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Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

Kaz Elenes, an International Relations and Global Studies and Plan II sophomore, speaks during the open forum period of a Student Government meeting on April 23, 2024.

Student Government passes resolution in support of student committee to preserve community resources

Maryam Ahmed, Senior News Reporter April 24, 2024

The Student Government passed a resolution last night calling for the creation of a student committee to preserve the resources in WCP 2.112. Advocates for the space attended the meeting to show their...

Community members discuss emotional distress, challenges of phone theft at Austin bars

Community members discuss emotional distress, challenges of phone theft at Austin bars

Max Kinser, General Projects Reporter April 24, 2024

Gracie Warhurst’s phone used to have on it a funny picture of her dad, who passed away in 2020. She remembers the picture well; he was at Whataburger after a football game holding up one of the numbered...

‘The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare’ sees Guy Ritchie bring explosive WWII action to big screen

‘The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare’ sees Guy Ritchie bring explosive WWII action to big screen

Atahan Koksoy, General Life&Arts Reporter April 24, 2024

Set in 1942 and adapting a book by author Damien Lewis, “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare” tells the true but unbelievable story of Operation Postmaster, a Special Operations Executive (SOE) and...

From left, Gray Segrest and Tyler Hawkins act out a scene from "Longhorn Tales" inside a dorm room of Jester East on March 2, 2024.

New TSTV show, ‘Longhorn Tales,’ shines light on student stories

Helen Li, General Life&Arts Reporter April 24, 2024

Comedy. Drama. Suspense. Why is there corn in the bathtub? Who is leaving audacious drawings on the whiteboard? From the sly jokes and the perfectly satirical delivery to the ironic shots of the UT campus...

Textile and apparel senior Ginger Hudson stands for a portrait on April 17, 2024 at Mary E. Gearing Hall. Before her is an outfit she designed and presented at the 2024 Austin Fashion Week for her capstone project.

Fashion Capstone Projects showcases senior undergraduate designs

Sarah Cooley, General Life&Arts Reporter April 23, 2024

On the runway, models display collections inspired by hand-woven techniques in Morocco, colors seen in Austin, highways that run through Texas and different structures and shapes in geometry.  The...

Q&A: UT alum speaks on personal experience, film ‘Petting Zoo’

Q&A: UT alum speaks on personal experience, film ‘Petting Zoo’

Flora Farr, Senior Life&Arts Reporter April 23, 2024

Micah Magee spent 20 years in Europe creating films after graduating from UT in 2001. After recently returning to the states as a professor at Temple University, Magee screened her 2015 film “Petting...

Senior Yusuf Bizimana waves to the crowd after running the anchor leg of the sprint medley relay on March 29, 2024, at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays. Bizimana led his relay team to a first place finish, with a final time of 3:15.03.

Yusuf Bizimana reflects on observing Ramadan as a student athlete

Jacob Shaw, General Sports Reporter April 23, 2024

This year, the recognition of the Islamic holiday Ramadan lasted from March 10 through April 9, with those who participated fasting each from sunrise to sunset, and emphasizing good deeds, religious discipline,...

Texas women’s basketball signs All-Big 10 guard Laila Phelia from Michigan

Texas women’s basketball signs All-Big 10 guard Laila Phelia from Michigan

Isa Almeida, Senior Sports Reporter April 23, 2024

Texas women’s basketball added former Michigan guard Laila Phelia to its 2024-25 roster. Announced on April 22, Phelia is head coach Vic Schaefer’s first recruit out of the current transfer portal. “We...

Texas Exes VP of Marketing Jamie Puryear (left), Membership and Alumni Records Manager Matt Pollock (right) pictured outside the Alumni Center on 3-22-24. The Texas Exes reaches 100,000 members with Bevo as the 100,000th member.

Texas Exes reaches 100,000 life members

Christian DeBrady, General News Reporter April 23, 2024

Over 100 years after the first Longhorn permanently joined Texas Exes, the organization is celebrating 100,000 life members, according to the Texas Exes website.  Life membership is the University...

City of Austin launches left-turn calming pilot program

City of Austin launches left-turn calming pilot program

Abby Breyfogle, General News Reporter April 23, 2024

The City of Austin is set to finish the installation of its left-turning safety program in the next month.  The left-turn calming pilot program implements treatments to improve pedestrian safety at...

Austin poet advocates for adult poet laureate program

Austin poet advocates for adult poet laureate program

Ren Leija, Senior News Reporter April 23, 2024

When Austinite KB Brookins discovered every other major city in Texas had an adult poet laureate program, they hoped to create one. “Poet laureates (are) essentially stewards of poetry in their local...

Pedestrians walk past the recently shut down Guadalupe Street Foxtrot Market on April 23, 2024.

Foxtrot closes all four Austin locations

Mason Rouser, News Desk Editor April 23, 2024

Foxtrot Market announced in a press release on Tuesday that all of its store locations, including the one recently opened on Guadalupe Street, are closed.  Foxtrot, which consists of a coffee shop...

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