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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The Daily Texan, the student newspaper of The |
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University of Texas at Austin, is celebrating its 125th year of |
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publication in 2025; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1900, two privately owned campus newspapers, the |
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Calendar and the Ranger, merged to form the weekly Texan; four years |
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later, the student assembly took on responsibility for operations; |
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the paper soon began circulating twice a week, and following a 1913 |
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student referendum, it became what was reportedly the first college |
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daily in the South; a student-faculty conference in 1921 led to the |
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formation of Texas Student Publications to publish The Daily Texan, |
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as well as Longhorn Magazine and the Cactus yearbook; and |
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WHEREAS, The Daily Texan established a tradition of editorial |
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independence early on, opposing the regents' ban on student-owned |
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cars, publishing a report from an enterprising staffer who hid in a |
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closet during a closed meeting on the selection of UT's president, |
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and offending the dean of women with an ad for knee-length "jersey |
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silk lingerie"; over the years, the paper has taken strong stands on |
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civil rights, the Vietnam War, censorship, academic freedom, and |
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other important issues; reporters have produced hard-hitting work |
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on everything from campus controversies to state government and |
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have covered such major events as President John F. Kennedy's |
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assassination, the 1966 mass shooting from the UT Tower, and |
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generations of student protests; widely admired as one of the |
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nation's top student papers, The Daily Texan has garnered a host of |
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prestigious awards; alumni from the sports, features, and editorial |
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sections, as well as the news side, have gone on to prominence; the |
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remarkable list includes journalists Walter Cronkite, Bill Moyers, |
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and Karen Tumulty, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonists Berke |
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Breathed and Ben Sargent, syndicated columnist Liz Smith, and Wall |
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Street Journal publisher and international Dow Jones president |
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Karen Elliott House; and |
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WHEREAS, Today, The Daily Texan is the heir to a proud |
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tradition of student journalism, and its staff may indeed take |
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great pride in the vital role the paper has played in the UT |
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community and beyond for over a century; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate The Daily Texan on its 125th |
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anniversary and extend to all those associated with the publication |
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sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for The Daily Texan as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |