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The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

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Animals face dehydration and exhaustion in Austin’s hot weather

Animals face dehydration and exhaustion in Austin’s hot weather

Grace Xu, General News Reporter August 7, 2023

Austin’s record 31-day streak of consecutive 100-degree days has not only affected its human residents but its animal residents, too. “(Heat) is dehydrating animals a lot quicker,” Hayley Hudnall,...

Rise at West Campus delays move-in date

Rise at West Campus delays move-in date

Ireland Blouin, Senior News Reporter August 7, 2023

Editor's note: This article was originally published with a photo of a different complex, not Rise at West Campus. The Texan regrets this error.  Rise at West Campus announced in an email to its future...

The Daily Texan’s guide to navigating apartment leases and avoiding a bad living situation this fall

The Daily Texan’s guide to navigating apartment leases and avoiding a bad living situation this fall

Karina Kumar, General News Reporter August 6, 2023

Renting your first apartment or house can be difficult, especially if you’ve never had to deal with a landlord or a lease before. Sometimes you can end up in bad situations like an apartment with...

Say no to pesticides, yes to goats: Austin nonprofit uses goats to manage invasive plants along Lady Bird Lake Trail

Say no to pesticides, yes to goats: Austin nonprofit uses goats to manage invasive plants along Lady Bird Lake Trail

Ren Leija, General News Reporter August 3, 2023

Editor's note: This article was originally published on Aug. 3, 2023, but some facts were updated on Aug. 6, 2023. Austinites who frequent the Ann and Roy Butler Hike-and-Bike Trail at Lady Bird...

‘When in doubt, throw it out’: Recycling contamination costly for facilities, environment

‘When in doubt, throw it out’: Recycling contamination costly for facilities, environment

Grace Xu, General News Reporter July 31, 2023

Twenty-one percent of material recycled at UT is contaminated and must take a longer, more costly route to the landfill. “We can’t process (contamination) or sell it,” said Alexandra Gyarfas,...

Local Starbucks still lacks benefits provided to non-union stores

Local Starbucks still lacks benefits provided to non-union stores

Rylie Lillibridge, Senior News Reporter July 27, 2023

The Starbucks on 24th Street unionized over a year ago, but workers say they are still fighting for equal treatment by the company amidst fears of retaliation. Last month, the location did not participate...

Affordable housing, environmentalism, picket fences: Here’s what happened in City Council this week

Affordable housing, environmentalism, picket fences: Here’s what happened in City Council this week

Pili Saravia, General News Reporter July 24, 2023

The Austin City Council discussed 196 items on July 20, including modifying SMART housing policies, reducing the city’s oversight in the watershed department and increasing infrastructure for middle-class...

Texas Memorial Museum changes name to Texas Science and Natural History Museum ahead of fall reopening

Texas Memorial Museum changes name to Texas Science and Natural History Museum ahead of fall reopening

Rylie Lillibridge, Senior News Reporter July 17, 2023

After extensive renovations, the Texas Memorial Museum changed its name to the Texas Science and Natural History Museum on July 7 in preparation for its fall reopening. “The building is always...

Austin Public Library launches new digital makerspace

Austin Public Library launches new digital makerspace

Rylie Lillibridge, Senior News Reporter July 13, 2023

Austin Public Library’s central branch hosted the grand opening of a new digital makerspace on July 5, unveiling free access to various digital editing and creation programs. “We know that technology...

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APD, DPS partnership suspended again after recent events

Mason Rouser, Senior News Reporter July 12, 2023

Interim city manager Jesús Garza and Mayor Kirk Watson announced that a partnership between the Austin Police Department and the Texas Department of Public Safety is again suspended after its reinstatement...

Zilker Park revision plan faces opposition online despite accessibility, ecological upgrades

Zilker Park revision plan faces opposition online despite accessibility, ecological upgrades

Grace Xu, General News Reporter July 3, 2023

After its approval by Austin Parks and Recreation on May 22, the Zilker Park Vision Plan has received public opposition online from several groups. Save Zilker Park, a movement against the plan, has grown...

UT RTF professor records Barton Creek’s history with new website

UT RTF professor records Barton Creek’s history with new website

Aaron Sullivan, Seniors News Reporter July 3, 2023

Radio-Television-Film professor Karen Kocher created the Barton Creek Time Stream, a multimedia educational website dedicated to telling the history of Barton Creek’s conservation efforts. Looking...

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