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Tuition aid is victory for UT-Austin, another loss for other UT System schools

By The Daily Texan Editorial Board - Updated on July 23, 2019 at 12:12 am

In light of UT-Austin's new tuition aid program, the editorial board calls for an amendment to the state constitution to allow other UT System schools to benefit.
Longhorns need financial literacy programs

By Wills Layton - Updated on July 19, 2019 at 6:20 pm

Columnist Wills Layton calls for the creation of a financial literacy program to help prepare students for financial independence.
For a holistic curriculum, UT needs Marxist economics professors

By Patrick Lee - Updated on July 17, 2019 at 5:15 pm

Columnist Patrick Lee argues that leaving capitalism's most important critic out of our economics curriculum does a disservice to students' education.
I got help. You can too.

By Spencer Buckner - Updated on July 15, 2019 at 10:15 pm

Editor-in-chief Spencer Buckner talks about his experience with depression, and encourages students to seek out mental healthcare.
Add collaborative research to the curriculum

By Wills Layton - Updated on July 15, 2019 at 10:10 pm

Columnist Wills Layton argues that adding collaborative research opportunities to courses would benefit both students and professors.
UT can ease the burden of textbook costs

By Abigail Tovar - Updated on July 11, 2019 at 11:55 pm

Columnist Abigail Tovar calls for UT to provide cheaper textbooks and learning resources.
Stop humanizing homelessness

By Patrick Lee - Updated on July 8, 2019 at 5:53 pm

Columnist Patrick Lee argues that homelessness must be seen as morally unacceptable, not humanized.
Humanize, don't criminalize, the homeless

By Kaitlin Burns Passafiume - Updated on July 8, 2019 at 5:41 pm

Columnist Kaitlin Burns Passafiume argues that UT students should avoid generalizing Austin’s homeless and panhandling communities as criminals.
Students should be critical of UT’s eastward development

By Patrick Lee - Updated on July 5, 2019 at 3:13 pm

Columnist Patrick Lee calls upon students to remain critical of University expansion policies as UT continues to grow.
Grad students are Longhorns too

By Wills Layton - Updated on July 4, 2019 at 10:27 am

Columnist Wills Layton calls on the University to do more to include UT's graduate students in campus culture.

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