Kathy Lawrence, director of student media for the University of Texas-Austin

Adrienne Lee is an extraordinary journalist who has one skill many of us lack - she's super organized. Adrienne not only directs the staff to pursue the hard-to-get stories, but she encourages younger reporters who aren't tackling the big stories, as well. She is an excellent budget administrator and displays finesse when dealing with sticky personnel issues.

In the 25 years I've been advising, Adrienne is an all-time favorite. She thinks carefully about story choices, about design and about readership. Under her leadership, the Texan web staff has finally come into its own, preparing multi-media presentations and blogging on a daily basis. In short, she's tops.

Claire Harlin, former editor-in-chief for The Daily Texan

The normal workday of a managing editor starts in the morning and ends in the morning, basically. The ME must stay until the entire paper is put to bed, which is usually about 3 a.m. Adrienne had an 8 a.m. class on Tuesdays and Thursdays last semester, and frankly, I don't know how she managed to keep a smile on her face those days (but she did)!

As news editor last summer, Adrienne reorganized the news office and made the most of a time when University news slow by filling the pages with her interesting feature ideas and investigative projects. Her great ideas provided rookie reporters with exciting topics to cover and great clips, and I've since seen her influence follow those reporters to higher positions in the paper.

I have seen more progress under her leadership as managing editor than under any other ME I have worked with. She is a pleasure to work with, and we have succeeded in collaboratively working overtime to launch both a multimedia department and blog. She has even pledged to serve as managing editor for next two upcoming semesters as to provide continuity and follow through with the many projects we have successfully started. My editorship ended in May, and I am confident that under her leadership I will see this positive change continue, which is necessary in developing the solid infrastructure I feel The Daily Texan needs in order to continue to be a top-quality student paper amid a changing media environment.

Leah Finnegan, incoming editor-in-chief for The Daily Texan

The other week I wrote a particularly critical editorial about fraternity hazing, and after two days of receiving hate e-mails from beefy fraternity guys, I limped into Adrienne's office. "Was my editorial bad?" I asked her. "Hell no!" She literally screamed at me. Her confidence in me gives me confidence in myself to take risks as a journalist.

I look up to Adrienne's journalistic prowess, and I look forward to being the Laurel to her Hardy or the Thelma to her Louise or the Captain to her Tennille when I'm editor and she's managing editor of the Texan this summer and fall.

Source | The Daily Texan
Volunteers who worked the Jester Center caucus on Tuesday are suspicious of at least one of the caucus lists, the precinct chairman said late Thursday night. At least three students who signed the list verified that the candidates attached to their names were not the candidates they voted for.

Source | The Daily Texan
As Rebecca Gunn looked out onto her family's more than 2,000 acres of West Texas land, she leaned against one of 28 massive structures that now rent the space her great-grandparents purchased in the late 1800s.

Source | The Daily Texan
It shouldn't be surprising that we continue to stretch our time in college past the four-year mark. We're constantly switching schools, changing majors and inventing minors so that we inch our expected graduation date further beyond reasonable reach.

Source | The Daily Texan
Back in 1910, Col. George Washington Brackenridge, then a member of the UT System Board of Regents, gave a precious gift to the University: about 500 acres of land to be used "for the purpose of advancing and promoting University education."