The Campus Conservative

Texas House Representative for District 6 Matt Schaefer (Source: Representative Matt Schaefer Facebook) UT-Tyler's Student Government Vice President Katie Hicken attacked Conservative Texas Representative Matt Schaefer (R-Tyler) on Twitter on July 23. The Dallas native and Neal Katz supporter openly called Schaefer a liar, a "failure of a representative" and more. Schaefer is up for re-election in November. Here’s the thread: Here’s a thread explaining why you should all vote for Neal Katz this November to remove @RepMattSchaefer from office — Katie Hicken (@KatieHicken) July 23, 2018 Schaefer is funded almost entirely by special interests from West Texas And is accountable to those big money donors who want to influence our local politics. Neal Katz is funded BY district 6 and listens to his constituents when Schaefer just resorts to attacks and lies. — Katie Hicken (@KatieHicken) July 23, 2018 Schaefer believes that college student...

Sign to event parking at The University of Texas at Tyler. (Source: James Hescock)  On Tuesday, the University of Texas at Tyler (UT-Tyler) confirmed it will raise the price of the student parking permit to $80 for the 2018-2019 academic year. A university spokesperson cited the school's "continued growth" as justification for the increase and said that the increases "will fund parking lot maintenance and future parking lots." The spokesperson declined to clarify whether the administration sought student input before it decided to raise students' parking cost. However, compared to the faculty and staff, the students don't actually have it that bad. According the spokesperson, the university also raised the parking price on university employees, from $72 to $100. That's a $28 annual increase for parking on-campus. However, now that all employees are paying one rate, the school has apparently nixed the specialty rate of "Reserved Pa...