An article written for the Daily Texan (but not yet published), about why professors should offer virtual option for the week between Thanksgiving, and winter break, especially for students who must travel out of state to go home.

Everything’s bigger in Texas – and as far as skyscrapers go, we are about to be home to the biggest in the state. The general consensus from development experts and Austin residents on the Waterline, a 1,022 foot tall skyscraper that just broke ground in June, is that the new building is a symbol of our downtown’s economic strength and has the potential to contribute to the evolution of the city as a whole.

Our city’s highway safety can’t wait any longer…

Last Saturday, an 18-wheeler hit the concrete base of a light pole on I-35, and the driver was pronounced dead at the scene. A week earlier, two people were killed on the I-35 overpass above 6th street when a sedan got sandwiched between two garbage trucks. As a result, I-35 is one of the state’s deadliest five – mile stretches of road. As Austinites, we need to come together to make our community’s roads less fatal.

Record-Setting Presidential PardonsDuring the final week of his presidency, Joe Biden offered a combination of shortened sentences and full pardons to over 2,500 people, a majority of whom were incarcerated for nonviolent drug-related offenses.  How does this record-setting example of presidential pardons fit into the broader atmosphere of the nation’s clemency?