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Austin Students for a Democratic Society protests Supreme Court affirmative action decision

Austin Students for a Democratic Society protests Supreme Court affirmative action decision

Celeste Hoover, General Life&Arts Reporter July 10, 2023

“UT is 5% Black and 21% Hispanic/Latino, Texas is 12% Black and 39% Hispanic/Latino,” Jules Lattimore through a megaphone to a crowd of tourists and families outside the gates of Texas Capitol...

Physician, cartoonist Dr. Grace Farris uses graphic medicine to educate, connect

Physician, cartoonist Dr. Grace Farris uses graphic medicine to educate, connect

Amelia Engstrom, Life&Arts General Reporter July 3, 2023

The sign reading “wet tissues” outside the wet tissues lab at Dell Seton Medical Center certainly does not imply a room full of wet wipes or used Kleenex. Despite this, Dr. Grace Farris chuckles at...

Texas Betas navigate cultivating first-generation student success

Texas Betas navigate cultivating first-generation student success

Diego Saldaña, General Life&Arts Reporter June 27, 2023

As of 2021, UT’s enrollment of first-generation students amounted to 9,387 undergraduates. This created the largest population of first-generation students in the University’s history, making up...

Tat Tuesday: Matching ‘mushroom cat’ tattoos mark reminder of childhood friendship

Tat Tuesday: Matching ‘mushroom cat’ tattoos mark reminder of childhood friendship

Sage Dunlap, Life&Arts Editor June 19, 2023

Scrolling through TikTok, Janee Welcome came across a matching tattoo design of a pair of cheery cats wearing mushroom hats. Welcome approached her two best friends with the design, assuring them the tattoo...

Student entrepreneur finds community in religious startup

Student entrepreneur finds community in religious startup

Celeste Hoover, Life&Arts General Reporter June 19, 2023

Editor's note: A previous version of this article misspelled Trenton Balcombe's last name. The Texan regrets this error.  Growing up in Dallas, finance junior Trenton Balcombe found support and love...

UT professor, Art Galleries at Black Studies spotlight Black art, artists, museums on campus

UT professor, Art Galleries at Black Studies spotlight Black art, artists, museums on campus

Aaron Boehmer, Life&Arts Desk Editor April 20, 2023

Cherise Smith describes the Christian-Green Gallery as a “jewel box” in the middle of campus — small, digestible and accessible. Each time Smith walks up to the second floor of Jester Center and...

Wee’s Cozy Kitchen: Malaysian restaurant in back of gas station

Wee’s Cozy Kitchen: Malaysian restaurant in back of gas station

Katie Chang, General Life&Arts Reporter April 19, 2023

Take a peek into the Shell on 24th and Rio Grande Street. Behind a beer cave and shelves stocked with chips and champagne, there’s a small galley kitchen occupied by bok choy, bean sprouts and owner...

Pre-med student organization highlights liberal arts majors

Pre-med student organization highlights liberal arts majors

Stephanie Jumper, General Life&Arts Reporter April 19, 2023

Teaching a group of children in foster care to dance in a Costa Rican arts school, Gabriella Gonzalez’s interest in emotional support blends with her creative abilities. After working internationally...

Student artist Rae Marquez releases debut single ‘Be Aware’

Prisha Mehta, General Life&Arts Reporter April 19, 2023

Last summer, minutes before Rachel Marquez sat down to take a morning exam for a business class, news of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade broke media outlets across the country. Shocked...

Using music to empower women: Niñas Arriba program raises money for girls in El Salvador to complete a college education

Using music to empower women: Niñas Arriba program raises money for girls in El Salvador to complete a college education

Trisha Dasgupta, Senior Life&Arts Reporter April 18, 2023

Gina Chavez started releasing music in 2007, making waves as an internationally-acclaimed Latinx pop artist. Resonating with audiences around Austin and the world for the past 16 years, her most recent...

Moontower Just for Laughs Comedy Festival mixes legends with rising stars

Moontower Just for Laughs Comedy Festival mixes legends with rising stars

Logan Dubel, Senior Life&Arts Reporter April 17, 2023

When Andrew Murphy moved to Austin after high school, he said he had no plans. In the spirit of his new city, he started working at a meat market, where in between chopping the daily pick, he grew close...

Austin’s wildflowers bloom, despite inconsistent Texas weather

Austin’s wildflowers bloom, despite inconsistent Texas weather

Logan Dubel, Senior Life&Arts Reporter April 13, 2023

Delicate yet fruitful, blue and pink petals bud along the Main Mall as wildflowers spring into bloom. Bluebonnets, Texas’ official state flower, peaked in late March, according to the Lady Bird Wildflower...

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