UT and the private option...

I remember the first time I used one of those new forks to attack my Jester eggs. The 100-percent biodegradable forks are made of some sort of biomass mash, according to the signs placed around the cafeteria that remind me not to worry about their environ...

Love is a battlefield, and so is TV. The latest skirmish features the CW network’s hit show “Gossip Girl” against the Parents Television Council, a conservative media watchdog....

At 5 a.m. on May 11, Austin police officer Leonardo Quintana approached a Mercedes-Benz station wagon parked at an East Austin apartment complex....

Government and the free market...

College Councils speak up;Capital Metro raises fares;The Free Flow of Information Act...

Ask anyone the simple question “How much did your shoes cost?” and you will most certainly receive a simple monetary answer: “Oh, about $35.” Follow that up with the question “And where did those shoes come from?” and y...

Dear Austin: I give up. You have bested me at every attempt to be frugal. I now have $100 and 87 Bevo Bucks left to my name. What do I have to show for the money I’ve forked over to you? Peanut butter and jelly on wheat bread and several parking gar...

Last week, students claiming to represent the ideals and perspectives of both major American political parties debated the merits of the proposed health care reform bills in Congress. While College Republicans and University Democrats mostly relayed argum...

Partly due to abundant West Mall solicitation, students here at the University are quite cognizant of the various ills that exist in our imperfect world. Face AIDS, Save Darfur and Invisible Children are only some of the multifarious organizations on camp...

At Butler University, junior Jess Zimmerman is learning first-hand what it’s like to face coercion and castigation at the hands of the school administration to a degree that would make Joe McCarthy proud....

Editor’s Note: Vote today from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Find your polling location at www.traviscountytax.org/showVoterSearch.do. You can bring this paper into the ballot box....

Cut cruelty out of your diet...

Protesting layoffs; Right-wing gay panic; The Houston Chronicle sues...

I was having a good wander around Austin the other night, hoping to get some advice from the silent city....

Whether you support a single payer system, a robust public option or no government intervention, I ask: What sense does it make that in a state with some of the world's best medical and research facilities, the uninsured women of Texas can only dream abou...

The University of Alabama is considering providing health benefits to the domestic partners of employees, pending an investigation to ensure that the benefits would be legal. Domestic partner benefits are already in place at the university’s satelli...

Students across campus are currently logging in with their UT EIDs, perusing every possible combination of courses, and repeatedly hitting the refresh button, hoping an alternative will open up for that 8 a.m. Friday class. Students sometimes get the clas...

Ad valorem taxation, residence homesteads, municipality buffer areas. Yes we … can?...

The Daily Texan reported Tuesday on congressional advancements in private student-loan oversight. The newly formed Consumer Financial Protection Agency will have the authority to oversee student loans from private lenders to ensure that lending practices,...