The class of 2024 at the University of Texas at Austin just received some outstanding news. Starting with the fall 2020 semester, UT Austin is set to pay all tuition and fees for in-state undergraduate students from families that earn up to $65,000 a year who have financial need. The UT Board of Regents released […]

We’ve all heard the saying that friends make the best lovers. Well, according to an article in The Independent, University of Texas researchers asked students to rate each other for attractiveness at the beginning of the semester, and again at the end. They found they typically rated each other much higher at the end of […]

The plaintiff, Abigail Noel Fisher, charged the ruling was unfair and that she was a victim of racial discrimination.

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As a fellow black graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, I felt that it was my duty to sound off on (by this I mean roast) Abigail Fisher and Antonin Scalia. Abigail Fisher was rejected admission into UT and blames affirmative action because she is white. Ironically enough, according to TIME’s 2013 article, […]

The Supreme Court is taking on affirmative action again in a case that involves the University of Texas. Justice Antonin Scalia, one of the court’s…

During a hearing for an affirmative action case on Wednesday, conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia suggested that some African-Americans belong at "lesser colleges."

The decisions that the Supreme Court justices make in these cases could have huge and negative impacts on our voting power as well as our chances at college admission.

The Supreme Court will rule in the case of Abigail Fisher who believes affirmative action hindered her admittance into the University of TX

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced yesterday, Spike Lee will receive an honorary Academy Award for his work.

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(HOUSTON) — A team of researchers in Texas are working on an app for iPhone that could one day provide early detection of skin cancer.…

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  (HOUSTON, TX)– For the third year in a row the University of Houston is named one of the nation’s best values.   Each year…

The University of Texas in Austin called for an evacuation of all its campus buildings after threats were made Friday morning.   Officials did confirm Friday that multiple terrorist threats were called in.   Read More