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Chinese dance organization keeps culture alive, fosters friendship

Mae Hamilton September 27, 2016

Trained in ballet and classical Chinese dance since the age of four, Christy Zhang has a gift for movement. Now the co-founder and sole choreographer of Austin Chinese Dance Company, she teaches others...

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Longhorn Band gets new marching twirler

Chase Karacostas September 21, 2016

While riding the bus home from work, public relations junior Erica Kuntz got a call she had been hoping to get for two years. As she started sobbing, the woman next to her asked if she was okay, and Kuntz...

Tat-Tuesday: Students share stories behind ink

Mae Hamilton September 20, 2016

Editor’s note: Tat-Tuesday is a weekly series that features students around campus and their tattoos. Annie Patton When a tattoo apprentice approached journalism senior Annie Patton...

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Students turn to fake Instagram accounts to conceal behavior

Grace Speas September 15, 2016

Editor’s note: The name of one of the students in the article have been changed to protect her identity. Most Instagram posts are carefully shot, edited and captioned. Despite this, college students...

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Tat-Tuesday: Students share stories behind ink

Mae Hamilton September 13, 2016

Editor’s note: Tat-Tuesday is a weekly series that features students around campus and their tattoos. Brianna Dorado  When radio-television-film freshman Brianna Dorado was 16 years old,...

International student shares her journey to Texas

Acacia Coronado September 9, 2016

Rongzhi Xu arrived from 7,000 miles across the ocean with her books in one hand, her sunglasses in the other and her new American name fresh in her mind. The economics freshman came to the U.S. to find...

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Sax and the city: UT sophomore exhibits talent

Carlos Garcia September 9, 2016

The homeless man coughing, the uproar of car horns and the whir of hurried pedestrians make up the Drag’s soundtrack. Among the noise, jazz performance sophomore Andre Reed plays his saxophone on Guadalupe...

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The Foundry, a new makerspace, opens in the Fine Arts Library

Lisette Oler September 8, 2016

Students and professors peer down to get a closer look at the miniature 3-D-printed version of the Tower being made. Around the corner, a woman is trying virtual reality games and sewing machines are whirring....

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Gone To Texas video winner ready for next adventure

Lisette Oler September 7, 2016

At age 12, Alexandra Goodwin started acting classes, but she was told being an actress was unrealistic. Despite her protests, when her mom signed her up for a filmmaking class, Goodwin fell in love with...

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UT drag queens express identity through gender-fluid personas

Mae Hamilton September 7, 2016

Urban studies senior and performer Tatiana Cholula used to be shy and anxious before discovering the world of drag. Today, when she steps into the spotlight, she comes into her self-described “alien...

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Tat-Tuesday: Students share stories behind ink

Mae Hamilton September 6, 2016

Editor’s note: Tat-Tuesday is a weekly series that features students around campus and their tattoos. Star Longoria Star Longoria, an education administration graduate student, wanted a way to...

The Texan recommends ridehailing apps for the fall semester

Stephen Acevedo September 2, 2016

When Uber and Lyft left Austin in May, many students didn’t have to deal with the change as they went home for the summer shortly after. Now that everyone’s back to school and the fall parties...

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