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The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

Sonali Muthukrishnan, Associate opinion editor

All content by Sonali Muthukrishnan
Paremos de usar el término ‘alien’ para no residentes

Paremos de usar el término ‘alien’ para no residentes

Sonali Muthukrishnan and Maria Fernanda Castro November 30, 2023

En enero del 2021, el presidente Joe Biden evaluó eliminar el término “alien” de todas las leyes de imigracion de los Estados Unidos, sustituyéndolo con la frase “no ciudadano” en vez. Puso...

Associate Editor writes her last opinion

Associate Editor writes her last opinion

Sonali Muthukrishnan, Associate Opinion Editor November 30, 2023

The school newspaper has been my home since my sophomore year of high school. I stumbled into journalism and it changed my life. I found my voice and my identity in the newsroom, I also found my life long...

Learn from system-impacted individuals

Learn from system-impacted individuals

Sonali Muthukrishnan, Associate Editor November 28, 2023
Associate editor Sonali Muthukrishnan encourages UT students to expose themselves to system-impacted perspectives through community-based organizations.
Stop using the term ‘alien’ for nonresidents

Stop using the term ‘alien’ for nonresidents

Sonali Muthukrishnan, Associate Editor November 28, 2023
Associate editor Sonali Muthukrishnan argues that the University’s website terminology needs to be more inclusive.
Don’t underestimate your student network

Don’t underestimate your student network

Sonali Muthukrishnan, Associate Opinion Editor September 11, 2023
Associate opinion editor Sonali Muthukrishnan shares her experience building a professional network and encourages other marginalized students to reach out to their peers.
Help student organizations beat the heat

Help student organizations beat the heat

Sonali Muthukrishnan, Associate Opinion Editor September 7, 2023
Associate editor Sonali Muthukrishnan argues that UT should let student organizations table inside student spaces.
Take action against long COVID-19

Take action against long COVID-19

Sonali Muthukrishnan, Associate Editor August 30, 2023
Associate editor Sonali Muthukrishnan argues that UT students must take precautions to avoid long COVID-19.
Hone your politics in college

Hone your politics in college

Sonali Muthukrishnan, Associate Editor August 23, 2023
Associate editor Sonali Muthukrishnan argues that finding your views is more important than identifying with a specific political label.
Falta de equidad en la colegiatura

Falta de equidad en la colegiatura

Nota del editor: este artículo se publicó por primera vez el 26 de junio por Sonali Muthukrishnan y fue traducido al español por Mariana Flores-Sosa. En su reunión de mayo, la Junta de Regentes...

Lack of tuition equity

Lack of tuition equity

Sonali Muthukrishnan, Associate Editor June 26, 2023
Associate editor Sonali Muthukrishnan argues that UT should make the tuition increase more equal.
Contextualizing colonization in macroeconomics

Contextualizing colonization in macroeconomics

Sonali Muthukrishnan, Associate Editor June 12, 2023
Associate editor Sonali Muthukrishnan argues that UT’s intro macroeconomic classes should discuss the role of imperialism in uneven economic growth.
UT’s geography has intrinsic ties to race and gender

UT’s geography has intrinsic ties to race and gender

Sonali Muthukrishnan, Senior Columnist April 18, 2023
Senior columnist Sonali Muthukrishnan argues that understanding UT’s geography is critical to enacting change today.
Urge Project Connect to avoid West Campus traffic

Urge Project Connect to avoid West Campus traffic

Sonali Muthukrishnan, Senior Columnist April 13, 2023
Senior columnist Sonali Muthukrishnan argues that the Project Connect Light Rail should aim to avoid creating traffic around campus by diverting traffic.
Stop unnecessary expansion

Stop unnecessary expansion

Sonali Muthukrishnan, Senior Columnist April 11, 2023
Senior columnist Sonali Muthukrishnan argues that the Civitas Institute should not be turned into a college.
Debemos mantener los centros de votación universitarios

Debemos mantener los centros de votación universitarios

Sonali Muthukrishnan and Andrea Arias-Zarate March 29, 2023

Nota del editor: este artículo se publicó por primera vez el 22 de marzo por Sonali Muthukrishnan y fue traducido al español por Andrea Arias-Zarate. Desde 2010, los legisladores estatales comenzaron...

