Tag: writing

  • Home Sweet … Hotel? Students Uprooted from Faulty Student Housing Complex

    Home Sweet … Hotel? Students Uprooted from Faulty Student Housing Complex

    By Rebecca Butler | Reporting Texas Stella Perez planned to have an at-home date with her boyfriend on Valentine’s Day. Instead, she got a call from her student housing complex, Crest at Pearl, that she would be evacuated and relocated to a hotel room for “routine inspections” in her unit.  She spent the rest of…

  • Student Government Approves Plan to Make Printing Easier, Cheaper

    Student Government Approves Plan to Make Printing Easier, Cheaper

    By Rebecca Butler // Reporting Texas Responding to student frustrations about the cost of on-campus printing, the University of Texas’ Student Government voted Tuesday night to give students a $2 printing allowance each semester. The pilot program, which will be implemented over the next few years, aims to change UT’s longstanding printing system that results…

  • Education in Emergency: First-Year Teachers Struggle Through COVID-19 Chaos

    Education in Emergency: First-Year Teachers Struggle Through COVID-19 Chaos

    By Rebecca Butler First-year teachers in Texas have been struggling to overcome work and pandemic-related stress. The hours once spent in in-person classes and professional development shifted to Zoom calls virtually overnight, creating a rocky start to their first year in the classroom. According to a report by the Texas Department of State Health Services,…