I never toured UT when picking what college I was going to attend. A week before decisions were due, my parents drove me down from Dallas to take a look at the Forty Acres. We couldn’t find the Tower,...
Project SEED has been tracking the emotional, social, physical and educational health of Mexican children who translate for their Spanish-speaking parents since 2006. Now in its third wave, the project...
In a contentious final meeting of the semester, Student Government debated a resolution to support professors’ rights to display “Gun Free UT” signs around campus.
UT President...
Capital Metro bus route 670 will run on a detoured route until the end of the semester in an attempt to mitigate delays for students commuting to campus from Riverside.
“We are committed to finding...
After two personal moratoriums, an invalid election and a runoff election last spring, Student Government is proposing changes to its election code to help the next election cycle run more smoothly.
Changes...
Students can explore African, Latin American and Native American studies and more through UT-Austin curricula, but the opportunity to study many ethnic groups at once can seem limited.
Senate...
Signs reading “Gun Free UT” have emblazoned windows across campus since the Texas Legislature enacted a law allowing licensed handgun owners to carry concealed weapons into public university...
Although the last of South Mall’s Confederate statues were removed in August 2017, the statue of former Texas governor James Hogg will return to campus, President Gregory Fenves announced Monday.
“He...
Many on-campus facilities aim to help students with financial emergencies, food insecurity and interpersonal violence, but these services cannot function without enough funding.
ContribUTe 2018, led...
While Republicans held onto the U.S. Senate, the Democratic Party gained control of the U.S. House of Representatives last night after eight years of Republican control.
“A Democratic congress...
There are four more hours to vote in the midterm elections, and various transportation services are offering free and discounted rides to the polls.
Capital Metro is offering free rides on MetroBus,...
Campaigns are coming to a close and early voting has come and gone, but students still have one more day to cast their votes in the midterm elections.
To vote, students must bring one of seven...
Student IDs are the golden ticket to accessing campus resources, but they are just as forgettable as they are important. Speedway, bathroom sinks and dorm front desks are littered with lost IDs, but a...
Student Government passed legislation expressing support for survivors of sexual assault three weeks after a demonstration regarding Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh sparked conversations about sexual...
Surrounded by more than 50,000 students, over 1,000 student organizations and three legislative student groups, students may feel overwhelmed when trying to make their voices heard on campus. Student Government...
Hard liquor will be banned from all fraternity events, unless served by a third party vendor, beginning Jan. 1.
“I don’t think Greek life is ever going to be the same,” Interfraternity...
When a video with a “graphic dramatization” of sexual assault was played without warning in one of Ian McEntee’s classes last fall, the humanities and sociology senior said he was stunned...
The University Panhellenic Council is launching a new task force and set of initiatives to diversify Greek life and make sorority recruitment more accessible.
The council’s president...
Update (Oct. 10):
In a committee meeting Tuesday night, SG members changed one of the components of A.R. 4. If it is approved, SG will compile a list of registered student organizations...
Fifteen UT law professors signed a letter asking U.S. senators to not confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh as a United States Supreme Court Justice.
A. Mechele Dickerson, William Forbath, Patricia Isela Hanson...
Living in a bustling downtown area can make some UT students feel unsafe, but Student Government is trying to change that with Campus Safety Week.
Student Government and the Office of Campus Safety...
Texas welcomed 400,000 new residents in 2017, according to The Texas Tribune. Now facing a population of 28.3 million people, stakes are at their highest for state and local politicians as they decide...
Maria Trevino-Rodriguez has always considered herself a Texan. She was born in Mexico, but her parents brought her to Houston when she was only 1 year old. Trevino-Rodriguez did not even know she was undocumented...
From pizza slices to cobbler to untouched plates of Caesar salad, students eating at J2 and Kinsolving dining halls threw away over 30 tons of edible food last school year, according to data from University...
UT researchers said they have identified which Austin neighborhoods are most vulnerable to gentrification as well as strategies to prevent its negative impacts. They presented their findings to the Austin...
In spring 2017, finance senior Amie Jean left the hospital in a wheelchair after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
Last April, she completed the Longhorn Run pushed in a pink wheelchair on loan...
With recruitment finalized and assembly meetings underway, UT Senate of College Councils is focused on expanding advising, study abroad opportunities and improving the class registration process.
Senate...
For the first time in three years, Student Government has not introduced new legislation at their first two assembly meetings.
SG introduced seven pieces of legislation in their first two...
Hard liquor might soon be banned from all fraternity events because of a new policy from the Texas Interfraternity Council.
“This is going to be a seismic shift in a lot of chapters because...
UT cyclists have a new space to store their bikes at the East Campus Garage. The storage room, which holds 160 bikes and includes a tire pump and tool station, is currently open and selling permits.
Jeremy...
Longhorn Legislative Aides, an organization within Student Government, has been helping college freshmen get acquainted with the 40 Acres for 15 years, and now transfer students in their first year at...
The #MeToo movement became much more complex when Avital Ronell, a prominent female professor of German and comparative literature at New York University, was suspended for the current academic year after...
Hurricane Harvey made landfall last August, but advertising senior Hana Mostajeran is still feeling its effects of it. In December, her family had to celebrate Christmas at a family friend’s house,...
While students this summer have been working internships, going on vacation or taking courses, Student Government has been preparing for another school year, focusing on empowering students and creating...
Friday marks the last class day of the semester, and while some students are eating their last meals at Jester City Limits and stuffing their belongings into their parents’ cars, others must stay...
UT Senate of College Councils reached a milestone this year by passing eight pieces of council legislation — more than any previous administration.
Senate advocates for the student body’s...
