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Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

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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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UT students injured in SXSW crash recount memories of the collision

Jordan Rudner and Madlin Mekelburg March 17, 2014

Just after midnight Thursday, Rashad Owens drove a car through the South By Southwest crowd on Red River Street and hit 23 people in less than a minute, according to police. Three of those victims —...

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Austin transportation and businesses respond to surge of visitors

Alyssa Mahoney March 17, 2014

As South By Southwest 2014 comes to a close, business managers and Austin transportation officials expect data to reveal record numbers of visitors and passengers. The AT&T Executive Education...

Austin police arrest performer Tyler, the Creator at SXSW

Jordan Rudner March 15, 2014

Austin police arrested South By Southwest performer Tyler, the Creator and charged him with inciting a riot after a crowd broke down the gate surrounding the Scoot Inn to see his performance Thursday...

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Updated: Driver formally charged with capital murder following SXSW crash

Daily Texan Staff March 13, 2014

Updated (Friday, 7:15 p.m.): Travis County district judges issued a formal arrest warrant Friday afternoon for 21-year old Rashad Charjuan Owens, who has been accused of driving his car through...

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