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UT students will be participating in Bank Transfer Day Saturday, where they will close their accounts at commercial banks and open new ones at local credit unions.
While Bank Transfer Day is not officially affiliated with Occupy Wall Street, its goal has garnered support from the movement and the protesters in its satellite occupancies.
Editor’s Note: Introducing the Texan Top 10, a new weekly series. To suggest a topic for next week’s list, leave a comment on our Facebook page.
Daily Texan staffers rounded up 10 of Central Texas’s most interesting, spooky and entertaining fall functions for members of the UT community looking to pack their Halloween weekend full of fun. Our countdown contains enough variety to put you in the holiday spirit while keeping you busy Thursday through Monday.
The meteoric rise of pizza executive turned presidential candidate Herman Cain is one of the most perplexing developments in the Republican Party’s pursuit for the White House. Virtually unknown a few months ago, Cain has gone from “flavor of the week” to front-runner in a lackluster field of GOP candidates. The former Godfather’s Pizza CEO can trace his newfound popularity to the 9-9-9 plan he crafted as his ultimate fix for our federal tax code.
Gov. Rick Perry, once the darling of the Republican Party, has recently been dropping in his approval ratings as voters have become acquainted with his policies and rhetoric. Under-qualified and uninformed, the slang-slinging Texas cowboy has set out to demonstrate to the rest of the country that, indeed, Texas is exactly like the stereotype it had in mind. While Perry may have a commendable record as Texas governor, depending on whom you ask, his policies and ideas would not translate to a successful presidency.
While most of the UT community was in shock as they saw the 9/11 attacks, one UT alumnus scrambled to write an article about aviation security that would go on to win the Pulitzer Prize.
Editor’s note: Among the many proposed reforms to Texas higher education are some that would modify or eliminate the current tenure system employed by colleges and universities. We asked UT philosophy lecturer Jeffrey C. Leon and former Wall Street Journal editor Naomi Riley for their views on the tenure system and asked, “Should Texas universities continue to employ the tenure system? Why or why not?”
Editor’s note: Among the many proposed reforms to Texas higher education are some that would modify or eliminate the current tenure system employed by colleges and universities. We asked UT philosophy lecturer Jeffrey C. Leon and former Wall Street Journal editor Naomi Riley for their views on the tenure system and asked, “Should Texas universities continue to employ the tenure system? Why or why not?”
