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Texas women’s rugby sets sights on nationals

Blanche Schaefer September 16, 2015

In one of the first meetings of the season, head coach Pattie Adams sat her team down and gave it a choice — to consider 2015 a building season and play for fun or play competitively and make a run...

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UT alumnus motorcycles west across America

Abigail Zeitler September 16, 2015

With just two motorcycles, a tent, a change of clothes and $100 in their pockets, UT alumnus Barron Peper and his lifelong friend Jacob Hoeffner began their journey west. Their expedition, Shift West,...

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Austin couple runs museum of oddities out of East Austin home

Katie Walsh September 15, 2015

A miniature glass bottle of collected eye boogers sits atop a shelf inside Scott and Jen Webel’s East Austin home. Across the room, a fetal pig floating in a jar of its own placenta rests on a ledge...

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Tat-Tuesday: Students share stories about ink

Thomas Boswell September 15, 2015

Editor’s note: Tat-Tuesday is a weekly series that features students around campus and their tattoos. Photos by Graeme Hamilton | Daily Texan Staff Kaitlyn Monahan Asian studies and linguistics...

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Q&A: Amber Tamblyn, Derrick Brown discuss Sexcellence 5.0 Tour

Katie Walsh September 14, 2015

Poet and actress Amber Tamblyn and poet Derrick Brown are launching their fifth poetry tour together, “Sexcellence 5.0,” from the seat of Brown’s motorcycle. The duo will traverse the...

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Science Scene: Bad Habits

Maluly Martinez Benavides and Ellen Airhart September 11, 2015

  College students struggle to keep good habits, especially with obstacles such as Netflix, buffet-style cafeterias and 30-page essays constantly getting in the way. Students can draw upon the...

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PostSecret founder to speak at Long Center Thursday

Katie Walsh September 10, 2015

A postcard that reads “Everybody that knew me before 9/11 thinks I am dead,” was waiting inside PostSecret’s founder Frank Warren’s Maryland mailbox. The anonymous card is one...

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Two graduate studio art students receive annual UMLAUF Prize

Matt Robertson September 10, 2015

Visitors exploring Austin’s UMLAUF Sculpture Garden this year can expect to find a giant banana fountain and a BDSM angel courtesy of UT studio art graduate students and UMLAUF Prize winners Gracelee...

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Merdurhaus Records champions local Austin bands

Rachel Rascoe September 8, 2015

On a muggy Wednesday night at Seventh Street’s Holy Mountain, local band Hovvdy took a break in their set to give special mention to Phil Hutchinson of Merdurhaus Records. The label got started...

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UT public art program hosts art dog walk

Danielle Lopez, Marisa Charpentier, and Cat Cardenas September 8, 2015

Families, students and their panting pups strolled through campus Sunday morning for the first Landmarks Dog Walk, a free tour hosted by the University’s public art program. Landmarks partnered with...

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UT community reflects on Wes Craven’s legacy

Alex Pelham September 2, 2015

Writer and director Wes Craven, who died Sunday from brain cancer, knew how to spook moviegoers with images of mutants, cloaked madmen and a creep with third-degree burns wielding a menacing “knife...

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UT sophomore, country-singer Tyler Dial set to release EP this fall

Clara Wang September 1, 2015

On a typical Thursday night, UT’s rising country singer Tyler Dial is either hanging out with friends having a “Damn Good Time” or on a plane headed to perform the hit single. Tyler...

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