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Jeremi Suri: Universities Need Our Support

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This column first appeared in The Daily Texan. With all the recent attacks on higher education in the United States, perhaps most noticeably in funding cuts to...

 
 

What the Paris Attack Can Teach Us about Freedom of Expression

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John W. Traphagan is a professor of religious studies at UT-Austin. The recent events in Paris have been rightly interpreted not simply as an act of terrorism,...

 
 

Longhorns and the Lege

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It’s time to gear up for the 2015 legislative session. Every other year in Texas, our elected representatives gather in Austin to do the state’s business. January...

 
 

Editor’s Letter: Live and Learn

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Keep discovering long after you leave the Forty Acres. In the summer of 2001, I arrived at the University of Texas for orientation certain about what I wanted to...

 
 

Editor’s Letter: Not Just for the Coffee Table

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Whatever you do, do not place this issue of the Alcalde onto your coffee table and forget about it. You should really read it all the way through. I know that the...

 
 

UT Nurses: Mandatory Quarantine for Health Professionals is Bad Policy

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Karen Johnson and Terry Jones are assistant professors of nursing, and Alexandra Garcia is an associate professor of nursing at the University of Texas at Austin. Friday’s...

 
 

Finding the Next President

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In June 2015, UT-Austin president Bill Powers will step down after nine years of leading the institution we care so much about. Already, the search for his replacement...

 
 

Talk Back: Responses to Our July|August 2014 Issue

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The Man for the Job Our cover story and interactive feature on Charlie Strong inspired a lot of well wishes for the newly minted Longhorn coach. Diehard fans seem...

 
 

Hutchison: Charlie Strong Teaches Accountability

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UT’s football coach demands high standards at a formative stage—and people are taking notice, writes Texas Exes president Kay Bailey Hutchison. This op-ed...

 
 

The Blown Opportunity

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Only 20 percent of college students have a mentor. Brandon Busteed, an executive director at the polling group Gallup, says that needs to change. This column first...

 
 
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