The Daily Texan, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX
9 hours ago by John O. Woods
Do guns really make us safer? The National Rifle Association has suggested that tragedies like the one at Virginia Tech could be prevented if students were allowed to carry guns on campus. They argue that guns give "good" the ability to defend against "evil.
Accent, Austin Community College, Austin, TX
47 minutes ago by Lauren Russum
Global warming is an observed increase in the average temperature of the Earth's atmosphere and oceans in the recent decades. For those of you living under a rock, in some way or another, global warming has been brought to the attention of the public through media such as Al Gore's documentary "An Inconvenient Truth.
The Daily Texan, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX
9 hours ago by Robert Rich
'Chowder' is a new cartoon from UT graduate C.H. Greenblatt, a storyboard artist who has worked on "Spongebob Squarepants" and "The Grim Adventures Of Billy and Mandy." The show, which premiered on Cartoon Network Friday, follows Chowder, a young boy in the midst of a chef's apprenticeship in Marzipan City.
The Daily Texan, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX
20 hours ago by Mohini Madgavkar
When Austin's Alliance for Public Transportation wanted ideas for improving public transit in Central Texas, they went straight to the University.
"There are little things, small differences in point of view we would never consider, that are so important to students," said Glenn Gadbois, a member of Austin's Alliance for Public Transportation, a group formed in 2006 by Austin Mayor Will Wynn and Leander Mayor Will Cowman to address public transportation in Central Texas.
The Daily Texan, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX
1 hour ago by Matt Moore (The Associated Press)
BERLIN - The warm welcome that washed over Barack Obama during his Berlin appearance Thursday made it abundantly clear that Europeans have a strong desire to heal the trans-Atlantic rift and the Democratic president candidate is a good choice for the job.
Obama headed on to France and Britain, where he also was expected to be welcomed warmly, but perhaps by not as many people as the 200,000-plus who jammed a rally in the German capital to cheer his calls for change.
The Daily Texan, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX
4 hours ago by Sean Beherec
Hundreds of distressed middle and high school cheerleaders and their counselors were evacuated from University Towers Thursday night.
The cause of the hysteria and nearly two hours of attention from the Austin Fire Department, Austin Police Department and Austin Emergency Medical Services: burnt popcorn.
The Daily Texan, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX
41 minutes ago by Libby Quaid (The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON - Sixteen years after Barbie dolls declared, "Math class is tough!" girls are proving that when it comes to math they are just as tough as boys.
In the largest study of its kind, girls measured up to boys in every grade, from second through 11th.
The Daily Texan, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX
1 hour ago by Leah Finnegan
When it comes to education, UT is not as good as it thinks.
We can trumpet our size and accomplishments to the rest of the country, solicit big money from alums and try to coast on the coattails of the Ransom Center's acquisitions or the Longhorns' nearly three-year-old football championship.
The Daily Texan, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX
3 hours ago by Andrew Kreighbaum
The UT System Board of Regents Thursday authorized the sale of leases for oil and gas drilling on system lands at fixed prices.
The companies that win the leases, determined by the winner of a bidding process that occurs twice a year, will pay a pre-determined price over several years.
The Daily Texan, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX
3 hours ago by Keenan Zarling
July is National Hot Dog Month, honoring a classic snack that, for Americans, has become synonymous with baseball and summer. While there is still debate over who invented the hot dog or where exactly it originated, Americans have been enjoying hot dogs since as early as 1871, when the first Coney Island hot dog stand opened.
The Daily Texan, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX
5 hours ago by Wayne Cheong
The closest I've come to changing a flat is hoping that I'd never have to do it. I have, however, fixed the toilet cistern when the valve wasn't filling the tank properly, cooked for myself - food that wasn't just instant noodles, thank you very much - and I hit the gym regularly (at least for the past month).
The Daily Texan, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX
8 hours ago by Stephany Garza
The U.S. Department of Education is awaiting approval to conduct a national survey of students who are currently receiving Pell Grants.
The request has sparked 11 national higher education associations to voice concern over the way the survey has been conducted, which could affect how major universities deal with credit transfer.
The Daily Texan, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX
18 hours ago by Mohini Madgavkar
Ask second-year business administration master's student McKenna Brooks who's in her LinkedIn network, and she'll say "Everyone."
LinkedIn, a professional networking Web site launched in May 2003, has made an already well-networked field easier to network for UT business graduate students such as Brooks who have just broken into the business world.
The Daily Texan, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX
20 hours ago by Andrew Kreighbaum
UT President William Powers told the Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education Finance at a hearing at the Capitol on Wednesday that the designation of a third, tier-one public university in Texas was essential but should not come at the expense of UT and Texas A&M University.
The Daily Texan, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX
1 day ago by Leah Finnegan
A recent article in the Houston Chronicle mentions Isabel Nart, who led a movement of change-craving college students in the 1970s as a vice president of the Texas Student Association. While at Lamar University in Beaumont, Nart and her peers rallied for student voting and dealt with the fallout from Vietnam.
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