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UT Bollywood fusion dance teams share experiences at national competition

UT Bollywood fusion dance teams share experiences at national competition

Meera Hatangadi, General Life&Arts Reporter April 20, 2023

When Bollywood fusion dance team Texas Talaash walked on stage at Knight Theater in Charlotte, North Carolina, applause echoed throughout the room. The team took to the stage right after a performance...

Día de los Niños event brings nostalgia, fun to students

Día de los Niños event brings nostalgia, fun to students

Arlinne Montemayor, General Life&Arts Reporter April 19, 2023

Excited cheers and Latin music filled the Main Mall as the Chavo del Ocho piñata hit the grass. Alina Almaraz gazed gleefully at the crowd of smiling faces, admiring the payoff of her hard work.  A...

Plants easy for college students to maintain, give back to Earth

Plants easy for college students to maintain, give back to Earth

Minza Mirza, General Life&Arts Reporter April 18, 2023

Amidst the season of flowers flourishing in the sun, National Gardening Month and Earth Day emphasize incorporating greenery and plant-life into one’s daily life to improve oneself and the Earth. However,...

Jewish students discuss community, faith, observing Passover at UT

Jewish students discuss community, faith, observing Passover at UT

Minza Mirza, General Life&Arts Reporter April 12, 2023

As Emily Kolach and Bindi Kaplan found themselves sharing childhood memories and familial traditions with their Jewish peers on campus, they simultaneously fortified new connections and adopted new customs.  For...

Students host celebration of Hispanic, Latinx culture at on-campus quinceañera

Students host celebration of Hispanic, Latinx culture at on-campus quinceañera

Melani Alanis, General Life&Arts Reporter April 5, 2023

Celebrated among Latinx and Hispanic communities, a quinceañera typically happens on a girl’s 15th birthday. This celebration symbolizes her passage into adulthood, and is normally hosted alongside...

Around Austin: events, things to do this April

Around Austin: events, things to do this April

Logan Dubel, Senior Life&Arts Reporter April 3, 2023

On the heels of the Country Music Television Music Awards, the month of April showers Austin with a variety of activities, including events focusing on sports, fashion, music and more. As the semester...

Off the Cuff: University Fashion Group builds viral community on TikTok

Off the Cuff: University Fashion Group builds viral community on TikTok

Celeste Hoover, General Life&Arts Reporter March 23, 2023

A UT student smiles as she points out each element of her carefully curated outfit to the camera, from her thrifted denim skirt to her pink tank top adorned with ruffles and gold sequins. She giggles as...

University Co-op’s Tower Thrift provides close-to-campus thrifting, with profits going to scholarships

University Co-op’s Tower Thrift provides close-to-campus thrifting, with profits going to scholarships

Arlinne Montemayor, Life&Arts General Reporter March 21, 2023

Racks of clothes fill the warmly lit, retro-inspired department. However, Tower Thrift does not stand alone like many other thrift spots. Instead, the new section operates on one half of the University...

‘A Burning’ reading event gives insight to future writers, activists

‘A Burning’ reading event gives insight to future writers, activists

Anai Jaime, General Life&Arts Reporter March 10, 2023

Megha Majumdar, with her creation in hand and a fire in her eyes, stands illuminated by the glow of the Harry Ransom Center’s stage, ready to share a vulnerable part of her life in reading her debut...

Digital interview series ‘People of Liberal Arts’ showcases COLA’s finest

Digital interview series ‘People of Liberal Arts’ showcases COLA’s finest

Stephanie Jumper, General Life&Arts Reporter March 7, 2023

Upbeat tunes signaling the introduction fade as light gleams against the interviewee’s face. The guest poses across from a social media intern sitting off screen. Even after their conversation ends,...

Polymath Creative Collective art gallery showcases student art, gives back to community

Polymath Creative Collective art gallery showcases student art, gives back to community

Minza Mirza, General Life&Arts Reporter March 7, 2023

With steady hands, Ren Daley gathers her apparatus for the procedure. The neuroscience sophomore wields the needle carefully against her subject, stopping every now and then to ensure absolute precision....

Around Austin: events, things to do this March

Around Austin: events, things to do this March

Logan Dubel, Senior Life&Arts Reporter March 1, 2023

No matter the month, Austin boasts an endless list of exciting events. As the semester reaches the halfway mark, temperatures heat up and Texas bluebonnets bloom along the Main Mall, The Daily Texan compiled...

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