Michelle Facio, Life & Arts General Reporter
• September 19, 2021
Editor's Note: This article first appeared as part of the September 14 flipbook.
As the sun sets on Austin, reggaeton starts to blare through the food truck park where local vendors sell aguas frescas,...
Carolyn Parmer , Life & Arts General Reporter
• September 19, 2021
Editor's Note: This article first appeared as part of the September 14 flipbook.
Twenty years ago, Saint Louise House opened its doors to five homeless families to help homeless moms and their children...
Carolyn Parmer , Life & Arts General Reporter
• September 5, 2021
Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the August 31 flipbook.
Every morning before school, when his parents couldn’t drive him, Marlon Rubio Smith hopped on the Houston Metro bus. What others...
Editor's Note: This article first appeared as part of the August 2 flipbook.
Tweet: UT students share their experiences bringing hope and support to those affected by cancer through organizations Camp...
Briana Ramsey, Life and Arts Reporter
• July 29, 2021
During the beginning stages of lockdown, Pearl Akonnor said she used makeup art as a way to cope. Her growing interest in creating elaborate eye makeup looks inspired her to start researching the art of...
Paxton Smith ditched her preapproved valedictorian speech to speak out against a new Texas law that bans abortion as early as six weeks or as soon as a heartbeat is detected. Smith called the bill “gut-wrenching”...
One Friday afternoon, Penelope Ackling found herself sitting on the UT Tower lawn surrounded by tambourines, mini shakers and a circle of peers. Someone threw her a drum, and she made her first attempt...
When Devashree Shah saw her fall 2021 schedule on the morning of registration, she couldn’t believe it. Beside the course number, every single one of her classes had a room number attached.
“I was...
Brightly-colored buds in full bloom now cover the once barren wall of the HOFT Institute since Julia Meah and a team of creative high school students spent 30 hours painting the West Campus mural.
“I...
Austin’s drag queens are preparing to return to the main stage with renewed purpose and strength after venues continue to loosen COVID-19 capacity limits.
Drag queens in Austin have found innovative...
Alejandra Gutiérrez was walking on campus one day when she stumbled upon a noisy room full of sweaty students, punching bags. Before she could think twice, the freshman picked up a pair of boxing gloves...
After staring at her Zoom screen for two hours, Klara Fredriksson stood up to make coffee. When she came back, a student had popped up on her screen and was waiting for her.
“I was like, ‘Oh, I'm...
