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Steps taken toward equal rights in election

Milla Impola November 14, 2012

In the quest for equal rights and sex education in America, some significant strides were made last week, regardless of how we all may feel about the results of the election. After the announcement...

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Texas e-Sports Association hosts second Lone Star Clash tournament

Stuart Railey November 13, 2012

The increasingly popular “Lone Star Clash” gaming tournament, an invitational event pitting professional and collegiate gamers against one another for cash prizes as high as $15,000, returned this...

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Soundgarden stays grunge after 16-year hiatus

Ricky Stein November 13, 2012

Artist: Soundgarden Album: King Animal Label: Seven Four Songs to Download: “Been Away Too Long,” “Bones of Birds” Barrelling in with the appropriately-titled retro-grunge-rocker...

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La Dispute weaves emotional intricacy in songs

Shane Miller November 13, 2012

La Dispute is a band that defies the idea of genres. A post-hardcore band that draws influences from jazz and blues, the group is known to completely switch from slow-spoken poetry to fast punk rock within...

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Psychology professor spreads meditation techniques, medical benefits

Hannah Smothers November 13, 2012

There is a calming stillness that resonates throughout the third floor of the Sarah M. and Charles E. Seay Building. Aside from the occasional drumming of footsteps or the rare interruption of a ringing...

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Jenna Radtke supplies Austin with a flamboyant selection of costumes at Lucy in Disguise

Lindsey Cherner November 12, 2012

Editors Note: The Record is a biweekly segment dedicated to featuring the people and traditions that make The University of Texas such a distinct place. Follow The Record on Twitter. Lucy in...

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OneMillionBones project raises genocide awareness through art on South Mall

Faith Ann Ruszkowski November 12, 2012

UT students and their collaborators will lie 6,500 to 7,000 clay bones on the grass of the South Mall Tuesday. The area usually populated by students studying in the sun will be transformed into a symbolic...

Son makes film to dive into his father, William Colby’s, life as CIA director

Olivia Arena November 12, 2012

Carl Colby grew up as the son of a spy, not necessarily a father. Shrouded in mystery, William Colby spent nearly 30 years serving the United States as both CIA director and Spymaster. In Colby’s...

Alumnus John Schwartz chronicles son’s sexual identity struggle in memoir ‘Oddly Normal’

Bobby Blanchard November 12, 2012

There are not a lot of books that explore a child’s coming out story from the eyes of his parents, but with parental love and a journalistic style, “Oddly Normal: One Family’s Struggle...

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Local Live with Levi Weaver

Alexandra Hart November 9, 2012

The trajectory of Levi Weaver’s career is a hard one to pin. The Nashville-based singer/songwriter’s rise has been one marked by unpredictability — with peaks and valleys ranging from...

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Latest addition to Bond series delivers some of best action scenes

Alex Williams November 9, 2012

Fifty years after the iconic secret agent ordered his first martini, shaken, not stirred, we find the Bond franchise at an impasse. “Casino Royale,” Daniel Craig’s series debut, was one...

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“Smashed” powerful but short study of alcoholism

Alex Williams November 9, 2012

November is apparently the month of the alcoholism message movie, and between last week’s harrowing “Flight” and Sony Pictures Classics’ unsettling “Smashed,” the topic...

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