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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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UT American Sign Language community bridges deaf and hearing worlds

UT American Sign Language community bridges deaf and hearing worlds

Corinne Piorokowski, General Life&Arts Reporter April 13, 2023

Before becoming an associate professor of American Sign Language in 2007, Deborah White worked with families of deaf infants and was already passionate about teaching. Now, she teaches students her...

Stories of Stories: Old Main didn’t fall in vain

Stories of Stories: Old Main didn’t fall in vain

Katie Chang, General Life&Arts Reporter April 13, 2023

An iconic ideogram stands in the center of the Forty Acres. Breaking its silence every quarter hour, the landmark has kept careful watch over football rallies, demonstrations and commencement ceremonies...

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Amid college stress, Longhorn Art Therapy Club promotes de-stressing through art

Arlinne Montemayor, General Life&Arts Reporter April 12, 2023

Relaxing art projects livened up Mason Henegar’s windowless room in spring 2021, catapulting her to ask on Reddit if anyone would be interested in an art therapy group. Longhorn Art Therapy Club launched...

Professor Gray Garmon, director of the Center for Integrated Design, poses with a copy of a newsprint created in Co-Designing for Peace.

Co-designing for Peace class explores methods for peace in inclusive, collaborative environment

Meera Hatangadi, General Life&Arts Reporter April 11, 2023

Throughout history, peace usually follows the end of war and conflict. But for UT professor Gray Garmon, the concept of peace could encompass a much larger scope.  “We don't define love as the opposite...

Texas Dragon/Lion Dance Team prepares for national championship

Texas Dragon/Lion Dance Team prepares for national championship

Amelia Engstrom, General Life&Arts Reporter April 10, 2023

Anxiously waiting inside the head of the lion, Ana Marcela Cantu listens for the beat of the tanggu to begin performing her first competitive lion dance with her teammates. “Going to (the) competition,...

A student walks past the Austintatious mural on the wall of the UT Co-op on the morning of April 10. Councilman Zohaib Zo Qadri presented the original three artist of the mural with an award last week to celebrate 50 years of the mural.

University Co-Op’s “Austintatious” mural celebrates 50 years of student creativity

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

Striking, colorful and undeniably eye-catching, the University Co-Op’s “Austintatious” mural stretches across the store’s exterior on the corner of 23rd St. An enduring testament to Austin's unique...

Stories of Stories: Garrison Hall, Herbert Greene’s humble genius

Stories of Stories: Garrison Hall, Herbert Greene’s humble genius

Katie Chang, General Life&Arts Reporter April 6, 2023

Tucked behind a canopy of live oaks sits an understated edifice. The building’s dull colors and subtle ornaments don’t accrue the same fanfare as Battle Hall, its esteemed sister, but upon a closer...

Haley Jústiz balances school with entrepreneurship to change the world through business

Haley Jústiz balances school with entrepreneurship to change the world through business

Isabella Zeff, General Life&Arts Reporter April 5, 2023

Haley Jústiz considers her first entrepreneurial venture to be a “Hunger Games” fan page she launched on Instagram as a middle schooler, which amassed over 300,000 followers. Now a Plan II and...

The Daily Texan celebrates figures with autism

The Daily Texan celebrates figures with autism

Stephanie Jumper, General Life&Arts Reporter April 2, 2023

With over 8 billion people in the world, humanity houses an infinite amount of brain types.  Individuals with autism — a neurological and developmental spectrum disorder — makeup about 1% of the world’s...

Student artist Jessica Nguyen takes chance on future in art

Student artist Jessica Nguyen takes chance on future in art

Amelia Engstrom, General Life&Arts Reporter March 31, 2023

Leaving the rush of college life in America, a trip across the Atlantic Ocean led Jessica Nguyen to experience the leisure of Aix-en-Provence, France. During her semester abroad, Nguyen spent her days...

Kristine Hernandez takes control of her creative vision through selling embroidery at University Co-op

Kristine Hernandez takes control of her creative vision through selling embroidery at University Co-op

Isabella Zeff, General Life&Arts Reporter March 30, 2023

Kristine Hernandez created an embroidery design at 3 a.m. from her Kinsolving bedroom — a frog with a cowboy hat that reads “Howdy from Austin.” She said she never anticipated sweatshirts embroidered...

On March 28, UT-Austin associate professor Monica Muñoz Martinez poses outside of a history building on campus. Recently, Martinez was named USA Today Woman of the Year.

UT history professor named USA Today Woman of the Year

Tess Harmon and Celeste Hoover March 30, 2023

USA Today’s Women of the Year project recognized UT professor Monica Muñoz Martinez as a national honoree for her work shedding light on the history of Mexican Americans in Texas during the 20th...

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