Good news, Texas! Free College Application Week is coming
| September 3, 2025
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Texas residents can apply to college for free from October 13-19, 2025. Here’s everything you need to know about Free College Application Week.
WATCH: Kenyan-American explains that multiple cultures ‘Make America Great’
| August 22, 2025
Kenyan-American student Noah Ocheing worries how federal policy changes could affect his education. He says America’s strength comes from its melting pot of cultures and races seen across the nation.
US citizen might not be able to protect her family under the current administration
| August 18, 2025
Rosa Vargas-Galvan became a U.S. citizen in 2022 after living as a permanent resident since she was two years old. Her family did everything by the book, but under the current administration, that may not be enough to protect her or her family.
WATCH: Student speaks out against the current administration’s attacks on the 14th Amendment
| August 13, 2025
Chinaza-Zoey Ukaobasi, a Nigerian-American student, is speaking out against the current administration’s attacks on the 14th Amendment, which guarantees equal protection and citizenship rights to all born in the U.S. She says the federal government’s treatment of immigrants as criminals is unconstitutional and immoral.
At UT, a Day of Drag and Defiance
| May 5, 2025
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Students gathered for a joyful protest of the university system’s drag show ban.