Sports
July 28, 2020
Thirty Years Ago, UT Student Athletes Fought for Racial Justice
In 1990, Longhorn student athletes marched through campus united against racism. Their movement continues through players still calling for change today.
UT
Sports
June 17, 2020
The Damning History Behind UT’s ‘The Eyes of Texas’ Song
Student athletes wrote a letter urging officials to change the tune, which was first performed in a minstrel show.
Music
June 17, 2020
Under the “Noveller” Moniker, a UT Alum Conjures Anxious and Hopeful Guitar Symphonies
Sarah Lipstate, Iggy Pop’s new favorite guitarist, approached her new album as a puzzle.
Health
June 12, 2020
How a Texas Expert on Swine Flu Had to Change Her Game
UT epidemiologist Lauren Ancel Meyers spent her career planning for infectious disease outbreaks. She has had to rapidly adapt to the very different challenges posed by the novel coronavirus.
The Culture
June 11, 2019
‘Say Yes to the Scary’: The Best Advice From 2019’s Texas College Commencement Addresses
We watched a host of graduation speeches from the state’s hundreds of universities, and these are the ones we found most inspiring.
News & Politics
March 26, 2019
The University of Texas’s Scooter Speed Limit Is a Glimpse of the Future
The new rule uses geofencing technology to force vehicles on the college campus to slow down.
News & Politics
March 18, 2019
Greg Abbott Orders Texas University Boards to Investigate Admissions Policies After Bribery Scandal
The University of Texas at Austin’s men’s tennis coach was among those accused of accepting bribes in a massive federal probe.
UT
June 15, 2017
Gene Simmons Wants to Trademark a Familiar-Looking Hand Gesture
He just wants to rock and roll all night, and hook ’em every day.
The Daily Post
May 1, 2017
Everything we Know About the Stabbing on the UT Campus
Three people were injured and one person has died following a stabbing on the University of Texas at Austin's campus on Monday.
Texas History
October 12, 2016
New York’s Paramount Building Is Freezing Its Clock To Honor UT Tower Shooting Victims
A reminder that Charles Whitman’s shooting spree resonated far outside of Texas.
Sports
August 29, 2016
The University Of Texas Is Going After A Donut Shop
The hook ’em sign in donut form has been a part of the bakery’s brand for years—but UT lawyers are suddenly unhappy.
Sports
February 23, 2016
Mack Brown Will Be Assessing The Viability Of A UTRGV Football Program
Will UTRGV's football program remain undefeated?…
The Daily Post
October 13, 2015
The UT Grad Protesting Campus Carry With Sex Toys Is Getting Death Threats
Guns: Legal to carry on campus. Sex toys: Not so much.
The Daily Post
October 8, 2015
The Supreme Court Could Hear Two Texas-Based Cases This Term
The U.S. Supreme Court could take on affirmative action and abortion restrictions, two cases originating from Texas.
Sports
June 4, 2015
The New UT President Wants to Sell Beer at Football Games
UNT and SMU are among the handful of schools in the country where fans can get drunk while they’re at the game—and new UT President Greg Fenves wants Darrell K. Royal Stadium to join them. …
Film & TV
October 30, 2014
Students, Beware of “Breast Perception Studies”
A 23-year-old UT-D graduate at Google allegedly attempted to extort nude photos from his former classmates by posing as a breast researcher.
The Daily Post
October 22, 2014
UT’s Football Program Is the Most Profitable in the Country. By a Lot.
You can make jokes about the team's 3-4 record, but $109 million in revenue has Texas football laughing all the way to the bank.
Sports
September 29, 2014
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Met with Charlie Strong in Austin to Talk “Core Values” this Weekend
As the NFL attempts to clean up its image, the first college coach they met with was the no-nonsense new head of the Longhorns.
The Daily Post
August 28, 2014
Are Texas A&M And UTEP Two Of The Top Ten Schools In America?
A new list of college rankings from Washington Monthly puts two Texas schools in the top ten—but not the two you might expect.
Sports
June 10, 2014
Mack Brown’s Resignation Impacted at Least 103 Coaching Jobs Around the Country
That's at 47 colleges, 4 NFL teams, and 2 high schools, according to some exhaustive reporting from ESPN. What, no CFL?…
The Daily Post
April 3, 2014
Texas Athletic Director Steve Patterson Is Cool With Abandoning The Three-Year-Rule For College Football Players To Enter The NFL
Patterson's desire to take the UT brand to China and Dubai may have grabbed the headlines, but the bigger deal could be that he's comfortable dropping the three-year-rule that requires college football players to wait to enter the NFL Draft.
Sports
February 12, 2014
Not Just Semi-Opinionated
The legendary Dan Jenkins has been covering sports since the forties. Things have not improved.
