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Tat-Tuesday: Students share stories behind their ink

Justin Jones March 7, 2017

Editor's note: Tat-Tuesday is a weekly series that features students around campus and their tattoos. Annie Ratner Business sophomore Annie Ratner’s parents raised her...

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UT student offers free haircuts out of his West Campus apartment

Gerardo Gonzalez March 7, 2017

Almost every weekend, radio-television-film senior Joel Leal prepares his bathroom for an appointment. He lays down newspaper sheets on the tile floor, drags a chair from the kitchen into the restroom...

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Disney fan club creates whole new world for UT students

Andrea Tinning March 7, 2017

According to the story of Peter Pan, all children, except one, grow up, but that’s not true for members of Disneyy Club Texas. In fall 2015, advertising junior Cortney Carter created...

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UT jazz pianist enchants audience, peers

Hannah Plantowsky March 3, 2017

Austin Thomas’ hands dance across ivory piano keys in a chaotic whirlwind, but the music they create is clear and harmonious. Thomas, a jazz performance junior, is the pianist for UT’s...

Tat-Tuesday: Students share stories behind their ink

Justin Jones February 28, 2017

Editor's note: Tat-Tuesday is a weekly series that features students around campus and their tattoos. Paulette McDurfee The tattoo of the letters “PMA” on the...

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Polish students connect through shared heritage

Andrea Tinning February 28, 2017

Though Poland is an ocean and half a continent away, UT students have brought some of Polska to campus. Now, they bond over uniquely Polish traditions such as eating paczki and going to Polish mass. Founded...

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Carneval provides last chance to feast on meat before Lent

Acacia Coronado February 28, 2017

For more than a decade, starving college students have filed into the University Catholic Center atrium on Fat Tuesday to prepare to eat their fill of barbecue during the Alpha Chapter of the Lambda Omega...

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South Asian students discuss culture of prioritizing career over marriage

Rimsha Syed February 24, 2017

Many South Asian women are used to brushing off ideas of marriage with perfectly rehearsed responses such as, “No, I don’t need help finding a significant other” and “I’m...

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UT alumnus runs food truck like a lab

Stephen Acevedo February 23, 2017

When Yuzhuo Liu graduated from UT with a math degree, he decided the best lab to go work in would be his own. With Pinch Urban Food Lab, Liu can bring perfectly proportioned foods to life in a controlled...

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Tat-Tuesday: Students share stories behind their ink

Justin Jones February 21, 2017

Nathan Leclear Graduate student Nathan Leclear’s grandparents were a huge part of his childhood. Leclear said he remembers always feeling close to his grandparents because of the large hand...

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UT researcher named 30 Under 30

Angela Kang February 16, 2017

Charlie Upshaw was pleasantly surprised when he opened an email this January to find that Forbes had named him one of their 30 Under 30 recipients. The 30 Under 30 award recognizes innovative and entrepreneurial...

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Government senior starts ACLU chapter at UT Austin to promote civil rights

Gerardo Gonzalez February 16, 2017

Growing up with her eyes glued to the television, soaking up the banter of newscasters on CNN, Nali Shah got her unofficial education in politics. Now a government senior, Shah has continued her lifelong...

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