Political apathy is unproductive — let’s discuss politics

Political apathy is unproductive — let’s discuss politics

Sonali Muthukrishnan, Senior Columnist March 26, 2023
Senior columnist Sonali Muthukrishnan argues that we must openly discuss politics because it impacts every aspect of our lives.
We must keep college voter centers

We must keep college voter centers

Sonali Muthukrishnan, Senior Columnist March 22, 2023
Senior columnist Sonali Muthukrishnan argues that HB 2390 takes away youth representation.
Shifting focus from conceal and carry

Shifting focus from conceal and carry

Sonali Muthukrishnan, Senior Columnist March 21, 2023
Senior columnist Sonali Muthukrishnan argues that students should gravitate away from overturning UT’s campus carry policy in favor of incremental reform.
We must address sexism in law school

We must address sexism in law school

Sonali Muthukrishnan, Senior Columnist March 6, 2023
Senior columnist Sonali Muthukrishnan argues that the sexism women experience in law school directly impacts the proportion of women in politics and law.
Discuss the connection between slavery and the American Prison system

Discuss the connection between slavery and the American Prison system

Sonali Muthukrishnan, Senior Columnist February 19, 2023
Senior columnist Sonali Muthukrishnan argues that core government classes should elaborate on the connection between slavery and the creation of American carceral institutions.
TikTok ban contributes to larger trend of xenophobia

TikTok ban contributes to larger trend of xenophobia

Sonali Muthukrishnan, Senior Columnist February 14, 2023
Senior columnist Sonali Muthukrishnan argues that the Texas and UT TikTok ban contributes to the trend of rising xenophobia.
UT must better support out-of-state students

UT must better support out-of-state students

Sonali Muthukrishnan, Senior Columnist February 1, 2023
Senior columnist Sonali Muthukrishnan argues that out-of-state students should receive more support in their transition to the Forty Acres through the Bevo Buddy program.
Underaged college students deserve the right to pepper spray

Underaged college students deserve the right to pepper spray

Sonali Muthukrishnan, Senior Columnist January 30, 2023
Senior columnist Sonali Muthukrishnan argues that 17-year-old college students deserve the legal right to buy pepper spray.
Asian American students are not disenfranchised by affirmative action

Asian American students are not disenfranchised by affirmative action

Sonali Muthukrishnan, Senior Columnist January 23, 2023
Senior columnist Sonali Muthukrishnan argues that affirmative action benefits all communities of color proportionally.
UT must address Moody family’s slave-owning history

UT must address Moody family’s slave-owning history

Sonali Muthukrishnan, Senior Columnist January 17, 2023
Senior columnist Sonali Muthukrishnan argues that UT should acknowledge the Moody family’s connection to slavery and privilege out of respect for their Black students.
Texas should make student IDs a valid form of voter identification

Texas should make student IDs a valid form of voter identification

Sonali Muthukrishnan, Columnist January 9, 2023
Columnist Sonali Muthukrishnan argues that the Texas Legislature should make student ID a valid form of voter identification.
UTPD should hold RAD classes regularly for all students

UTPD should hold RAD classes regularly for all students

Sonali Muthukrishnan, Columnist November 30, 2022
Columnist Sonali Muthukrishnan argues that UTPD should offer RAD classes more often and on a regular basis for all students.
UT’s ADA Prioritization Committee deserves more funding

UT’s ADA Prioritization Committee deserves more funding

Sonali Muthukrishnan, Columnist November 15, 2022
Columnist Sonali Muthukrishnan argues that UT should allocate more funding toward campus accessibility and inclusion projects.
UT needs another pre-law advisor

UT needs another pre-law advisor

Sonali Muthukrishnan, Columnist November 8, 2022
Columnist Sonali Muthukrishnan argues that COLA should allocate funding to hire another pre-law advisor.
Don’t discount colleges because of their state’s political leaning

Don’t discount colleges because of their state’s political leaning

Sonali Muthukrishnan, Columnist November 3, 2022
Columnist Sonali Muthukrishnan argues that students should give colleges a chance, even if their home state’s political leaning differs from that of the college’s state.
Vegetarian students deserve discounted Flex Meal Plans

Vegetarian students deserve discounted Flex Meal Plans

Sonali Muthukrishnan, Columnist September 22, 2022
Columnist Sonali Muthukrishnan argues that vegetarian students shouldn’t have to pay the same amount as non-vegetarian students for meal plans.
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