Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White’s campaign is buying student newspaper ads that accuse his Republican opponent, Rick Perry, of playing politics with state universities.
Higher Education
Coverage of universities, colleges, student issues, and education policy shaping Texas’ campuses, from The Texas Tribune.
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“The School-to-Prison Pipeline”
A new report by Texas Appleseed spotlights two troubling trends: the high number and proportion of discretionary expulsions by school districts, often for low-level “persistent misbehavior,” and the disproportionate severity of discipline meted out to African-Americans.
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TribBlog: Gay Jesus Resurrected
A theater student’s production of Terrence McNally’s play Corpus Christi — canceled amid protest at Tarleton State University — will see the stage after all, at Fort Worth’s Rose Marine Theater, according to The Dallas Morning News.
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The Runoffs: HD-84
The runoff between John Frullo and Mark Griffin shares one important characteristic with the adjacent race in HD-83: It pits inside-the-tent Lubbock Republicans against a coalition of social and libertarian conservatives who are distinctly unhappy with government in Washington and Texas. In that frame, Frullo’s the insurgent and Griffin represents the establishment.
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Economy
Tomorrow Never Dies
Lobbyists and lawmakers are fighting to preserve the terms of the contracts signed by parents who enrolled in the Texas Tomorrow Fund prepaid college tuition plan.
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The Gay-Jesus Place
As part of a class assignment, a Tarleton State University theater student decided to direct an award-winning play in which the son of God is heralded as the “King of Queers.” Then came the protests and threats of violence and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst’s press releases, and suddenly it was curtains for the whole production.
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TribBlog: A Note from the Runner-up
Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio, sent a congratulatory note to Brian McCall, the challencellor-apparent of the Texas State University System. Wentworth was also in the running for the job.
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TribBlog: McCall’s Off to College [updated]
Brian McCall will apparently be the next chancellor of the Texas State University System. The board of regents picked the state representative, a Plano Republican, as the sole finalist to replace Charles Matthews in that job. They made the announcement on Monday.
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TribBlog: Dewhurst Condemns Gay Jesus
The Lieutenant Governor reviews, in advance, a 26-year-old theatre student’s choice of a school play: “Hated it!”
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Skipping the Beach
Members of the UT-Austin University Democrats said goodbye to a Spring Break filled with fun in the sun… and hello to the vacant stares of congressional staffers today.