Outside a Grand Union suite, a group of restless students strum away at guitars, heads ducked down into their chests as they quietly sing to themselves. The anxiety in the air is high as each individual...
On a past trip to a remote Rajasthani village, Devika Kumar, a Plan II and international relations and global studies freshman, noticed that many women were unfamiliar with proper menstrual hygiene.
Kumar,...
Tattoo lovers have come to relish Friday the 13th. Shops across the country offer discounted tattoos for the price of only $13, provided they incorporate the number into the designs. The leads to...
In the past year, rising Islamophobic rhetoric in the United States has spawned an increase of nonviolent protests on campus and around Austin. Screenwriter Yasir Masood and director Quoc Huynh —...
The spooky season is never complete without a new slate of frightening TV shows and movies, and Strange Town Production brings it right here to Austin.
“Strange Town” is a KLRU-TV series...
On a bustling Saturday night, an unusual triangular house goes overlooked by concert-goers dressed to the nines as they hasten through Symphony Square.
Built by a former slave in 1871, the Hamilton...
The city of Austin’s character is undoubtedly distinct. Filmmaker and UT alumnus David N. Reyes knows this as much as the next Austinite and decided to cast it as a main character in his latest film,...
Every city has its own claim to fame — a famous restaurant, a historical monument, an urban legend. Austin has several, but Barton Springs may just be the crown jewel.
Barton Springs sits near...
As the first openly gay man to talk about homosexuality on the radio and the organizer of the first gay-rights demonstration protesting the treatment of LGBTQ in the military, Randy Wicker found himself...
Cliff Butler, the pastry chef at Dobie Twenty21 Student Spaces, serves hundreds of students a day. Starting next Monday, Butler will serve up not only sweet treats, but also large helpings of entertainment...
Every senior faces hurdles before graduation. For accounting and philosophy senior Michael Mott, the long list of senior year hurdles is punctuated by a battle with bone cancer.
Last month, doctors...
When UT professor emeritus David B. Gracy II saw the events that unraveled in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August, he said he felt demoralized.
Gracy is a descendant of Confederate Major George Washington...
