Lucero Ponce, Editor-in-Chief
All content by Lucero Ponce
![Editor-in-chief cries (happy tears) in basement one last time](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/042224-Lucero30-LorianneWillett_1-1015x1200.jpg)
Editor-in-chief cries (happy tears) in basement one last time
Lucero Ponce, Editor-in-Chief
• April 26, 2024
![Law enforcement pushes protesters to the edge of the Main Mall lawn during the pro-Palestine demonstration on Wednesday, April 24, 2024.](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/4-24-24_PalestineProtest_ManooSirivelu-11-1-1200x800.jpg)
Was that really necessary?
Lucero Ponce and McKenzie Henningsen
• April 26, 2024
![Your voice has a space in the Texan](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/mckenzie-sb17-1200x927.png)
Your voice has a space in the Texan
Lucero Ponce, Editor-in-Chief
• January 16, 2024
![Austin, In Transit](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/avery-thorpe.jpg)
Austin, In Transit
Lucero Ponce, Ellie Monday, and Tommy Wan
• November 10, 2023
![Keeping religious identity alive at UT](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Forum-1200x927.png)
Keeping religious identity alive at UT
Lucero Ponce, Ellie Monday, and Tommy Wan
• November 6, 2023
![What does being a Longhorn mean to you?](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Forum.png)
What does being a Longhorn mean to you?
Lucero Ponce, Ellie Monday, and Tommy Wan
• September 25, 2023
![The intersection of identity and mental health](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/09142023_SchuylerBurke_Forum_MentalHealth.WEB_-1200x910.png)
The intersection of identity and mental health
Lucero Ponce, Ellie Monday, and Tommy Wan
• September 21, 2023
![Tú voz pertenece en el Texan](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/01142023_SchuylerBurke_Lucero_Join.WEB_.jpeg)
Tú voz pertenece en el Texan
Lucero Ponce and Andrea Arias-Zarate
• August 23, 2023
![Your voice has a space in the Texan](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/01142023_SchuylerBurke_Lucero_Join.WEB_.jpeg)
Your voice has a space in the Texan
Lucero Ponce, Editor-in-Chief
• August 21, 2023
![Lucero Ponce poses for a portrait on the Moody Pedestrian Bridge. Ponce is running unopposed to be the Texans next Editor-in-Chief.](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/02-27-23_lucero-eic-portrait_Julius-Shieh_IMG_1832-900x675.jpg)
Opinion will stand for diversity, equity, inclusion regardless of state legislature
Lucero Ponce, Contributor
• February 27, 2023
![El discurso constructivo tiene un lugar en el departamento de opinión](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Schuyler-Burke_LuceroEIC-900x696.png)
El discurso constructivo tiene un lugar en el departamento de opinión
Lucero Ponce
• February 21, 2023
![Constructive discourse has a place in opinion](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Schuyler-Burke_LuceroEIC-900x696.png)
Constructive discourse has a place in opinion
Lucero Ponce, Contributor
• February 21, 2023
![Una carta largamente atrasada del editor: The Daily Texan en Español](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/hispanicheritage-900x900.png)
Una carta largamente atrasada del editor: The Daily Texan en Español
Fiza Kuzhiyil and Lucero Ponce
• October 18, 2022
![What being a first-generation student means to me](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/09182022-SchuylerBurke-Lucero_FirstGen-WEB_-900x696.png)
What being a first-generation student means to me
Lucero Ponce, Associate Editor
• September 20, 2022
![UT should offer Spanish classes to all employees](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/08292022-SchuylerBurke-Lucero_Spanish-WEB-900x696.png)
UT should offer Spanish classes to all employees
Lucero Ponce, Associate Editor
• September 7, 2022
![UT should offer fee waivers for claiming AP credit](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/08292022-SchuylerBurke-Lucero_Waivers-WEB_-900x717.png)
UT should offer fee waivers for claiming AP credit
Lucero Ponce, Associate Editor
• August 29, 2022
![Summer tuition payments should be more flexible](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/06132022-SchuylerBurke-Lucero_Payments-WEB_-900x716.png)
Summer tuition payments should be more flexible
Lucero Ponce, Associate Editor
• June 26, 2022
![UT should offer financial assistance for summer housing](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/06032022-SchuylerBurke-Lucero_SummerHousing-WEB_-1-900x601.png)
UT should offer financial assistance for summer housing
Lucero Ponce, Associate Editor
• June 9, 2022
![Expand financial aid for first-gen students](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/042022-SchuylerBurke-LuceroFirstGen-WEB-900x696.png)
Expand financial aid for first-gen students
Lucero Ponce, Senior Columnist
• April 25, 2022
![Cockrell School of Engineering should bring in external diversity committee](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/0707-SherylLong-Diversify-color-LUCERO-engineering-illo-900x600.png)
Cockrell School of Engineering should bring in external diversity committee
Lucero Ponce, Columnist
• March 3, 2022
![Provide N95 masks to all UT employees](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/1007_MebaWondwossen_CMHCCovid_Color-01-900x600.png)
Provide N95 masks to all UT employees
Lucero Ponce, Columnist
• February 15, 2022
![UTPD incident notifications must include trigger warnings](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/1130-ChloeKim-Trigger-WEB-900x600.png)
UTPD incident notifications must include trigger warnings
Lucero Ponce, Columnist
• February 1, 2022
![Provide financial compensation to contact tracers](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/1102-SherylLong-Tracing-WEB-900x600.jpg)
Provide financial compensation to contact tracers
Lucero Ponce, Columnist
• November 23, 2021
![Offer free menstrual products in residence halls](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/image-1-900x600.png)
Offer free menstrual products in residence halls
Lucero Ponce, Columnist
• November 7, 2021
![Require weekly COVID-19 testing in dorms](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/0927_RongHuaWang_Residents_WEB.png)
Require weekly COVID-19 testing in dorms
Lucero Ponce, Columnist
• October 14, 2021
![Incentivize COVID-19 testing](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/image-900x643.png)
Incentivize COVID-19 testing
Lucero Ponce, Columnist
• October 11, 2021
![Require students to use Protect Texas Together App](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/image0-1-900x631.jpg)
Require students to use Protect Texas Together App
Lucero Ponce, Columnist
• September 21, 2021