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UTPD officers respond to thousands of false alarm calls each year

Julia Brouillette March 27, 2014

More than 200 students and faculty lined the sidewalks outside the University Teaching Center on Wednesday morning, as UT police and Austin Fire Department officials searched the building for flames. A...

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Travis County officials work to open sobriety center

Julia Brouillette March 27, 2014

Under current state law, police officers have three options once they arrest someone for public intoxication: They can release the person to a sober friend, transport him to the hospital or put him in...

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Austin woman founds juice company after breast cancer diagnosis

Kat Sampson March 27, 2014

Each Saturday, the farmer’s market at Republic Square Park is filled with white tents housing various vendors and the occasional string quartet. Daily Greens is one of the busiest of those white...

One SXSW crash victim remains in critical condition

Julia Brouillette March 26, 2014

One of the 23 victims injured in the South By Southwest crash is still in critical condition at University Medical Center Brackenridge, according to spokeswoman Kendra Clawson. DeAndre Tatum, 18,...

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Original artists may take pay cut to restore vandalized murals

Alyssa Mahoney March 25, 2014

The artists of two murals that were vandalized in January will be restoring their original works over a period of 10 weeks but may not be paid for their time. The University Co-op asked original...

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Are you ‘skee-rious?’: Austin Skeeball League provides competition, camaraderie

Eleanor Dearman March 25, 2014

Lavaca Street Bar seems like a standard sports bar at first glance. Most of it is occupied by friends sitting around crowded tables, talking over each other and watching March Madness, but around the corner...

Project Connect proposes urban rail and bus route stop locations

Natalie Sullivan March 24, 2014

Officials from Project Connect, a transportation project designed to reduce traffic congestion and improve transportation methods in Austin, defined and evaluated final alternative modes of transportation...

Amplify Austin raises $5.7 million in funds

Christina Breitbeil March 24, 2014

Amplify Austin, a 24-hour “festival of giving,” exceeded its goal of $4 million on Friday, raising a total of $5.7 million dollars for more than 400 local nonprofit organizations. The event,...

LISTEN: ‘Stealth dorms’ vote, Regent Wallace Hall update and tuition proposal update

Jacob Kerr March 22, 2014

In this week's podcast, Jacob Kerr, Amanda Voeller and guests Alyssa Mahoney and Madlin Mekelburg talk about Austin City Council voting to reduce the occupancy limit for unrelated adults in single...

As council considers ‘stealth dorms’ vote, economic study comes back inconclusive

Alyssa Mahoney March 19, 2014

Austin City Council may choose to vote on banning so-called “stealth dorms” at its meeting Thursday, even though a study assessing the impact of the ban on housing affordability concluded that...

Students become more involved in proposed city code against stealth dorms

Alyssa Mahoney March 18, 2014

Student Government members are trying to increase student action against a city code change, proposed in November, which may further limit the number of students who can legally live together in a house. If...

Third victim dies from injuries stemming from SXSW car incident

Jordan Rudner March 17, 2014

On Monday, 26-year old Sandy Le died from injuries sustained in Thursday’s South by Southwest car crash. Le, who is originally from Pass Christian, Miss., had been in critical condition at University...

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