Now I'm a believer
The passing today of Davy Jones, the diminutive lead singer of the "Pre-Fab Four," also known as The Monkees, gives me pause, as does the demise of anyone who crossed my path in the days of my youth.I...
View ArticleFine dining
It was hard not to notice the table across the way at Royers Round Top Cafe last Friday night.With one exception, the seven diners' backs were very broad and their necks only slightly less so. There...
View ArticleKeep it to yourself
The recent controversy surrounding Washington Post education reporter Daniel de Vise, who sent a story about UT's use of the Collegiate Learning Assessment test to university communications staffers...
View ArticleWhat Starts in the Basement
As the new school year begins, I believe UT students have a great opportunity to reinvent The Daily Texan. So after a decade at The New York Times, a book and a stint at News Corp’s iPad experiment,...
View ArticleDT Δ
The project is called DT Delta. It’s the centerpiece of our mission to reinvent The Daily Texan. It’s long overdue, but bold enough to make up for lost time.Thanks to the generous support of Chairman...
View ArticleHistoric Occasions
This is why we have a newspaper. In the past month, The Daily Texan has driven the campus conversation with an important story on sexual assault, plus enterprising coverage of...
View ArticleDigital Winter
By now most students are nestled all snug in their permanent addresses.But The Texan is firing on all cylinders. After ending the semester with a moving multimedia piece on the challenges facing...
View ArticleBreaking the news on Texas Student Media
Set aside, for a moment, all the important questions about the significance of the university’s nascent plan to place its quasi-independent student media under the quasi-control of the College of...
View ArticleFair Play
Among the splendors of the digital age, thievery has famously flourished under the euphemism “aggregation.” Stories are the loot, web traffic is the fence and you can’t even count on attribution, much...
View ArticleOne Big Apple
The Daily Texan took the top prize at the College Media Association’s annual convention in New York: the Apple Award for Best Newspaper, Four Year-School, More Than 10,000 Students. Our submission,...
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