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‘Can you love animals and eat them too?’: Student organization uses satire to promote vegan lifestyles

‘Can you love animals and eat them too?’: Student organization uses satire to promote vegan lifestyles

Ren Leija, General News Reporter April 3, 2023

CW: This article contains sensitive topics about animal cruelty. Hosted by the UT Austin chapter of Allied Scholars for Animal Protection, Save Week!, which started last week, is an event dedicated...

UT Senate to introduce resolution supporting campus shuttle pilot for disabled students

UT Senate to introduce resolution supporting campus shuttle pilot for disabled students

Ireland Blouin, Senior News Reporter April 3, 2023

The UT Senate of College Councils plans to tackle on-campus accessibility by introducing a resolution in support of implementing a pilot shuttle program for disabled students at its next assembly meeting...

Graduate film student Tania Cattebeke Laconich wins first Moody College of Communication photojournalism contest

Graduate film student Tania Cattebeke Laconich wins first Moody College of Communication photojournalism contest

Aaron Sullivan, General News Reporter April 2, 2023

The Moody College of Communication opened its second photojournalism gallery exhibit on Thursday, where a collection of photos from graduate film student Tania Cattebeke Laconich is displayed after her...

Nursing shortage creates challenges for UT nursing school, motivates student nurses

Nursing shortage creates challenges for UT nursing school, motivates student nurses

Isabella Zeff, General News Reporter April 2, 2023

Christian Santos always had a passion for both helping others and health sciences, creating a love that inspired him to major in nursing when he came to UT. “You’re taking care of (patients’)...

Social work advocates plan rally following dissolution of collaborative group

Social work advocates plan rally following dissolution of collaborative group

Joseph Sweeney, General News Reporter April 2, 2023

On Friday afternoon around 30 social work advocates sat designing posters at Pease Park in preparation for their April 11 rally to protest low student worker pay in front of the Steve Hicks School of Social...

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Proposed bill could turn Civitas Institute into an official UT college

Ali Juell, Senior News Reporter March 30, 2023

The Civitas Institute, UT’s conservative think tank established in 2022, has been no stranger to change during its brief yet contentious tenure as part of the University. If a new bill is passed in the...

Texas strives to provide telemedicine to more schools

Ireland Blouin, Senior News Reporter March 30, 2023

Editor's note: This story was originally published on March 30, 2023, but was updated on August 3, 2023, to reflect changes to the percentage of K-12 school districts in Texas that the TCHATT program serves.  The...

Where is the emergency contraceptive vending machine?

Where is the emergency contraceptive vending machine?

Hairuo Yi, Senior Projects Reporter March 30, 2023

In response to the overturn of Roe v. Wade, UT students came together to advocate for access to low-cost emergency contraceptives, including an initiative for the installment of wellness vending machines...

Temporary exhibit honors first generation of Black UT students

Temporary exhibit honors first generation of Black UT students

Madeline Duncan, Senior News Reporter March 23, 2023

UT honors the first generation of Black UT students, known as the Precursors, with an exhibit displayed in the East Mall until March 31. The exhibit displays 118 wooden posts that represent the first...

City officials, community members work to improve West Campus construction safety

City officials, community members work to improve West Campus construction safety

Ali Juell, Senior News Reporter March 23, 2023

Compared to many areas of Austin, West Campus sees a higher volume of pedestrians, bicyclists and vehicles. As more and more developments pop up to fulfill student housing needs, city officials and...

Students walk past Longhorn Coffee Co in the WCP. Longhorn Coffee Co, which is run by Housing and Dining, pays students a minimum of $13/hr.

Longhorn Coffee Co. employees face worker shortages

Madeline Duncan, Senior News Reporter March 20, 2023

Employees at Longhorn Coffee Co. in the William C. Powers Student Activity Center say issues with new management has left them understaffed. McKenna Golen, a government sophomore and student manager...

Mental health resources to push away mid-semester blues

Mental health resources to push away mid-semester blues

Sowmya Sridhar, General News Reporter March 20, 2023

Although college can be a vibrant period filled with life-changing memories, many students can feel isolated. Because college students are living independently for the first time, they can struggle...

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