Category: Shae Carey

  • Establishing an LGBTQA+ Literary Canon

    Establishing an LGBTQA+ Literary Canon

    Written by Shae Carey.Graphic by Peyton Cabaniss. – In her essay “A Room of One’s Own,” Virginia Woolf says, “for my belief is that if we live another century or so—I am talking of the common life which is the real life and not of the little separate lives which we live as individuals—and have…

  • Being LGBTQA+ and From a Small Town

    Being LGBTQA+ and From a Small Town

    Written by Shae Carey. Graphic by Peyton Cabaniss. – Every Friday, I make the long drive down IH-35 to my hometown to work at my beloved job at a luxury cat hotel. The drive is inconvenient, but I know it like the back of my hand, and I often zone out as I barrel down…

  • Long-term Mental Health Care at the University of Texas

    Long-term Mental Health Care at the University of Texas

    Written by Shae Carey.  In January, the University of Texas stopped charging the usual fee of ten dollars per session at the Counseling and Mental Health Center. The Counseling and Mental Health Center, located in the Student Services Building, provides students with psychological and psychiatric treatment. Dr. Marla Craig, Associate Director of Clinical Services, says that…

  • Hot Chocolate with Charities

    Hot Chocolate with Charities

    Written by Shae Carey. On Monday, November 27th, the Fall 2017 new members of the Liberal Arts Council put on an event called “Hot Chocolate with Charities” that enabled students to connect with different charities while sipping on hot chocolate provided by Texas Coffee Traders. The event had the highest non-Council attendance in Liberal Arts…

  • Obtaining the Best: The Acquisitions Process of the Harry Ransom Center

    Obtaining the Best: The Acquisitions Process of the Harry Ransom Center

    Written by Shae Carey. On the corner of 21st and Guadalupe Street lies a building that houses the collections of some of the greatest authors in the world. One might wonder how the University of Texas is able to obtain the materials of such prestigious figures, including John Steinbeck, Gabriel García Márquez, Jack Kerouac, Lewis…