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Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

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Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

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Social media, applications provide new student resources

Rainy Schermerhorn February 1, 2012

Although many people use Facebook strictly as a way to keep in touch with friends and family, numerous developers have begun to take advantage of the social community Facebook has to offer by implementing...

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Foreplay not just pre-sex ritual

Elyana Barrera February 1, 2012

Editor's note: Hump Day is The Daily Texan's weekly sex and sexuality column. There seems to be a lot of advice in magazines and daytime talk shows about “trying out new things”...

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Lana Del Rey follows formula for fame

Aleksander Chan January 31, 2012

As quickly as she became Internet famous, Lana Del Rey has become a divisive songstress. Her “gangster Nancy Sinatra” (as her publicist would have it) eyebrows, music video vamping and droning,...

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Leonard Cohen releases new album with “Old Ideas”

Elijah Watson January 31, 2012

“He’s a lazy bastard living in a suit,” begins Leonard Cohen’s “Going Home,” the opener for his latest release, Old Ideas. Talking to a fictionalized self, Cohen battles...

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Bikram yoga promotes discipline in sweaty environment

Karin Samelson January 31, 2012

Imagine floating aimlessly along in your thoughts, forgetting tomorrow’s worries and soaring through the present. That is, until an exhausted man to your right starts getting out of the shavasana...

Eclectic new album might confuse conventional listeners

Elizabeth Hinojos January 31, 2012

A fragmented mirage in the Mojave Desert ricocheting in and out of view would be an adequate image to pair with the music in Sumach Valentine’s sophomore album, MU.ZZ.LE. Under the moniker Gonjasufi,...

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Saxophone player shines with major

Jessica Lee January 30, 2012

We live in a society where the word “saxophone” immediately triggers you to hum the tune of George Michael’s “Careless Whisper.” Music composition senior Walter Nichols would...

Authors addresses questions regarding universe’s formation

Robert Starr January 30, 2012

One of the most baffling philosophical questions of all time is why we’re here. Or, to put it another way, why is there anything instead of nothing at all? Why does the universe exist and if there’s...

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Occupy UT sponsors tour of ‘racist’ campus landmarks

Samuel Liebl January 30, 2012

An inscription next to the Littlefield Fountain honoring the Confederacy is one example of the University's racist legacy, Edmund Gordon, professor of African and African diaspora studies explained...

Young adult novel tells tale of cancer survivors

ChinLin Pan January 30, 2012

Young adult author and YouTube star John Green has done it again. Like his previous award-winning novels for teens, including “Looking For Alaska” and “Paper Towns,” Green's...

“The Face Thief” leaves no lasting impression

Sara Benner January 30, 2012

A woman finds herself falling down a staircase after somebody brutally pushes her. An expert in body language finds a new student who seems to know almost as much about the skill as he does, if not more....

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Confidence key to making a fashion statement

Andreina Velazquez January 30, 2012

In an immeasurable sea of T-shirts and backpacks, it is impossible to pay attention to all the clothing choices we’re exposed to during the hustle and bustle of class transitions on any given day....

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