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Are you ‘skee-rious?’: Austin Skeeball League provides competition, camaraderie

Eleanor Dearman March 25, 2014

Lavaca Street Bar seems like a standard sports bar at first glance. Most of it is occupied by friends sitting around crowded tables, talking over each other and watching March Madness, but around the corner...

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Louis Murillo might be the Texas Longhorns’ most dedicated fan

Sam Hays March 3, 2014

Eighty-three-year-old Louis Murillo said he would never sell his home — not even for a million dollars. That’s because almost everything inside Murillo’s small, East Austin home...

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UT grad student Julie Westerman seeks to educate through travel

Eleanor Dearman February 24, 2014

Brightly colored posters, paintings and photos from around the world cover the white walls of educational administration graduate student Julie Westerman’s South Austin apartment. Her shelves are...

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UT student reflects on childhood in Juarez and life in Austin

Roy Cathey February 17, 2014

Seated calmly in the sunshine outside the Perry-Castaneda Library, Daniel Ozuna looks perfectly at home in Austin. With his relaxed demeanor and perpetual smile, it comes as a surprise that this UT student...

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UT student organization, GirlAdvocates!, mentors Webb Middle School students

Kat Sampson February 3, 2014

While many of her fellow classmates were concerning themselves with J2’s ever-changing menu, nutrition junior Lauren Caton, the founder and current president of GirlAdvocates! was seeking out UT...

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Winter Wild

January 15, 2014

Over the last month, The Daily Texan Multimedia staff left the comforts of Austin for destinations all over the Americas. Each photographer set out to encapsulate a new land and recreate the ethos surrounding...

Leading lady in “MEMPHIS” talks about tour and telling history through music

Eleanor Dearman December 4, 2013

Set in the 1950s, “MEMPHIS” tells the story of disc jockey Huey Calhoun’s decision to break racial boundaries by sharing rhythm and blues music with the world. Calhoun also falls in love...

Ukulele Orchestra stops in Austin

Elena Keltner November 20, 2013

Since the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain formed 28 years ago, it has been working to make the ukulele an instrument that belongs in more places than just Hawaiian beaches. “When we started,...

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Lone Star Jedi not just another fan group

Hannah Smothers November 20, 2013

A small piece of a galaxy far, far away comes to Butler Park every Monday night around 6:30 p.m. “On the far away world of Dantooine, a Jedi knight observes the way of the force,” said Paul...

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Blanton Museum Shop hosts jewelry trunk show

Eleanor Dearman November 20, 2013

Rose Anderson left Austin for the West Texas desert of Marfa, all for the sake of her art.  “When I moved here, I made a very deliberate choice to pack my glue gun and screen printing machine...

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Selfie named word of the year for 2013

Kelsey McKinney November 19, 2013

In a surprising come-from behind-win, "selfie" has been named by Oxford Dictionaries as the 2013 Word of the Year.  While we all love to take pictures of ourselves with our front facing...

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Lead actor from “Breaking Bad,” Bryan Cranston, visits Austin

Joe Capraro November 15, 2013

If you thought you saw Walter White around campus this week, it might not just have been your Breaking Bad withdrawals. Bryan Cranston has been in Austin doing research for his role as Lyndon...

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