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Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

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The University of Texas tower on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. The tower was lit up orange for the  Womens Indoor Track and Field Big 12 Championship win.

Shining a light on who lights the Tower

Diego Saldana, General Life&Arts Reporter February 27, 2024

As the UT Tower ticks one year closer to 87 years since its dedication, lighting the beacon of the Forty Acres orange looks much different than it did in 1937. Preset with an astronomical clock...

National Book Award-winning author Justin Torres and the UT Archibald A. Hill Regents Professor in American and English Literature Lisa L. Moore at the Harry Ransom Center Auditorium on Feb. 21, 2024.

Plan II, The Joynes Reading Room host reading, conversation with National Book Award winner

Atahan Koksoy, General Life&Arts Reporter February 26, 2024

Author Justin Torres and American and English literature professor, Lisa Moore, stepped onto the stage of the packed Harry Ransom Center Auditorium. The audience, composed of UT students, faculty and...

International Food and Cultures Extravaganza brings together students, orgs

International Food and Cultures Extravaganza brings together students, orgs

Atahan Koksoy, General Life&Arts Reporter February 26, 2024

With the International Food and Cultures Extravaganza in full swing, organizers stood behind piles of various cultural delicacies such as delicious pastries, specialty candies and warm, homemade dumplings,...

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theaters Isabel Wallace-Green in Alvin Aileys Night Creature.

Alvin Ailey Dance Theater returns to Bass Concert Hall to perform iconic dances ‘Revelations’

Helen Li, General Life&Arts Reporter February 23, 2024

In 1981, the curtains of Bass Concert Hall rose for the first time on the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, opening for an unforgettable night of stunning and emotional performance. Forty-three years...

Longhorn Car Club meets at a parking garage rooftop in Austin, Texas on Feb. 17, 2024.

Longhorn Car Club: no car required

Diego Saldana, General Life&Arts Reporter February 23, 2024

A white Lamborghini, a couple of beefed-up Mustangs and an ordinary Toyota Corolla made for just a few of the cars that rolled through Austin’s hill country this Saturday before arriving atop a parking...

Longhorn Singers present ‘Seasons of Love’

Longhorn Singers present ‘Seasons of Love’

Paisley Garza, General Life&Arts Reporter February 23, 2024

Love will take the stage in the form of music with captivating harmonies and entertaining choreography at the Longhorn Singers “Seasons of Love” concert this Saturday.  The program interprets the...

Student-based literacy organization seeks to transform Austin schools

Student-based literacy organization seeks to transform Austin schools

Tyler Pullum, Senior Life&Arts Reporter February 23, 2024

From queer literacy events at the Austin Public Library to organizing relief funds for families experiencing homelessness due to a fire, UT’s Students Expanding Austin Literacy helps young kids throughout...

Longhorn artist Farah Narejo poses in front of her self portrait hanging in Medici Roasting on Feb. 16, 2024.

Studio art sophomore explores collective history through multimedia art

Layla Dajani, General Life&Arts Reporter February 21, 2024

Amidst the steady hum of study groups with a view of pedestrians walking along The Drag, Farah Narejo researched her culture’s history from a corner table in Cafe Medici, half a world away from where...

Advertising sophomore Elly Kong takes notes during an animation discussion hosted by UT professors Dr. Lalitha Gopalan and Dr. Benjamin Bays in a film lab room on Thursday. During the Radio-Television-Film departments Animation Celebration, students attended a series of lectures like this one.

RTF Animation Celebration cultivates community, creativity

Laura Baker, General Life&Arts Reporter February 20, 2024

As students gathered around a screen boasting creative storylines and bold characters, Cindy McCreery, Radio-Television-Film interim chair and professor, admired the sense of community that animation fosters.  The...

CS Roadshow officers (clockwise from top left) Allen Ting, David Tang, Kunal Mody, Peyton Ausburn, Sujitha Seenivasan, Faiza Rahman, Taara Bhaskaruni and Letizia Fazzini stand in front of the Gates-Dell Complex on Tuesday.

Traveling ‘roadshow’ ignites students’ curiosity in computer science

Sabrina Ye, General Life&Arts Reporter February 15, 2024

Light boards spring to life with vibrant patterns, igniting the curiosity of a group of middle schoolers and immersing them in a captivating demonstration. Prior to this display, the students discovered...

UT professor develops PBS docu-series ‘Power Trip: The Story of Energy’

UT professor develops PBS docu-series ‘Power Trip: The Story of Energy’

Athena Tseng, General Life&Arts Reporter February 15, 2024

War. Outer space. The Beatles. How does energy interconnect these seemingly separate topics? The docu-series “Power Trip: The Story of Energy” seeks to answer this question.  In 2019, Michael Webber,...

Student art exhibit R.O.O.T.S creates space for Black artists on campus

Student art exhibit R.O.O.T.S creates space for Black artists on campus

Laura Baker, General Life&Arts Reporter February 14, 2024

A collection of artwork representing culture, diversity and self-expression lined the halls of the Gordon White Building on Feb. 3.  The UT Black Student Alliance’s Freshman Action Team partnered...

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