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...
Since the beginning of my undergraduate career, I have witnessed an exponential rise in anti-Muslim rhetoric. In my second semester of college, three Muslim students from the University of North Carolina...
Although progress toward a more diverse and inclusive nation feels lost with the new president-elect taking office in a couple of days, a new commemorative coin from the U.S. Mint Treasury features the...
Texas’ football season came to an end with the loss of its head coach Charlie Strong, who was fired for not bringing adequate improvement to the team.
College football in Texas is an underlying...
During the unveiling ceremony for the new African American History Memorial at the Capitol, a neo-Nazi, white supremacist protest broke out, coincidentally scheduled to disrupt the ceremony. It was met...
Last December, Donald Trump called for a complete ban on Muslims entering the United States. This left me wondering why open racism is not a deal breaker. Although not all of his supporters may support...
The University was recently recognized as one of 13 universities in the nation as a 2016 Diversity Champion by INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine — the largest and oldest diversity and inclusion publication...
Last week, the Young Conservatives of Texas at the University of Texas at Austin protested affirmative action by organizing a bake sale with prices based on race and gender. They created a sign that put...
Most scientific research is conducted on the majority of the population, leading to a lack of research and knowledge on minorities. Latinos and other minority groups are hardly researched, producing less...
With the current situation of the presidential election, political organizations and movements are all using social media as a medium for encouraging people to go out and vote.
According to a study...
On Oct. 3, students received an email announcing that transcript request costs would soar from an already high $10 to $20, an overwhelming 100 percent increase.
“In order to continue providing...
On her way back from the Texas Tribune festival’s National Security discussion, UT law student Noor Wadi received a death threat on Guadalupe Street. After filing a police report, there was not much...
When Ted Cruz was introduced as a Donald Trump supporter at the Texas Tribune Festival, attendees took countless stabs at him.
When asked by Zoya Zia, an international relations and global studies sophomore,...
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump finally admitted Friday that President Obama was born in the States. This reversed his position on the first political issue he attached his name...
Although Thanksgiving break is over two months away, Megabus already has one-way tickets costing over $60. In addition to the more-often-than-not delays that last hours, Megabus has gotten a lot pricier...
A couple of days ago, a photo was released of a 5-year-old injured Syrian boy who was recovered after a blast. The boy’s demeanor — emotionless and dazed at the blood on his hands — caught...
The end of the semester is an immensely stressful time on campus, and the construction in front of the suddenly overpopulated Perry-Castañeda Library doesn’t help much. But, every year, the...
The Texas Revue is the largest event hosted by the University Unions annually, showcasing a variety of acts to over 1,000 attendees. Although each of the performances at the Texas Revue is given the stage...
Last week, a Muslim college student from UC-Berkeley was kicked off a Southwest Airlines flight and questioned by the FBI after another passenger heard him speaking in Arabic, as if midterms and the approaching...
Last week, UT’s community was shaken to its core. The tragic murder of UT freshman Haruka Weiser has deeply affected it. As more details are being released from officials about the tragedy, the past...
“Everything is bigger in Texas” definitely holds true at the state’s flagship university — as one of the largest schools in the nation, paved on 434 acres and home to more than...
Editor’s Note: In the spirit of April Fool’s Day, all material appearing on the Opinion page today is satirical and meant in jest. The opinions expressed on this page are not meant to be taken...
SXSW is renowned for being the center of creating change through inviting some of the nation’s top innovators and thinkers. The film festival thrives and expands every year because of its community-based...
The UT Board of Regents approved a 3.1 percent tuition increase for the next academic year, which will have another 3 percent increase layered on top of it for the 2017-2018 academic year. Coupled with...
Just one week ago, three young American-Sudanese Muslim men were shot execution style a few blocks away from Indiana Tech. This incident recalls to memory the painful murders of the three UNC students...
In just the past two weeks, two Sikhs were stopped by airport security. Actor Waris Ahluwalia was told that he could not board his Aeroméxico flight because of his turban. Airline officials didn’t...
Earlier this week, Kanye West claimed he was in debt and tweeted at Mark Zuckerberg asking for $1 billion to invest in his “ideas,” sounding like a student asking for the answers to the homework...
This week marked the one year anniversary of the shooting death of dental student Deah Barakat, his wife Yusor Abu-Salha and her sister Razan Abu-Salha in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
“I...
When you have gotten ready for class, walked to the bus stop on time and even managed to eat breakfast, the West Campus bus arrives late. Waiting at the stop, you start weighing the costs and benefits...
Humanity First — Texas Chapter is holding a book drive that aims to assist underprivileged children in the greater Austin community. Unlike usual fundraisers, the book drive provides a more personal...
When President Obama gave his final State of the Union address, one guest in attendance ensured that he had not forgotten about resettling refugees.
Refaai Hamo, a scientist and Syrian refugee, was...
Since the Paris attacks, posts inundate my social media from Muslims and non-Muslims alike warning against an uprising of discrimination with messages like, “To all my friends who apparently ‘look...
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The University’s College of Natural Sciences’ Freshman Research Initiative is the nation’s largest program focused on connecting first-year college students to meaningful scientific research....
Dressed in a NASA T-shirt and typical thick-rimmed engineer glasses, Ahmed Mohamed, a freshman from MacArthur High School in Irving, Texas, excitedly showed off his home-invented clock to his engineering...
Since it launched in 2011, Brandon Stanton’s Humans of New York has transformed the way photoblogs convey personal stories around the world. What started as a small Facebook page has inspired other...
On April 11, Texas Traditions presented the Texas Revue, the largest and most diverse student-run talent show held on campus. This annual student tradition showcases a variety of acts from a conglomeration...
The concept of giving back to the community has been reiterated so much that it has become redundant to the point of triteness. We are rarely reminded that “only a life lived for others is a life...
One of the great challenges of this century is to find ways to wring truth out of the plethora of information on the internet. We are swimming in a vast sea of information. However, at the simultaneous...
Most Longhorns have sat through the “Gone to Texas” session at orientation that challenges stereotypes and emphasizes unity among different groups.
However, racial discrimination is...
This past Saturday, while some may have been celebrating Valentine’s Day, the Longhorn Cricket Club hosted its annual match screening for the International Cricket Council Cricket World Cup in the...
