Category: Past Staff
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Faces of COLA: International Women’s Day
Written by Hira Vayani. Images by Hira Vayani. The College of Liberal Arts is home to incredible faculty, degree plans, and, well, women. In honor of International Women’s Day, I decided to display the beauty and thoughts of women from the College of Liberal Arts with photography and words. I asked these women what they…
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Professor Lorraine Pangle: An Educator and Philosopher in Search of the Truth in Happiness and Love
“Academia, leadership, and professorship are pillars of the UT Austin community. In the first article for our new series, Professor Profiles, Dr. Pangle shares how her intellectual curiosities have been directed towards projects that benefit UT.”
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Novel Study Spots on the Forty Acres
Written by Reese Grayson. Images by Reese Grayson. Like many students, I have never been a fan of studying in high-traffic workspaces such as the PCL, the SAC, or the Union. Cafés located off campus pose a similar issue—nothing is worse than driving or taking the bus all the way to a coffee shop and…
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Teacher, Chemist, Leader: Meet UT’s First and Only Female President
Written by Christina Lopez. Lorene Lane Rogers was the 21st president of The University of Texas at Austin and is widely recognized as the first female president of any public university in the United States. One of her most notable achievements was creating The College of Liberal Arts, housing General and Comparative Studies, Social and…
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A Step Toward Sustainability
Written by Hayley Wood. Shades of pretentiousness, urgency and obscurity tint the topic of sustainability. As a pillar of science, the amount of available data can be overwhelming. As a pillar of morality, it can seem too rooted in hippy-dippy secularism. As a pillar of human existence, it can be seen as either too intimidating…
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The 21st Century Muslim
Written by Hira Vayani. Careful, condemned, curious are some words I would describe my experience as a 21st century Muslim. “… You terrorist,” yelled a driver as I walked near the UT campus. On my way to the mosque one night, a man reprimanded me because I decided to wear a religious symbol, a headscarf.…
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Redefining Computing: How Supercomputers are Changing Research
Written by Varun Hukeri. For the past sixteen years, the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at The University of Texas at Austin has pioneered technological innovation and leadership, setting itself up as the gold standard among colleges and universities nationwide. That’s why it was fitting when, in 2016, the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced a…
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De-Gentrify Your Rhetoric
Written by Brooke Quach. We roll into Austin at 40 miles per hour, caught in the traffic of ACL, but still eager to explore our second home. My friend and fellow UT classmate points to the east of I-35 and states matter-of-factly that this area is the ghetto of Austin. It’s where you don’t want…
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“Dream Over”: The Repeal of DACA
Written by Yulissa Chavez. Image by Yulissa Chavez. Back in September 2017, President Trump called to end the program Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), which protected an estimated 800,000 young adults who were brought to the United States as children. With the program now coming to an end, these individuals are now eligible for…
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A Brief Survey of the Modernist Canon
Written by Nathan Allen Pastrano. “Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread.” – Richard Wright Writing is more than just for entertainment purposes. It is a way to speak truth. The early 20th century marked a turning point in literary history for marginalized groups,…
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