Letters

 

Powell, McCombs, and the Fog of War

As a new generation of Longhorns graduates, the mission of the Texas Exes is more important than ever. Even in times of controversy, our goal is to tell the story...

 
 

All-Call-Day

A Name You Can Trust (But Not Pronounce) Can’t see the video? Click here. You’ve heard the phrase, “What’s in a name?” Let me tell...

 
 

Why We’re Independent

For 96 years, the Ex-Students’ Association of The University of Texas at Austin has stood as an independent nonprofit organization. In that time, the Association...

 
 

Everything’s Bigger in Texas (Including Our Hearts)

In the spring of 1917, Texas Governor Pa Ferguson vetoed The University of Texas’ legislative appropriation because then-UT president Robert Vinson refused to...

 
 

Talk Back: Responses to our January|February Issue

A New Suit The Texas Exes unveiled a brand new look, and readers had a lot to say about it. Larry Lauck, BJ ’77, Life Member, wrote: “I applaud the simplification...

 
 

A New Suit

To kick off our 128th year, Texas Exes gets an updated look. Less than two years ago, this magazine underwent its first design overhaul in more than a decade. When...

 
 

Talk Back: Responses to our November | December Issue

Readers were struck by the excerpt from Pulitzer Prize-winning Longhorn Karen Elliott House’s new book, On Saudi Arabia. Gordon Novak, BS ’69, MA ’71, PhD...

 
 

Talk Back: Responses to our September|October Issue

{November | December 2012} Jeff Wilson’s everything-but-the-football photo essay of the spectacle that is UT gameday brought the Longhorn spirit flooding in (“Beyond...

 
 

A House United

UT in its 129th Year: Better and More Efficient This time last year, not all was content in The University of Texas at Austin community. At his 2011 State of the...

 
 

Texas, Still Wildcatting

A wood and iron platform crouches on a triangle of The University of Texas campus frequented only on six Saturdays each fall. This creaky sculpture has taken on...

 
 
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