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Inexpensive Valentine’s Day dates

Inexpensive Valentine’s Day dates

Sarah Cooley, General Life&Arts Reporter February 8, 2024

Students don’t have to drop a pretty penny to celebrate Valentine’s Day. Whether you’re going out with friends or with a special someone, Austin offers many opportunities for excursions that won’t...

Members of the Heavenly Dragon Lion Dance Association perform a traditional Chinese Dragon Dance at the Shirley Bird Perry Ballroom in the Texas Union on Tuesday. Daniel Nguyen, Wesley Vu Tran, Maya Goodman, Greyson Baker, Anthony Pham and Aria Guat performed the dance, while Kevin Gian, James Dam, Tia Truong and Kelly Phan played the musical accompaniment.

UT Ancestral Appreciation and Culture Committee hosts Lunar New Year celebration

Joey Clark, General Life&Arts Reporter February 7, 2024

Sharp cymbal clangs pierce the air accompanied by the deep rumble of drums that resonate throughout the ballroom, stirring the hearts of the crowd and causing the floorboards to tremble. Three sky-blue...

Texas Lonestars host Lonestar Palooza, benefit concert for their nonprofit, Project Princess

Texas Lonestars host Lonestar Palooza, benefit concert for their nonprofit, Project Princess

Trinity Orosco, General Life&Arts Reporter February 2, 2024

Four local bands will electrify West Campus after weeks of diligent planning in hopes of raising money for the local non-profit Project Princess.  Spirit organization Texas Lonestars owns and operates...

The Women's Community Center is pictured on Wednesday.

T Time club helps build transgender, nonbinary student community

Joey Clark, General Life&Arts Reporter February 2, 2024

With the warm scent of tea and hot cocoa wafting from an open door, the sound of laughter and spirited discussion spills out of the Women’s Community Center. T Time, a group for transgender, nonbinary...

Divine Canines celebrates 20 years of helping people with therapy dogs

Divine Canines celebrates 20 years of helping people with therapy dogs

Sarah Cooley, Life&Arts General Reporter January 30, 2024

For just a few minutes, the thoughts of a looming exam, an approaching deadline or a presentation fade away in the presence of an adorable dog. Even after the pups leave, the tranquility remains.  In...

Radio-Television-Film freshman Maddox Stockton on the CMA lawn on Jan. 26, 2023. His recently finished short film “Back Issues” has been submitted to competitions such as Dallas International, Austin, Tibeca and San Diego Comic Con.

Radio-television-film freshmen create fun superhero short film, build confidence

Flora Farr, Senior Life&Arts Reporter January 29, 2024

When Maddox Stockton first walked onto set for his film “Back Issues,” the smoke and darkness against the film’s ‘vigilanteman’, comic superheroes, appeared just as he imagined it for months....

Resources to prepare for freezing weather in Austin

Resources to prepare for freezing weather in Austin

Kaeli Kampschmidt, General Life&Arts Reporter January 29, 2024

This season brings freezing temperatures to the Austin area and nationwide reports alert audiences about increasingly unpredictable weather as the climate changes more and more each year. With this in...

Community members attend the Visual Arts Center’s grand opening for the RRK Collection: Wood Type on Jan. 26, 2024.

Visual Arts Center features students’ wood type projects

Sabrina Ye, General Life&Arts Reporter January 28, 2024

Arranging wooden letter blocks, students in the design studio skillfully lay out their desired pattern. This creative process unfolds as a sheet of paper rolls through the carefully arranged blocks, resulting...

Engineering Chamber Orchestra holds its first rehearsal of 2024 in Music Building and Recital Hall on Jan. 24

Engineering Chamber Orchestra allows STEM students to nurture their love of music

Paisley Garza, Life&Arts General Reporter January 25, 2024

Crescendoing melodies ring throughout the Music Building and Recital Hall as violins, trumpets and more play harmoniously every Wednesday in room 2.106. This auditory spectacle of music comes from the...

Students arrive early for UT Showtime's Thursday night show of Five Nights at Freddy's at the Union Theater on Jan. 18.

UT Showtime: fusing movie screening with communal energy

Diego Saldana, General Life&Arts Reporter January 25, 2024

Easily overlooked in the hub of students frenzying to grab a bite, The Texas Union houses a 300-person theater on the north end of the ground floor. However, stopping by on a Wednesday or Thursday night,...

Rooted members leave to pick up the pieces after SB 17 shuts down partnering program, Monarch

Rooted members leave to pick up the pieces after SB 17 shuts down partnering program, Monarch

Trinity Orosco, General Life&Arts Reporter January 24, 2024

An anonymous alumna said she found herself overcome with disbelief and confusion upon the shutdown of Monarch, a program that provided resources and community for undocumented, DACA and other students...

Winedale ‘band of brothers’ to honor professor in spring production

Winedale ‘band of brothers’ to honor professor in spring production

Flora Farr, Senior Life&Arts Reporter January 18, 2024

In 1983, when 18-year-old James Loehlin first stood in Winedale’s theater barn, he found a home in its isolated wooden magic. Seen by classmates as a ‘boy genius’ due to his extensive knowledge of...

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