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‘Breaking Dawn’ ends the ‘Twilight’ series with a whimper, not a bang

Alex Williams November 16, 2012

“Twilight” is the kind of franchise whose success simultaneously makes zero sense and all the sense in the world. It’s an exercise in horrible, horrible writing and characterization,...

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Steven Spielberg and Daniel Day-Lewis create a well-made biopic with ‘Lincoln’

Alex Williams November 16, 2012

Steven Spielberg has made plenty of films about war, films like “Saving Private Ryan”  and “War Horse” that have painted alternately horrifying and moving pictures of the great...

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Relocated band makes home in Austin, plays opening show at newly opened Holy Mountain

Alexandra Hart November 16, 2012

There’s no glitter left at 617 East Seventh Street, the space formerly occupied by Beauty Bar. The beehive-clad silhouettes and Neapolitan painted walls have been replaced with richly colored reclaimed...

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People’s online presences influence how they create identities and interact in real life

Hannah Smothers November 15, 2012

Social networking interfaces such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are more than just communication catalysts. According to multiple studies, these websites, which many users check before getting out...

UT’s Objectivism Society says the philosophy is gaining influence

Elizabeth Williams November 15, 2012

Thirty years after her death, Ayn Rand, the Russian-American novelist and philosopher, is still making headlines. Among statements of admiration and dismissal by several public figures such as Paul Ryan...

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Chromosomes get second

Robert Starr November 15, 2012

Check out Daily Texan Multimedia's portrayal of this week's Science Scene. Most of us are born with 46 chromosomes, but because of genetic defects some people are born with one more. This “trisomy”...

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DJ Mel spreads Austin vibe around the country — including Obama’s election party

Eli Watson November 15, 2012

Austin-based disc jockey Mel Cavaricci, known as DJ Mel, has been a part of the city’s party scene for more than 15 years. He’s done just about everything: performing at the Austin City Limits...

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Title Fight finds playing music to be gratifying

Shane Miller November 14, 2012

Pennsylvanian band Title Fight will bring their alternative punk sound to Red 7 Wednesday. The band is currently on tour with Pianos Become the Teeth and Single Mothers to promote their third album, Floral...

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Tiny art finds its place in equally tiny Callicarpa gallery

Laura Wright November 14, 2012

A small group of students gather in a large, industrial-looking classroom in the Art Building and Museum last Monday night that holds both a sculpture studio and the tiny Callicarpa gallery. The students...

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‘Some Girl(s)’ play to educate students about the world of acting

Jasmin Carina Castanon November 14, 2012

Jeremy Lee Cudd, a theatre and dance lecturer, claims to have been a bad actor at the beginning of his career. But he is now using the undergraduate acting project production of “Some Girl(s)”...

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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