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Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

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Campus cultural committees host election watch party at SAC

Laura Wright November 6, 2012

Public relations and political communication senior Antonio Guevara first approached Carissa Kelley, the current president of the Student Events Center, with the idea for Decision 2012 last year. The Student...

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Music and comedy fans brave storms of dust at Fun Fun Fun Fest

Hannah Smothers and Shane Miller November 5, 2012

Check out Daily Texan Multimedia's video recap of Fun Fun Fun Fest 2012. An army of bandana-covered fans marched through dust-covered Auditorium Shores for the offbeat Fun Fun Fun Fest to see the...

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Dance professor Yacov Sharir researches virtual reality and interactive systems to advance modern dance

Sarah-Grace Sweeney November 5, 2012

Follow The Record on Twitter. Yacov Sharir has studied interactive systems, virtual realities, wearable computers and computer animation. But beyond that he is a dance professor. The technology Sharir...

Fun Fun Fun Fest keeps its own beat

Hannah Smothers November 2, 2012

Rising from the still settling dust, or mud, of this year’s Austin City Limits Music Festival, comes the seventh annual Fun Fun Fun Fest, Austin’s premier “anti” music festival. “Nothing...

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Zemeckis reaches new cinematic heights with ‘Flight’

Alex Williams November 2, 2012

Ever since 2000’s “Cast Away,” director Robert Zemeckis has stuck to developing motion capture cinema, most notably with 2007’s preposterously violent adaptation of “Beowulf.”...

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Latest Disney animated film aims for wide audience, disappointing in lack of depth

Alex Williams November 2, 2012

Video games are the biggest time suck a college student can encounter. Facebook and the demands of maintaining a decent GPA are reason enough to let your consoles collect dust. However, everyone remembers...

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Fun Fun Fun Fest features big acts and underground artists, three days of music

Hannah Smothers and Shane Miller November 2, 2012

A comprehensive lineup of musicians and comedians will assemble at the seventh annual Fun Fun Fun Fest this weekend at Auditorium Shores. FFFFest’s four stages will run from noon to 10 p.m....

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Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros to bring creative energy to Fun Fun Fun Fest

Hannah Smothers November 1, 2012

Indie rock band Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros has managed to keep itself somewhat removed from the mainstream avenue of the music scene despite its growing success. While a generation of starry-eyed...

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Event LIGHT | NIGHT will give out free bike lights

Jasmin Carina Castanon November 1, 2012

There are 11,563 registered bikes at UT, according to Parking and Transportation Services. While biking without a helmet is legal in the state of Texas, biking at night without a bike light is still against...

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Relativity entangled

Robert Starr November 1, 2012

Check out Daily Texan Multimedia's portrayal of this week's Science Scene. A study published a month-and-a-half ago came to the conclusion that a specific variety of genetically modified corn...

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UT Language Creation Society invites students to learn origins of newer languages

Laura Wright November 1, 2012

“It’s like asking, what if you combined Korean and French?” business freshman Alex Sands said. Sands wasn’t talking about combining culinary styles, an obvious guess for this rare...

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Fun Fun Fun Fest cannon launches Torchy’s tacos

Eli Watson November 1, 2012

The Fun Fun Fun Fest taco cannon stands proudly on all-terrain wheels. It is coated in jet black paint, with its long barrel pointing high towards the sky. The cannon’s controller shoots off three...

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