The Culture
January 10, 2014
All’s Farrah In Love
The juiciest celebrity trial of the year concluded in December but not, alas, with a satisfactory answer to the most important question of all: Who was Farrah Fawcett’s true love?…
The Daily Post
November 12, 2013
What Should the New UT Campus in the Rio Grande Valley Be Called?
The new University of Texas campus opening in the Rio Grande Valley in the fall of 2015 is beginning to establish its identity—starting with the name. …
Politics & Policy
November 1, 2013
Perry and Impeachment
Rick Perry dismissed the ongoing impeachment hearings against UT Board of Regent Wallace Hall as "extraordinary political theater."…
Sports
September 20, 2013
Anybody (Nick Saban) Want to (Nick Saban) Talk About (Nick Saban) UT (Nick Saban) and Kansas State (Nick Saban)?
The Longhorns need to beat the Wildcats for the first time in five meetings, but the game's been overshadowed by more questions about Mack Brown's future.
Politics & Policy
June 25, 2013
The Supremes, Round One: Fisher v. University of Texas
The U.S. Supreme Court made the right ruling yesterday in Fisher v. University of Texas by remanding the case to a lower federal court.
Politics & Policy
May 21, 2013
Confirming the New UT Regents
UPDATE: The Nominations Committee has approved all three nominees the UT System Board of Regents. The full Senate will take up nominations next. I walked in the east door of the Capitol yesterday with Senator John Whitmire. He asked if I was going to nominations. I said I…
Politics & Policy
March 19, 2013
Sauce for the Gander
Today was the long-awaited meeting of the Joint Oversight Committee on Higher Education Governance. This was strictly an organizational meeting, and no members of the UT Board of Regents were present. But it was another front in the increasingly tense battle between the UT System Board of Regents and UT…
Sports
January 21, 2013
Darrell K. Royal, 1924-2012
The best college football coach the state has ever seen died early Wednesday morning at the age of 88. Memories & tributes from the Texas Monthly archives and around the state and country. …
Sports
January 21, 2013
Mack Brown: I’m Not Going Anywhere
Saturday's loss to Oklahoma had nearly every columnist in Texas speculating about the Longhorns football coach's future, but he dismissed such talk this afternoon. …
Sports
January 21, 2013
UT and A&M Resume Hostilities This Weekend
If you thought the rivalry between the University of Texas and Texas A&M was currently on ice, you are correct. Tonight in College Station, the two schools face off in, you guessed it, hockey. …
The Wanderer
October 13, 2012
The State Fair of Texas: Football + Fried Food
This time last year, I was leaving the Cotton Bowl along with thousands of football fans who'd made the annual pilgrimage to watch the 106th Red River Rivalry, one of the highlights of the State Fair of Texas. While throngs of UT…
Politics & Policy
September 7, 2011
Baylor: “will assert legal remedies if necessary”
(This post is a revision that includes corrections from a previous draft.) Regarding the situation with Texas A&M and the future of the Big Twelve Conference, I have spoken with persons familiar with the situation at Baylor, who prefer to remain anonymous. This is what I have learned. 1. The…
Politics & Policy
August 31, 2011
A&M’s plans — and UT’s
I spoke with a friend yesterday who is knowledgeable about the situation at Texas A&M, and here is what he had to say. 1. Perry was not involved in the A&M regents’ decision to leave the Big Twelve for the SEC. He was described to me as “not supportive” but…
Politics & Policy
June 29, 2011
A response to Michael Quinn Sullivan
Michael Quinn Sullivan has a bone to pick with me. I am the subject of a blog post by Sullivan published on the Empower Texans web site yesterday under the headline, “Texas Monthly: Disclosure-Free Zone.” Sullivan objects to the fact that in an April column about…
Politics & Policy
June 3, 2010
UT, A&M could split in football realignment
The hot topic on sports talk shows today was that the PAC-10 was set to issue invitations to six Big 12 schools: UT, A&M, OU, Okie State, Texas Tech, and Colorado. The PAC 10 commissioner issued an explicit denial late this afternoon. An A&M source told me after I posted…
Politics & Policy
March 24, 2009
West, Ogden call UT’s “crisis” into question
As the Texas Senate began its debate this afternoon on Florence Shapiro’s bill to limit the Top Ten percent rule for university admissions, Royce West threw out some interesting numbers that call into question UT’s argument that it faces a “crisis” regarding its freshman class. UT has argued that its…
Politics & Policy
November 23, 2008
Tuition de-reg: Will it be an issue in the speaker’s race?
Here’s the problem for Tom Craddick. The House passed tuition deregulation in 2003 for one reason and one reason only: The speaker twisted Republicans’ arms to get the votes. Almost six years later, tuition and fees at Texas’s public university have risen by an average of 50%, according to Robert…
Feature
September 30, 1992
O Janis
Janis Joplin’s life was about music, rebellion, and excess—but she was influenced most by her tormented relationship with the people and spirit of Port Arthur.