The pandemic has created many challenges for college students including online classes, lack of in-person campus resources and a loss of the “college experience.” However, for many students there is the added stress of the risks they take due to the job they have to support themselves financially. On March 11 the University of Texas announced that spring break would be extended to two weeks as a plan for how
With the restrictions put in place due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, the service industry as a whole across the country has been struggling to make up lost financial revenue. Austin has not been exempt from this including the area of town known as West Campus. West Campus is a unique area of Austin. Thousands of students who attend the University of Texas at Austin reside in the 78705 ZIP
Todd Jagger moves confidently through the Texas Capitol building. He knows the halls, and to many there he is a familiar face. He walks from office to office knocking on doors, greeting whoever answers with a smile, a crowd of more than 40 people following behind him. They are WolfPAC Texas, and they have come to the state Legislature to demand change. “It doesn’t matter where you stand on the
The Austin Public Library’s policy on dealing with disruptive youths is being called into question by citizens following the arrest of a 13-year-old girl on Feb. 5 at the Carver Branch. The Austin Police Department responded to a 911 call that there was going to be a fight among a group of girls at the library. When police arrived they discovered one of the girls had a prior, unrelated warrant,
Over 2,000 Texans funneled through the state Capitol’s front gates Feb. 25 as the sound of the Vista Ridge High School drumline rang out through the air. Parents, students and teachers had travelled from across the state to advocate for the Texas PTA and its 2019 legislative agenda at the Texas PTA Rally Day. “There’s a lot of energy, and it’s exciting to see so many districts here to represent,”
When the morning bell rings at Zavala Elementary School in East Austin, 295 students file into a building made for 561.The school’s population has decreased by almost one-third in the past 10 years, a more extreme example of a trend that has been seen districtwide. With school consolidations on the way, East Austin residents are fearful of what this could mean for the area. Because of the downward trends in