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Status, Not Race, Should Be Basis of Affirmative Action

The Badger Herald | Posted 04.30.2012

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The Badger Herald

While I believe that society may be far along enough to leave race in and of itself behind, I feel that rather than ending affirmative action, it should be adjusted to better fit the realities of society.

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Amanda M. Fairbanks

Do College Professors Earn Their Keep?

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda M. Fairbanks | Posted 06.07.2011

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For years, state legislators, parents, and even his own boss had been hectoring Frank Ashley, the vice chancellor of academic affairs for the Texas A&...

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Coming Soon To A Screen Near You: The University Of Texas

Posted 05.25.2011

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It's surely what the people have been clamoring for: a TV station dedicated to the University of Texas-Austin. In a letter to students obtained by ...

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UT Shooter Colton Tooley Described As 'Intelligent, Meticulous'

Posted 05.25.2011

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New details are emerging about Colton Tooley, the sophomore math major from Austin, TX who sprayed the University of Texas campus with gunfire yesterd...

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Invitees to President Obama's UT-Austin Speech: Get Out of Afghanistan, War's Failing, Set a Timetable

Derrick Crowe | Posted 05.25.2011

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Derrick Crowe

Today, President Obama came to my town to give an invite-only speech at the University of Texas. Lacking an invite, I wondered what people with invites had to say about the Afghanistan War.

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At UTexas, Some Students SUPPORT Tuition Hikes

The Daily Texan | Posted 05.25.2011

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While tuition hikes at UT caused some students to take to the West Mall in protest, student reactions to increases at other UT System universities wer...

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Cow Tips Man, Steps On Him At University Of Tennessee

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — People probably can't tip cows, but a cow tipped a person in Knoxville. Then it stepped on him. An ambulance was called to th...

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