reversing drug now accessible in some UT libraries

Hope Unger, News Reporter April 5, 2022

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the April 1, 2022 flipbook. Naloxone, a nasal spray drug that rapidly reverses the effects of an opioid overdose, is now available for people to pick up...

UT academic calendar to change for 2022-2023 school year

UT academic calendar to change for 2022-2023 school year

Hope Unger, News Reporter April 3, 2022

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the March 29, 2022 flipbook. Starting this upcoming fall term, classes will begin Monday, Aug. 22, and fall break will be extended to a full week, according...

City council approves second phase of increased safety measures for 6th Street

City council approves second phase of increased safety measures for 6th Street

Hope Unger, News Reporter March 31, 2022

Megan was celebrating her birthday with friends at the Sixth Street bar Buck Wild last June when her phone started blowing up with people asking if she was safe. A shooting had just occurred, and she didn’t...

UT beekeeping org visits City Council to make Austin an official Bee City

UT beekeeping org visits City Council to make Austin an official Bee City

Hope Unger, News Reporter March 30, 2022
Bee City USA, a nonprofit that works to promote bees in places across the country, approved the city of Austin as an official Bee City on Friday. 
Son of John S. Chase gifts UT School of Architecture $1 million to support underrepresented students

Son of John S. Chase gifts UT School of Architecture $1 million to support underrepresented students

Hope Unger, News Reporter March 22, 2022

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the March 11, 2022 flipbook. To honor his father John S. Chase, Tony Chase committed a gift of $1 million to the UT School of Architecture to support underrepresented...

Harry Ransom Center digitizes historical LGBTQIA+ writing, artwork

Harry Ransom Center digitizes historical LGBTQIA+ writing, artwork

Hope Unger, News Reporter March 7, 2022
Researchers at the Harry Ransom Center digitized more than 60,000 items from LGBTQIA+ author Radclyffe Hall and artist Una Vincenzo, Lady Troubridge from the earlier half of the 20th century.
UT to limit Google account storage to 5GB starting Nov. 1

UT to limit Google account storage to 5GB starting Nov. 1

Hope Unger, News Reporter March 1, 2022

Editor's Note: This article was first published in the Feb. 25, 2022 flipbook. UT will start limiting storage for all UTmail accounts starting Nov. 1. Current students, faculty and staff will need to...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick gives a speech at the Texan Capital on Feb 18, 2022. He addressed critical race theory and pledged to eliminate tenure for new hires at Texas public universities.

UT professors react to lieutenant governor’s plan to remove tenure following vote on critical race theory

Hope Unger, Senior News Reporter February 25, 2022

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick pledged to remove tenure for professors at Texas public universities Feb. 18 after the Faculty Council voted 41-5 to support an instructor’s freedom to teach critical race theory...

UT receives $2.5 million gift to support low, middle-income students from Borderplex region

UT receives $2.5 million gift to support low, middle-income students from Borderplex region

Hope Unger, News Reporter February 22, 2022

This article first appeared in the Feb. 18, 2022 flipbook. The Hunt Family Foundation donated $2.5 million to UT to support scholarships for low and middle-income students from the Borderplex region...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick gives a speech at the Texan Capital on Feb 18, 2022. He addressed critical race theory and pledged to eliminate tenure for new hires at Texas public universities.

Lt. Governor Dan Patrick plans to eliminate tenure at UT-Austin, public Texas universities

Hope Unger, Senior News Reporter February 18, 2022

Lt. Governor Dan Patrick announced in a press conference Friday that he would eliminate tenure for new hires at Texas public universities in response to the UT Faculty Council’s 41-5 vote to support...

Texas Union Chick-fil-A reopens after year-long hiatus

Texas Union Chick-fil-A reopens after year-long hiatus

Hope Unger, News Reporter February 18, 2022

This article first appeared in the Feb. 14, 2022 flipbook. David Anthony, director of business services for University Unions, said the Union Chick-fil-A's previous management’s contract was supposed...

The crowd waits for Greg Casar to take the stage at his rally at Mohawks in Austin.

[Photo] Greg Casar hosts Austin rally for congressional run, guest appearance from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

February 13, 2022

The crowd waits for Greg Casar to take the stage at his rally at Mohawks in Austin.

UT cancels campus events, in-person and online classes Thursday

UT cancels campus events, in-person and online classes Thursday

Hope Unger, Senior News Reporter February 2, 2022

UT canceled all online and in-person classes scheduled for Thursday in anticipation of inclement weather in Central Texas this week, according to a message from President Jay Hartzell. COVID-19 testing...

UT faculty member and graduate student awarded grant for burnout research among pharmacists

UT faculty member and graduate student awarded grant for burnout research among pharmacists

Hope Unger, Senior News Reporter January 25, 2022

Editor's note: This article first appeared in the Jan. 21, 2022 flipbook. A professor and a graduate student in the College of Pharmacy received an external grant of $34,181 in January to fund their research...

Kerbey Lane goes back to 24 hours on Fridays and Saturdays

Kerbey Lane goes back to 24 hours on Fridays and Saturdays

Hope Unger, News Reporter December 15, 2021

Editor's Note: This article first appeared as part of the November 9 flipbook.  Kerbey Lane on Guadalupe Street returned to 24-hour service on Fridays and Saturdays starting in late October. Some servers...

Zero Waste Hero returns next spring with online sustainability course

Zero Waste Hero returns next spring with online sustainability course

Hope Unger, News Reporter December 2, 2021

A certification course to teach students how to be less wasteful will return to UT next spring after it was paused over a year ago.  The Zero Waste Hero program will be reinstated as a self-paced course...

UT law professor appointed into Texas Supreme Court

UT law professor appointed into Texas Supreme Court

Hope Unger, News Reporter November 18, 2021

Gov. Greg Abbott appointed a UT law professor to the Texas Supreme Court on Nov. 1 due to his experience in private practice and service to the public.   Evan Young became an adjunct professor at...

Stolen dinosaur statues found at UT frat house

Stolen dinosaur statues found at UT frat house

Hope Unger, News Reporter November 2, 2021
The Dinosaur Park in Cedar Creek discovered three of their dinosaur statues were missing Oct. 21 after a trail inspection and offered a $1,000 reward for information about their whereabouts. Someone submitted a tip on Oct. 25 that they saw the statues during a frat party on Oct. 23.
New UT master’s program to bridge gap between humanities, healthcare

New UT master’s program to bridge gap between humanities, healthcare

Hope Unger, News Reporter October 27, 2021

In early October, a new master’s program that explores how the arts and humanities interact with the medical field started accepting applications for its first semester in the fall of 2022.  The...

Cancer institute partners with UT-Austin art class for health-related art show

Cancer institute partners with UT-Austin art class for health-related art show

Hope Unger, News Reporter October 5, 2021
The show features portraits of cancer patients, caregivers and clinical staff created by students as part of the inaugural spring 2021 Aesthetics of Health course.
CDC awards UT institute grant for COVID-19 vaccine education

CDC awards UT institute grant for COVID-19 vaccine education

Hope Unger, News Reporter September 29, 2021

An institute within UT’s Steve Hicks School of Social Work received a $3.3 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to fund a one-year COVID-19 vaccine education campaign.  UT’s...

ACL festival rewards free wristbands through vaccine incentive programs

ACL festival rewards free wristbands through vaccine incentive programs

Hope Unger, News Reporter September 21, 2021
The purpose of the incentive program is to reduce vaccine hesitancy and increase the vaccination rate in Central Texas.
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