The Daily Texan

Comics editor says goodbye to beloved basement corner

By Channing Miller - Updated on December 10, 2019 at 9:23 am

After six semesters, six comics editors, three different job descriptions and four sketchbooks, it is finally time for me to say goodbye to my beloved corner of the basement.
Timeline: University, student response to Coleman Hutchison, Sahotra Sarkar

By Lauren Grobe - Updated on December 9, 2019 at 7:21 pm

Students held four protests this semester against faculty sexual misconduct and the continued employment of English associate professor Coleman Hutchison and Sahotra Sarkar, an integrated biology and philosophy professor. Both professors are scheduled to teach classes in the spring of 2020 after they were temporarily suspended by the University for violating sexual misconduct policies.
Senior designer still doesn't know what she's "even doing here"

By Nila Selvaraj - Updated on December 8, 2019 at 11:44 pm

Through my nine years working on five different yearbook committees, I never once imagined I would eventually defect to newspaper. In fact, the first time Jason realized I was a computer science honors major working in the design department, he asked me, “What are you even doing here?”
Absent-minded director recalls her time at the Texan, feels like home

By Malú Gonzalez - Updated on December 8, 2019 at 11:41 pm

Walking across campus with Spotify on shuffle, I pause mid-step when Jorge Drexler’s “Todo se transforma” starts to play. The song immediately brings up feelings of the love, humor and experiences I left in my hometown of Tampico, followed by the spirit of the phrase, “You gotta start somewhere.”
Comics editor closes (comic) book on time at the basement, grateful for how far she's come

By Lauren Ibanez - Updated on December 8, 2019 at 11:40 pm

If someone had told me that I would be a comics editor, sitting in The Daily Texan basement batting illustration ideas back and forth between the senior staff, laughing until I had tears in my eyes and working next to amazingly driven people, I would not have believed it.
Miraculously, it all turned out fine

By Kendall Jordan - Updated on December 8, 2019 at 11:34 pm

Earlier this semester, I found myself in the precarious position of being the only design staffer present during open house.
Photographer pursued passion at the Texan, owes it all to wife

By Joshua Guenther - Updated on December 8, 2019 at 11:32 pm

I’ve never been good at introductions, highs-and-lows or being put on the spot for that matter. In these situations, the truth became my recurring joke.
Managing editor refuses to order pizza one last time

By Catherine Marfin - Updated on December 8, 2019 at 11:29 pm

How could I possibly describe how much the Texan means to me in just 360 words?
Anti-social staffer signs off social media for the last time

By Alexis Green - Updated on December 8, 2019 at 11:25 pm

Before entering the basement, I was terrified about The Texan. It’s just THAT place. A place that’s filled with talented students who are doing amazing work. I didn’t think I can live up to that standard. Honestly, I probably didn’t, but I had fun anyway.
Former UT System regent pleads guilty to violating federal election law

By Lauren Girgis - Updated on December 8, 2019 at 10:54 pm

An engineering company led by a former Univeristy of Texas System regent was charged last month with evading federal election laws by making donations in the company’s employees’ names to election campaigns.