Andrea Gibson and Anis Mojgani are internationally acclaimed poets who publish books with Write Bloody Publishing, a poetry press based here in Austin. The pair will perform in the Joynes Reading Room...
This past week, a 55-foot-wide meteor flew over the city of Chelyabinsk, Russia, leaving a trail of smoke in the Siberian skies and producing a shock wave powerful enough to shatter windows and injure...
With approximately 1700 UT students, 170 Team Leads and two shifts of volunteers headed into the Dove Springs community, Project 2013 is a community effort by UT to help revitalize disadvantaged areas...
Behind UT’s extensive umbrella of web services and interfaces, ITS Applications headed by Julienne VanDerZiel helps to better integrate these features into the daily lives of students and faculty...
Each Saturday evening a neon glow and rising roar buzzes from the fraternity houses in West Campus. As the sun rises on another Sunday, the once pristine party site leaves in its wake a mountain of red...
Last week, on the eve of America’s most romantic holiday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released two analyses which “provide an in-depth look at the severe human and economic...
In the basement of Austin Java Parkway there lies a mini culture of comedians throwing their best jokes about weed, religion, porn and social norms at their audience.
Every Wednesday at 9:00 p.m.,...
Traveling down Old Highway 20 just east of Austin to the Sherwood Forest Faire feels like a journey into the past. In its fourth year, the local Renaissance Faire has become a highlight of Texas’...
Portland band Starfucker, or STRFKR, has a reputation for producing electronic dance hits and live shows as provocative as their name. 2011’s Reptilians hooked music critics and, with Miracle Mile,...
If professor Gerhardt Zimmermann had a choice, he would play second base for the Cincinnati Reds. Polio knocked the wind out of that.
But then again, until his first rehearsal after making second...
There is nothing like a horde of fit, motivated marathon runners washing over the city to make a person feel inadequate.
Every year, thousands of marathon runners crowd the closed streets of Austin...
For decades, jumping out of flying aircraft and diving toward Earth has been a necessity for the military and, more recently, an adrenaline sport for civilians. But for those who have a fear of heights,...
