89R9959 CW-D
By: Hinojosa H.R. No. 753
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The Daily Texan, the student newspaper of The
University of Texas at Austin, is celebrating its 125th year of
publication in 2025; and
WHEREAS, In 1900, two privately owned campus newspapers, the
Calendar and the Ranger, merged to form the weekly Texan; four years
later, the student assembly took on responsibility for operations;
the paper soon began circulating twice a week, and following a 1913
student referendum, it became what was reportedly the first college
daily in the South; a student-faculty conference in 1921 led to the
formation of Texas Student Publications to publish The Daily Texan,
as well as Longhorn Magazine and the Cactus yearbook; and
WHEREAS, The Daily Texan established a tradition of editorial
independence early on, opposing the regents' ban on student-owned
cars, publishing a report from an enterprising staffer who hid in a
closet during a closed meeting on the selection of UT's president,
and offending the dean of women with an ad for knee-length "jersey
silk lingerie"; over the years, the paper has taken strong stands on
civil rights, the Vietnam War, censorship, academic freedom, and
other important issues; reporters have produced hard-hitting work
on everything from campus controversies to state government and
have covered such major events as President John F. Kennedy's
assassination, the 1966 mass shooting from the UT Tower, and
generations of student protests; widely admired as one of the
nation's top student papers, The Daily Texan has garnered a host of
prestigious awards; alumni from the sports, features, and editorial
sections, as well as the news side, have gone on to prominence; the
remarkable list includes journalists Walter Cronkite, Bill Moyers,
and Karen Tumulty, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonists Berke
Breathed and Ben Sargent, syndicated columnist Liz Smith, and Wall
Street Journal publisher and international Dow Jones president
Karen Elliott House; and
WHEREAS, Today, The Daily Texan is the heir to a proud
tradition of student journalism, and its staff may indeed take
great pride in the vital role the paper has played in the UT
community and beyond for over a century; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate The Daily Texan on its 125th
anniversary and extend to all those associated with the publication
sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for The Daily Texan as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.