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The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

You Pick: Week 8

Sameer Bhuchar November 22, 2011

The "You Pick' Em" contest is back at it this week. For those of you that are new to this here are the rules: 1. Pick a team you think will win each of the college football contests below. 2....

Europa might be most habitable after Earth

Nicole Sanseverino November 22, 2011

Europa, one of Jupiter’s at least 63 moons, is about 500 million miles away from earth, but comes closer to resembling our planet and providing potential for life than anything else in the solar...

Texas’ rivalry with Texas A&M will be missed

Christian Corona November 22, 2011

Texas playing Texas A&M on Thanksgiving used to be as sure as death and taxes. But one of college football’s oldest rivalries became one of conference realignment’s most notable casualties...

Hip-hop collective releases genre-blending album

Eli Watson November 22, 2011

Minneapolis-based collective Doomtree has become a resonating voice in hip-hop’s ever-changing scene. Alongside Minneapolis’ Rhymesayers Entertainment, which features the likes of underground-turned-mainstream...

Kate Bush’s 50 Words for Snow is about 45 words too long

Robert Starr November 22, 2011

Music is a fairly subjective art form. A piece that somebody may love will leave someone else cold. It doesn’t transcend generations very well, with parents and children forever fighting over which...

State involved alumni promote activism

Brianna Pelayo November 22, 2011

Students should have a working knowledge of how to effectively advocate for their interests on the local level because so much of what the city does impacts the UT community, said Huey Fischer, Plan I...

Rhett Miller’s ‘Live at Largo’ bittersweet, inconsequential

Robert Starr November 22, 2011

The Largo on Fairfax Avenue in Los Angeles was a magical place — a small hole in the wall with terrible food, no comfortable seats and filthy restrooms that somehow managed to attract impressive...

Austin to treat wastewater for non-drinking use

Jody Serrano November 22, 2011

At Austin Water Utility, purple is a very important color because it indicates water conservation on their water valves. With the expansion of the Austin Water Reclamation Initiative, the city is about...

Texas Exes continue tradition with Hex Rally

Rachel Thompson November 22, 2011

The eyes of Texas gazed down upon 2,000 red candles burning with Longhorn pride as students gathered to hex that “other” Texas public university before Thursday’s game. The Texas Exes...

Thanksgiving break length varies between schools

Jillian Bliss November 22, 2011

Students hoping to go home for the holidays will have to wait until Thursday for classes to officially be dismissed, according to the UT-Austin academic calendar. The federal calendar designates the last...

Higher education’s ruffled feathers

The Daily Texan Editorial Board November 22, 2011

“Ruffled feathers are good — they make us all better.” These were ending words of sorts, delivered by Rep. Lois Kolkhorst, R-Brenham, at Friday’s hearing held by the Joint Oversight...

A more decent proposal

The Daily Texan Editorial Board November 22, 2011

A panel of federal judges released a new set of maps for state legislative districts Thursday. The process of re-drawing these maps, known as redistricting, happens every 10 years to account for population...

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