In the final meeting of the year, the UT Senate of College Councils passed its last legislation of the semester — Senate Resolution 1724, which supports the establishment of University Health Services...
Note: Some last names have been omitted out of respect for the privacy and safety of sources.
Savannah had a choice. She could buy a hamburger from the dollar menu, filling her stomach with greasy food....
An hour before Olympic gold medalist Shaun White was slotted to take the stage at Hogg Memorial Auditorium, students whispered excitedly about, “The Flying Tomato” and, “The greatest...
Following the resignation of Vice President-elect Raphael Jaquette, UT Senate of College Councils held an impromptu special election for the position Thursday night.
“Characterizing this past...
Every classroom at marketing senior Roger Lam’s elementary school had iPads and an interactive white board, but when he starting volunteering at local elementary schools in college, most of the schools...
Jenna Bush Hager said she believes in hope.
“You can’t ever lose hope that your voice is going to be heard because then you’re not living in a democracy,” Hager said.
Hager...
With flag course requirements, degree plans can seem endless and unmanageable, but new legislation from the Senate of College Councils could make graduation essentials easier to accomplish.
In an effort...
Entrepreneurs, CEOs and other experienced professionals will be trading briefcases for backpacks under UT’s new TOWER Fellows Program.
Now accepting applications for the 2018–2019 academic...
The Senate of College Councils revealed election results soon after Student Government announced a runoff for the executive alliance election.
English junior David Jenkins and Raphael Jaquette, a Middle...
Thanks to the UT International Office’s newest program, the entire world just became a classroom.
In an effort to expand UT’s global network and enhance global education opportunities, the...
With a rigorous academic environment, fast-paced city setting and a population of more than 50,000 students, UT can be difficult to adjust to as a transfer student. Student Government is setting out to...
Campus is usually next to empty on the weekends as people escape to their apartments or dorms, leaving the stresses of education behind. Yet each Friday at 5 p.m., nearly 40 students congregate on the...
In an effort to eliminate runoff elections, Student Government passed an amendment to its constitution Tuesday night establishing a new rank-based voting system.
Under the new system, known as...
Since late August, more than 660,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar to seek refuge in overcrowded, mud-covered tents in Bangladesh. Many are living without clean water or hygiene facilities.
At...
When Isabella Vazquez, undergraduate studies freshman, applied to UT, she didn’t get into her college of choice. Now, while she fulfills her core requirements and waits to apply for an internal transfer,...
Couples spun around, twisting their arms and hips to the echoes of guitars, drums and trumpets in the Student Activity Center ballroom Wednesday night.
The Campus Events + Entertainment’s Mexican...
The Health Advocacy Student Coalition is kicking off their first full semester as the initial interdisciplinary student organization focused on promoting health care advocacy among the student body.
“A...
Students walking down the South Mall late Friday morning stopped and stared. But they weren’t marveling at Littlefield Fountain or the picturesque lawn dotted with students. They were focused on...
Twenty teams of UT students will have 24 hours to create plans for a more sustainable campus at the inaugural Longhorn Energy Summit, which will take place Jan. 27–28 as part of Energy Week 2018.
Developed...
The South has something to say.
That is the main idea behind UT alumnus Quinton Boudwin’s MUD Magazine, which celebrated its three-year anniversary at Space 24 Twenty on Saturday night.
“(MUD...
Beginner, intermediate and advanced dancers alike will join together to fill the stage with freestyle hip-hop, martial art-inspired choreography and a papier-mache lion at the Student Activity Center next...
Scholars and enthusiasts from across the globe viewed art exhibitions, deciphered Mayan hieroglyphics and attended lectures about volcanoes and artifacts at the Department of Art and Art History’s...
In preparation for the McCombs School of Business staff to move into the new graduate building Dec. 18, the hallways and break rooms of Robert B. Rowling Hall are being filled with recycling and compost...
On the morning of June 18, 17-year-old Nabra Hassanen was on her way to the mosque for Ramadan prayers. By the end of the day, she had been abducted and murdered. Some called it an unfortunate result of...
Instead of doing homework or playing ultimate frisbee, exercise science senior Domenica Sutherland spent her Tuesday night sorting through mountains of canned food donations flooding the Recreational Sports...
Scientists are wasting time trying to force a consensus about climate change issues when they should be focusing on strengthening their argument, said Jean Goodwin, professor in the Department of Communication...
Health care and politics may not always seem compatible, but for the Health Advocacy Student Coalition, HASC, these two fields came together at their inaugural assembly Thursday night.
HASC’s...
Author, activist and YouTube personality Tyler Oakley said despite all the mishaps in his career, he would not change it for a thing.
“Without getting called out, you can’t take a moment...
Minutes before the Shirley Bird Perry Ballroom opened its doors, a line of students filled the third floor of the Union to its brim. They were waiting for a chance to relive their childhood and go to Hogwarts.
Students...
Rather than the scuff of sneakers and the swish of basketballs sinking into nets, the basketball court at the Recreational Sports Center was alive with beeps, buzzer drones and the whir of wheelchairs...
In 1844, the Whig Party released a news story falsely accusing a Democratic presidential candidate of selling his slaves to rogue slave-traders. In 2016, history repeated itself when a group of teenagers...
Photographs from countries including the Czech Republic, Nicaragua, Morocco and New Zealand were honored Tuesday at the unveiling of the winners of this year’s Moody College of Communication Study...
Five hours before he was slotted to take stage, Roger Reeves was in his cluttered, unpainted office scribbling an idea for a poem in the margins of a book. He had no idea what he was going to read that...
Hundreds of queer and transgender students of color, as well as allies, gathered on the East Mall Thursday night to tie-dye shirts and to celebrate the start of a new school year.
The Queer...
