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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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Academia isn’t dead, but it’s losing ground

More graduate students nationwide and at UT Austin are opting for non-academic careers. Generally speaking, obtaining a postdoctoral position is a prerequisite for securing ...

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Is the way we ‘read’ changing too fast?

Someone in the corridor is listening to an audiobook at double speed fifteen minutes before class starts. Another is using their laptop to scroll ...

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