Squirrel overpopulation is not a problem unique to the UT campus, but our affinity for them is particularly outspoken. They have become creatures of legend. Certain bus drivers and construction workers are known to be regular squirrel-feeders.
Earlier this year, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board issued the “Graduate Medical Education Report,” which said that between fall of 2002 and fall of 2011, medical schools in the state of Texas had increased their enrollment by 31 percent. Unfortunately, residency programs had not kept pace.
In recent years, underrepresented minority students have made up a larger percentage of the automatic admits than those admitted under holistic review.
This past Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives rejected a bill that would have increased the number of green cards available to foreign students in the STEM fields.
Soon after I arrived on the UT-Austin campus, I saw a group of girls wearing striped Nike Tempo shorts, tennis shoes and oversized t-shirts. I thought they were part of a feminist organization rebelling against revealing miniskirts, cleavage-baring tops and high heels.
Sadler spoke to Daily Texan associate editors Drew Finke and Pete Stroud about college students today, higher education in Texas and his chances in November.