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Arab American Heritage Month offers time of reflection, conversations about culture, identity

Arab American Heritage Month offers time of reflection, conversations about culture, identity

Alishba Javaid, Life and Arts Reporter April 28, 2022

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the April 26, 2022 flipbook. When Youssef Negm first moved to the U.S. from Cairo, Egypt, for safety reasons after the Arab Spring and Egyptian Revolution,...

Maddie Petaway performs poetry at Texas Revue 2022, wins 1st

Maddie Petaway performs poetry at Texas Revue 2022, wins 1st

Sarai Cantu, Life and Arts Reporter April 28, 2022

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the April 26, 2022 flipbook. Ignoring her many doubts, Maddie Petaway recited lines of poetry and rehearsed her stances in preparation for the curtain call....

The Asian Memory Project reflects on Asian representation through music, art

The Asian Memory Project reflects on Asian representation through music, art

Isabella Gonzalez, Life & Arts Reporter April 28, 2022

Colorful lights cast playful shadows on the rehearsal room walls. Cherry blossom vines wrap around music stands. Three instruments adorn the Asian Memory Project’s makeshift stage: a grand piano, a cello...

Dinner with 16 Longhorns connects students through food and good conversation

Dinner with 16 Longhorns connects students through food and good conversation

Kiernan McCormick, Life and Arts Reporter April 25, 2022

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the April 22, 2022 flipbook. A unique opportunity for Austin Viktorin to engage with fellow UT students came from an unlikely source: his mom via Facebook...

Ways to celebrate Earth Day, live sustainably

Ways to celebrate Earth Day, live sustainably

Jessica Garcia, Life and Arts Reporter April 25, 2022

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the April 22, 2022 flipbook. Earth Day unites people worldwide in celebration of the modern environmental movement and brings awareness to different ways...

Sound in Sculpture’s Eighth Annual performance moves audience with music and physical art

Sound in Sculpture’s Eighth Annual performance moves audience with music and physical art

Leeza Meyer, Life and Arts General Reporter April 25, 2022

The composer gave a slight nod, and the Anna Hiss Gymnasium Courtyard flooded with choral voices and string instruments. Singers took turns performing in different languages, and a string solo played rhythmic...

Longhorn powerlifting wins big at collegiate nationals, bringing home medals and team spirit

Longhorn powerlifting wins big at collegiate nationals, bringing home medals and team spirit

Sarai Cantu, Life and Arts Reporter April 21, 2022

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the April 19, 2022 flipbook. Running her fingers over the grooves of the barbell, Bella Vargas gripped the steep bar and murmured her powerlifting prayer....

Partners in Health Engage strives for healthcare education, holds upcoming rally

Partners in Health Engage strives for healthcare education, holds upcoming rally

Sarai Cantu, Life and Arts Reporter April 21, 2022

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the April 19, 2022 flipbook. Sending off the final forms, Hailey Myers breathed out a sigh of relief. Reclining against her chair with a somber feeling...

GSC holds event for Black Asian solidarity, fosters intimate discussion on intersectionality

GSC holds event for Black Asian solidarity, fosters intimate discussion on intersectionality

Alishba Javaid, Life and Arts Reporter April 21, 2022

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the April 19, 2022 flipbook. Students slowly trickled into the Multicultural Engagement Center ready to listen to the four panelists seated before them...

Tat Tuesday: Finding balance, showcasing passions through tattoos

Tat Tuesday: Finding balance, showcasing passions through tattoos

Kaiya Little, Life and Arts Reporter April 21, 2022

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the April 19, 2022 flipbook. Centered between the margins of a notebook page, Lauryn Midgett neatly completed the outline of Saturn encircled by lead-gray...

Advanced Printmaking students showcase work in off-campus exhibition

Advanced Printmaking students showcase work in off-campus exhibition

Sebastian Barajas, Life & Arts Reporter April 21, 2022
Good In Tensions, a one-day pop-up art exhibition featuring work from UT advanced print students, opened April 9 at the ICOSA Collective gallery.
UT student creates safe space for South Asian women, educate others through TikTok

UT student creates safe space for South Asian women, educate others through TikTok

Kiernan McCormick, Life & Arts Reporter April 21, 2022

After discovering Clinique’s “Black Honey” lipstick shade, Julia Meah filmed herself recommending the product to other South Asian women who also struggled to find lipstick that looked good on their...

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