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What comes after the walk

Many students view graduation as the beginning of something new, such as graduate school, a job offer, or a well-defined path. However, a rising ...

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The admissions game, transfer stress

Students can be admitted to UT Austin in a number of ways. The institution provides a number of options for acceptance, including external transfers, ...

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Finish in three

“College is too expensive” is an uncommon, uncontroversial comment in these divisive times. When inflation is taken into account, tuition has increased by 181% ...

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Keep on going

Like professional athletes who face physical and mental exhaustion from intense training, high-achieving college students often experience a similar burnout from sustained academic pressure. ...

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Revolution is driven by art

At the Cactus Cafe Songwriters’ Open Mic, regular performer and long-time political activist Daniel Schaefer climbs on stage, turns towards the audience and introduces ...

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Love Island USA reflects problems within modern dating culture

As Love Island USA has concluded and the villa is empty, there is a problem that still lingers on viewers’ minds. This season did ...

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Tune into women’s sports

Although the Moody Center is a busy venue for men’s basketball games, it can be quite the opposite for the Texas women’s basketball team. ...

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More than a number: Why belonging at UT matters

Every fall, students from all over the country return to UT to flood campus sidewalks, rekindle friendships and swap summer stories. Freshmen wander wide-eyed ...

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Cognitive offloading: why do more, when you could do less?

Many argue that using AI for repetitive tasks saves time and frees up cognitive space to focus on creativity or so-called “higher-level” thinking. However, ...

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Don’t politicize the endowment

From the Civil Rights and Vietnam movements in the 1960s to Occupy Wall Street in the 2010s, university protests are frequently used to capture ...

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