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2015-04-05_Concho_Garden_Jack

Future campus expansion could jeopardize location of student-run garden areas

Samantha Ketterer April 9, 2015

Campus construction plans will currently not displace the UT Microfarm and Concho Community Garden, but future campus expansion could put their locations in question, according to Jim Walker, director...

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Music professor Robert Duke wins teaching fellowship

Eleanor Dearman April 9, 2015

The Friar Society, the oldest honor society on campus, selected music professor Robert Duke as the recipient of the Friar Centennial Teaching Fellowship (FCTF) on Wednesday.  Each school year,...

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UTDivest, Unify Texas debate foreign divestment

Samantha Ketterer April 9, 2015

Student-led movement UTDivest will propose legislation to Student Government asking for the University of Texas Investment Management Company to pull investments from corporations the group believes facilitate...

2015_04_08_Mark_Cuban_Joshua

Mark Cuban encourages students in lecture through his business experiences

Sebastian Herrera April 8, 2015

Entrepreneur and Dallas Mavericks’ owner Mark Cuban gave encouragement and guidance to college students about their futures as he detailed the business lessons he learned from succeeding and failing...

2015-04-06_Addiction_Charlotte

Professor: Recovery high school important step in helping adolescents with drug addictions

Matthew Adams April 8, 2015

Colleges should do more to support students struggling with addiction because deaths from alcohol and drug addiction in young adults continue to rise, according to a social work professor.  According...

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Facilities Services staff places barricades around CLA because of broken windows, falling glass

Wynne Davis April 8, 2015

Temporary barricades will remain around the perimeter of the College of Liberal Arts building until UT Facilities Services staff can determine what is causing the building’s large glass windows to...

2015-04-08_SG_Meeting_Speaker_Election_Rachel

Three-hour-long SG meeting concludes with new speaker of the Assembly, pizza delivery

Samantha Ketterer April 8, 2015

The Student Government Assembly elected Tanner Long as speaker of the Assembly with a 33–2 vote Tuesday night. Long, a liberal arts representative and government senior, said he thinks SG has...

2014-04-07_Dreamers_Capitol_Carlo

Senate committee hears bill to eliminate in-state tuition for undocumented students

Eleanor Dearman April 7, 2015

Update: After over 13 hours of an emotional Senate hearing, the subcommittee on border security voted 2 to 1 to send the committee substitute for SB 1819 to full committee for review, with the recommendation...

2015-01-20_Rady_Strickland_Marshall

Rady/Strickland complete fewer than half of platform points

Samantha Ketterer April 7, 2015

In Kori Rady’s and Taylor Strickland’s time as Student Government president and vice president, the executive alliance completed 13 out of 28 of its total platform points. The remaining...

Music therapy could reduce health effects of premature birth

Zainab Calcuttawala April 7, 2015

Music therapy could help prematurely born babies regain brain functionality and go home up to two weeks sooner after birth, saving more than $2,000 per day, according to a visiting professor. Music...

2015-04-07_Indigenous_Writing_Zoe

Aborigine writers face erasure in Australian literature, according to Australian publisher

Katie Keenan April 7, 2015

Indigenous Australian writers are consistently overlooked and having their identities erased by the non-indigenous majority, according to the founder of an Australian publishing house. Sue Abbey founded...

2014-04-30_Regents_charlie

Regents to consider facilitating Hall’s requests

Josh Willis April 7, 2015

The UT System Board of Regents will meet Wednesday to consider facilitating requests from Regent Wallace Hall Jr. to look into information gathered about controversial UT admission practices.  In...

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