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Proper training, caution can prevent running injuries in Austin Marathon

Ellen Airhart February 12, 2015

This Sunday, 18,000 runners will participate in the 24th annual Austin Marathon — a 26.2-mile footrace around the city — in which some will experience cramps, vomiting and loss of bladder...

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Opinion: Casting women in ‘Ghostbusters’ nothing to be frightened about

Alex Pelham February 11, 2015

New York may be the city that never sleeps, but Hollywood is the city that never stops. Franchises across Hollywood are either “rebooting” or adding to already complicated plotline tangles....

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Dos Lunas hand-crafted cheese sticks locally sourced, sold on-campus

Mary Cantrell February 11, 2015

The road to success didn’t come cheesey for Joaquin Avellan.  Avellan specializes in making hand-crafted artisan cheese sold at Central Market and Austin-area restaurants. His latest venture...

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UT senior and double-amputee hikes Mount Kilimanjaro for the second time

Katie Walsh February 11, 2015

Hiking to the top of Africa’s highest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro, requires immense physical strength — something government senior Alex D’Jamoos, a double amputee who climbed the mountain,...

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UT architecture professor publishes fiction book “My Beautiful City Austin”

Cat Cardenas February 10, 2015

What happens when an architect’s client wants a house that looks like it was designed by “a group of super-sized drag queens”? This is the plot to one of seven short stories featured...

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UHS stores clerk shares love for traveling

Marisa Charpentier February 10, 2015

The R&B sounds of Barry White and Marvin Gaye echo from a desk in the medical supply room of the Student Services Building. Doctors file in and out to grab their lab coats. Vendors walk through to...

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“Seventh Son” boasts A-list performers, is mercilessly boring

Charles Liu February 6, 2015

Universal Studios’ “Seventh Son,” a fantasy film by Sergei Bodrov, boasts gorgeous vistas, a couple of action scenes and A-list performers, such as Jeff Bridges and Julianne Moore. Unfortunately,...

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“Jupiter Ascending” delivers messy, illogical story and uninspired characters

Alex Pelham February 6, 2015

In “Jupiter Ascending,” released Friday, directors Andy and Lana Wachowski attempt to combine a space opera, an action-adventure spectacle and political power struggle into one epic film. Instead,...

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“Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” exhibition brings life to 150-year-old children’s story

Megan Kallus February 6, 2015

Human-sized playing cards cover the walls of the Harry Ransom Center and fully-decorated tea tables with pullout chairs prompt visitors to engage in games of make-believe. For children and adults alike,...

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Science Scene: Study sheds light on dark side of binge-watching

Robert Starr February 5, 2015

When the “Are you still watching ‘Glee’?” message pops up on your TV after 10 straight hours of powering through the second season, it’s hard not to think Netflix is judging...

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“5 Dollar Stories” bridges social gap between homeless community and students

Mary Cantrell February 4, 2015

Armed with his camera, his social media accounts and a stack of $5 bills, graduate student Kyle Miller spreads a simple message: respect others.  This year, Miller launched a charitable photo campaign...

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Artist Dani Leventhal brings experimental videos to campus

Estefania de Leon February 3, 2015

A crying baby, a storage building and a chicken pecking at ice all have one thing in common — they play a part in artist Dani Leventhal’s short experimental video “54 Days this Winter,...

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