It’s Saturday afternoon. The kitchen smells strongly of southern spices and sautéed onions. In stained aprons and bulky safety goggles, Chris Cubas and Maris Clegg spend hours prepping vegetables, cutting...
Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the March 23 issue of The Daily Texan.
Standing in the corner of an operating room in India in 2018, Anusha Dabak watched as her aunt administered anesthesia...
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...
Editor's Note: This story first appeared in The Daily Texan's March 2 print edition.
First, the power went out. Then the heat. Then the water. Wearing layers of clothes and huddled together...
Standing in line at Kinsolving Dining, Michael Kobrosky and Isabel Carey watched with dismay as students piled one single-use container on another and then grabbed plastic water bottles, bags and utensils.
“We...
TW: sexual violence, child abuse
Growing up in Scotland as a Nigerian immigrant, Rebecca Ugo always found solace in watching movies, but she never saw herself represented in the characters on screen.
Ugo...
Editor's Note: This story first appeared in The Daily Texan's February 9 print edition.
COVID-19 regulations have largely kept students out of museums and art installations, leaving some without...
Editor's Note: This story first appeared in The Daily Texan's February 5 online edition.
In the middle of the night, Leo Filyk walks laps around the common spaces in Andrews dormitory. Hunched...
When the email from MatchUT arrived in her inbox, Abigail Castro felt hesitant.
The name inside could be anyone, she said. This could end up being incredibly embarrassing or it could change her...
At 3 a.m. one morning in late March, inspiration struck Rashu Jain. The math and finance junior rushed to her computer to email her hero, Brandon Stanton, creator of the well-known social media project,...
A raccoon leaped from a nearby tree, landing on the third-floor terrace of Blanton Residence Hall. It paused momentarily, snarled and then quickly advanced to Katie McGhee and their group of friends, who...
When Fariha Irfan arrived on campus a month after the first day of school, she felt no first-day jitters or excitement. She was full of regret.
After spending more than a month taking her classes...
Every year, during the third week of October, institutions across the country celebrate Free Speech Week to raise awareness about the power of free speech and its role in American democracy.
With...
Before social distancing and compulsive hand sanitizer use became a part of her daily routine, Lauren Breach spent her time walking around campus pushing a rickety cart of scientific equipment.
As...
Before sitting down to take her exam, Emily Pearson taped a note on the outside of her door that read “I’m taking a midterm” with a frowning face, hoping her neighbors would notice.
Only...
As Amerika Torres wakes up in her Jester East Residence Hall room and prepares for her online classes, she sends her residents a happy Monday text. “I hope you have an amazing week,” she types.
Behind...
On her first day on campus, environmental advocate Zosia Sandweiss approached Kinsolving Dining and was met with trash cans filled with plastic foam boxes, piled on top of one another like Jenga blocks.
Due...
