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Petition to designate Hole in the Wall as historical site gains traction

Nashwa Bawab September 14, 2015

A UT professor started a petition Friday to preserve Hole in the Wall as a historical site which has garnered signatures from more than 2,500 people. Haydon Hoodoo, a bartender at the establishment,...

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9/11 Heroes Run honors those lost in 9/11, wars that followed

Audrey Browning September 14, 2015

The Travis Manion Foundation held its third annual 9/11 Heroes Run, sponsored by the Texas Army ROTC and UT, at Camp Mabry on Sunday to commemorate those lost in 9/11 and in the wars that followed. Half...

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Rally held to push for gun legislation reforms

Lauren Florence September 11, 2015

About 30 people gathered outside Austin City Hall on Thursday to press for gun control regulation in response to the recent murder of two journalists in Virginia. The Texas chapter of Moms Demand Action...

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UTPD files majority of drug-related charges in dorms, garages

Zainab Calcuttawala September 8, 2015

UT dormitories, parking garages and the Renaissance Market on Guadalupe Street are the most common places for drug-related charges on and near campus, according to the UTPD’s crime logs from the...

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Austin B-cycle launches low-income membership program, builds new stations

Lauren Florence September 8, 2015

An Austin bike-share program is making bike rentals more accessible to low-income residents seeking an affordable means of transportation. “B-cycle for All” is Austin B-cycle’s...

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UT relaunches SafeRide pilot program for fall

Nashwa Bawab September 4, 2015

UT is relaunching Safe Ride as a pilot program because of a lack of funds needed to permanently continue the ride-sharing service for the fall semester. Safe Ride is a free Parking and Transportation...

Austin Public Library expands virtual media collection

Selah Maya Zighelboim September 3, 2015

Austin Public Library expanded member access to virtual books, movies and other media through a service called hoopla on Tuesday. The new access will be to hoopla’s own library of 350,000 items...

Homelessness increases among AISD students

Lauren Florence September 2, 2015

The number of homeless Austin Independent School District students increased by 30 percent over the past two years, according to HousingWorks Austin. The number of students without a permanent address...

UT professor, grad students release book about Austin’s ‘Invisible’

Megan Kallus September 2, 2015

The title of each chapter in the book “Invisible in Austin” begins with a name. Although the names are pseudonyms, the stories that follow chronicle the lives of real Austinites. The book...

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Slideshow: Photos from Austin Pride 2015

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Austin celebrates 25th annual Pride Parade

Lauren Florence August 31, 2015

An estimated 150,000 people flocked to downtown Austin on Saturday night for the city’s first Pride Parade since the Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of marriage equality this summer, according...

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Google self-driving cars to begin test drives in Austin

Nancy Huang August 31, 2015

Google is sending three prototype self-driving cars to Austin next week, after representatives from the company tested six of their older models in the city for the past two months. At a press conference...

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