Nota del editor: este artículo se publicó por primera vez el 20 de febrero por Ikram Mohamed y fue traducido al español por Karen Flores. Cuando Lauren Nelson llegó a UT en el 2017, ganaba $13,000,...

When Lauren Nelson arrived at UT in 2017 she was making $13,000, the same amount she had been making at her service job prior to going to graduate school. Sharing a 400-square-foot apartment with her...

Content warning: This article mentions suicide   For many people, college brings independence, self-discovery and new opportunities. But this transition is not seamless for everyone — as many...

During her first week of in-person classes in spring 2022, Emily Flores was certain to show up early to campus so she wouldn’t be late for class. She struggled to find accessible routes and ramps to...

Editor's note: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated the population of undergraduate Black students at UT in 2021 was 5.2%, but it was 5.4%. The Texan regrets this error. This story has...

Editor's Note: This article first appeared as part of the November 30 flipbook.  Staring back at their reflection through the mirror, Angel Coleman took the last glimpse of their heat-damaged, stick-straight...

Huddled around her lab table, Haylie Nguyen watched as her male groupmates erased and rewrote her original answer in their own words. “They completely changed what I did, and it wasn’t even to make...

Content Warning: This story contains mentions of suicide. A senior in high school, Hannah Tyler called her dad to talk about college applications. They did what they always did when they spoke: laughed,...

Running on four hours of sleep, Issie Luna runs out of her apartment to begin her 14 hour day filled with classes, work and band practice.  “I was falling asleep everywhere,” music studies senior...

September of 2021, after playing the chorus of “San Francisco Way” for the fourth time, lead singer Nathaniel Ogren looked nervously over at his bandmates as they tried to entertain a ten-person audience...

When Austin City Limits Music Festival’s tickets first went on sale in May, Dorian Villalba said she chose not to buy in because she thought the festival would get canceled. She never expected to attend,...

Editor's Note: This article first appeared as part of the September 19 flipbook. Food trucks are an Austin staple and many center their menu on Hispanic cuisine. With Hispanic Heritage Month beginning...

In August 2020, Josie Womack settled into her dorm at Dolbie Twenty21 full of excitement for the adventures, memories and laughs she hoped to experience during her first semester of college.  A month...

Forced to adopt a persona that didn’t align with her identity, Marnie Matthews said not being able to dress the way she wanted during high school left her feeling trapped. Before transitioning, she always...

Editor's Note: This article first appeared as part of the August 23 flipbook. Troubled by the University’s COVID-19 protocols President Hartzell discussed during a council meeting, Stephennie Mulder...

Separated by 180 miles and the COVID-19 pandemic, Jazmine Necessary and her partner sit together on FaceTime almost every night. “Sometimes (FaceTiming) feels like another screen to look at,” government...

After her first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, Kristen Schank experienced a headache, fever, chills and a rash the size of an orange just below the injection site on her left arm.  “The rash...

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the March 12 issue of The Daily Texan.   After four years of hard work, UT 2020 alumna Brianna Rodriguez said she saw graduation as “the mountain...

As Mac Davenport makes a latte at Mozart’s Coffee Roasters, they remind customers to keep their masks on.  After Gov. Greg Abbott announced his executive order to end the statewide mask...

Snowed in at her parent's home in Marble Falls, Texas, Laura Benac spent a week huddled over her phone, worried about her friends in Austin. Ten days later, she logged in to Canvas and took an anthropology...

Editor's Note: This story first appeared in The Daily Texan's February 9 print edition. Devra Winslow grew up listening to Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd, her dad’s favorite album and...

With the semester ending and Christmas right around the corner, some students and organizations have donated to local groups to give back to the community.  Under Interstate Highway 35 and across...

Kelly Ludwig’s film lecture at a community college in New York was drowned out by loud coughs as the person sitting next to her began to “hack up a lung.” Two days later, on March 7,...

Sitting around the school’s library table, Nasim Abdi’s games of Connect Four with her two mentees would often grow competitive. They would chat about their dream jobs before saying goodbye...

Tired of the lack of ethnic representation in zodiac sign illustrations and art genres like Art Nouveau, UT alumnus Ryan Downs started creating prints featuring Black cultural figures.  Last year,...

Caught in a never-ending cycle of learning and studying for her online courses, Kriss Conklin says the digital nature and workload of her classes is taking a toll on her mental health. “(I’ve)...

As Mooov-In day approached, neuroscience freshman Amanda Garcia wondered if she was making the right decision to live on campus. For some students, returning to campus in the fall meant trying to achieve...