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House of Torment suits for final year at Highland Mall location

Shane Miller October 24, 2012

Modestly nestled in the old haunt of Highland Mall is the House of Torment, a collection of haunted houses that has been setting the bar for 10 years. The House of Torment is heavily lauded by publications...

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Student dedicates blog to being healthy

Lindsey Cherner October 23, 2012

Claire Siegel, a nutrition and Plan II senior, said she will never forget that afternoon she spent searching the Internet for things like “how to not get fat abroad” and “how to stay...

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End of the world horror house offers scares about environmental concerns

Eli Watson October 22, 2012

Toothless, grimy faces peer through dark corners. They mumble under their breath and shortly after release a maniacal, Joker-like laugh that echoes throughout long and silent hallways. These people are...

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Esperos hopes to provide education to children in Haiti through a line of fashionable backpacks

Bobby Blanchard October 22, 2012

Esperar means “to hope” in Spanish, an emotion Esperos is built on. Esperos, which launched officially this past July, is an organization that sells canvas backpacks to raise money to send...

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Duo scores two film spots in Austin Film Festival

Alexandra Hart October 19, 2012

Perhaps cleaning mustard and mashed potatoes off of the walls of a school cafeteria is a less-than-glamorous spring break ideal, but for radio-television-film seniors Mystie Pineda and Irene Georghiades,...

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Annual web video contest offers Ph.D. candidates dancing their theses

Robert Starr October 18, 2012

Check out Daily Texan Multimedia's portrayal of this week's Science Scene. While Gangnam Style sweeps the nation, our science Ph.D. candidates have been hard at work trying to present their research...

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The Mexican American Culture Committee invites all UT students to come celebrate Latino culture at Noche de Baile

Jasmin Carina Castanon October 18, 2012

When it comes to Latin dance, Salsa is the first, and sometimes the only, type that comes to mind. In reality, Latin dance consists of an array of styles. The Mexican American Culture Committee aims to...

UT-Arlington student posts flyers around UT-Austin campus in hopes of finding fleeting mystery girl

Lindsey Cherner October 18, 2012

As Kaelin Mace, a 17-year-old Austin Community College student, toured the UT campus and glossed over the various message boards, she encountered the most romantic gesture she had ever seen: a boy looking...

Distinguishing between fantasy and stark reality in porn

Milla Impola October 17, 2012

Alone while masturbating, with a partner or while at a party, the many styles of pornography have the capability to enhance, scintillate and complicate our sex lives. All in all, porn is about...

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Struggles for Culture

Olivia Arena October 17, 2012

“La Madrugada” blares in the background, a symphony of trumpets and guitarróns, as the dancers take their places in front of the mirror. Hands on their hips, white shoes poised to stomp,...

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UTPD Officer Darrell Halstead talks to The Daily Texan about Campus Watch

Stuart Railey October 17, 2012

Crime Prevention is a job that requires vigilance, patience and a dry sense of humor. For Darrell Halstead, the primary writer of Campus Watch, abating the threat of public intoxication, traffic cone theft...

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An open letter to the Longhorn Football Team from an attendee of this Saturday’s game

Laura Wright October 16, 2012

I know nothing about football. Zip, nada, zilch. I think yard lines are picket fences, the ol’ pigskin is a single stale pork rind and tackling is something you do when initiating a tickle fight....

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