Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

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

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Texas easily downs Florida State, 4-1, at home

Clark Dalton March 9, 2019

Down one set and facing elimination after an 0-2 start in the second, Anna Turati needed stellar play to close out a Texas win. As the day drew to a close, Turati’s match was the final one Texas...

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Texas gets back to work following sweep of No. 1 LSU

CJ Vogel March 5, 2019

The concourses of UFCU Disch-Falk Field looked extra clean following the abundance of brooms in the crowd Sunday afternoon as Texas completed a three-game sweep of then-No. 1 LSU in walk-off fashion. But...

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Pressure mounts on seniors as season winds down against TCU

Stephen Wagner March 5, 2019

Following Saturday’s disappointing loss against Iowa State on senior night, head coach Karen Aston sat at the podium with a look of concern, stress and disgruntlement on her face. She didn’t...

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UT alumna inspires civic participation, ‘army of women’ in political anthology

Jordyn Zitman March 5, 2019

UT alumna Taylor Lustig, who graduated in 2012 with highest honors and dual degrees in government and psychology, said the story of her career in the White House is one of many left untold. A group...

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UT alumna tries ‘Idol’ a second time, turns humbling experiences into motivation

Landry Allred March 5, 2019

The crowd booed her off stage in elementary school when she performed The Cheetah Girls’ songs at a lip-syncing show. “American Idol” dismissed her after the group round at 17 years old....

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Apple AirPods validate the memes they inspired

Thomas Galindo March 5, 2019

 Nobody: Someone with AirPods: “Compared to normal Apple headphones the sound is actually much better.” Mechanical engineering freshman Ben Gitzinger received his Apple AirPods as...

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Texas Women’s Swimming cruise to another Big 12 title

Samuel Saucer March 3, 2019

It could not have been more convincing. The Texas women’s swimming and diving team blew its Big 12 competition out of the water by winning 19 of 21 events at the conference championship meet. The...

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Texas Men’s Swimming leaves Big 12 Championship with 40th consecutive title

Liliana Hall March 3, 2019

In his 40 years at Texas, head coach Eddie Reese has brought home 39 consecutive conference titles. Saturday, his team claimed number 40. But it’s no surprise that the winningest team at Texas...

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Texas suffers beatdown at Baylor

Donnavan Smoot February 26, 2019

Things got ugly — quickly. And this time there wasn’t an invigorating run to save Texas from a humiliating end result. By the end of Monday’s game at Baylor, the Longhorns walked off...

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Baylor bigs swat away Texas hopes of hosting first round

Stephen Wagner February 26, 2019

In Kim Mulkey’s 18-plus seasons as the Baylor head coach, she has more than established her program as the perennial powerhouse of the Big 12 and a production factory for WNBA forwards. Baylor...

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Texas rides momentum into weekday matchup with Sam Houston State

CJ Vogel February 26, 2019

When a rock meets a hard place, something has to budge, right? Longhorn fans will certainly find out which object succumbs to the other when the 6–2 Texas Longhorns host the 5–1 Sam Houston...

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SAFE’s Austin Drop-In Center aids survivors of human trafficking

Maegan Kirby February 26, 2019

Texas has the second-highest rate of human trafficking cases reported annually. Now, survivors have somewhere to go. The SAFE Alliance is a merger between Austin Children’s Shelter and SafePlace....

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