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'Abortion On Demand & Without Apology': Abortion rights activists hold protest downtown

‘Abortion On Demand & Without Apology’: Abortion rights activists hold protest downtown

Claire Stevens, News Reporter April 10, 2022

Activism group RiseUp4AbortionRights hosted a rally at downtown Austin’s Republic Square Park on Saturday to protest recent attacks on abortion rights in the U.S. and Texas, with other chapters of the...

Free opioid overdose-reversing drug now accessible in some UT libraries

Free opioid overdose-reversing drug now accessible in some UT libraries

Hope Unger, News Reporter April 5, 2022

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the April 1, 2022 flipbook. Naloxone, a nasal spray drug that rapidly reverses the effects of an opioid overdose, is now available for people to pick up...

UT students share experiences with hair-related discrimination following CROWN Act passage in US House

UT students share experiences with hair-related discrimination following CROWN Act passage in US House

Morgan Severson, News Reporter April 5, 2022

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the April 1, 2022 flipbook. Before going to a job interview, Greg Phea pats his Afro down with water to make it appear smaller. He said he does this to...

CapMetro to tear down nearly 100-year-old hamburger eatery for new Project Connect light rail

CapMetro to tear down nearly 100-year-old hamburger eatery for new Project Connect light rail

Riese Yates, News Reporter April 3, 2022

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the March 29, 2022 flipbook. The new Orange Line, expected to be operational by 2029, will span 21 miles connecting North to South Austin along 22 stops,...

City council approves second phase of increased safety measures for 6th Street

City council approves second phase of increased safety measures for 6th Street

Hope Unger, News Reporter March 31, 2022

Megan was celebrating her birthday with friends at the Sixth Street bar Buck Wild last June when her phone started blowing up with people asking if she was safe. A shooting had just occurred, and she didn’t...

UT beekeeping org visits City Council to make Austin an official Bee City

UT beekeeping org visits City Council to make Austin an official Bee City

Hope Unger, News Reporter March 29, 2022
Bee City USA, a nonprofit that works to promote bees in places across the country, approved the city of Austin as an official Bee City on Friday. 
West Campus Starbucks announces plans to unionize, gains support of local leaders

West Campus Starbucks announces plans to unionize, gains support of local leaders

Morgan Severson, News Reporter March 28, 2022

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the March 25, 2022 flipbook. Starbucks employees announced their intent to unionize their 24th street store on March 7, becoming the first store in Austin...

UT funds affordable housing research

UT funds affordable housing research

Madeline Duncan, News Reporter March 28, 2022

The UT President's office gave out four $25,000 grants this semester to faculty members studying affordable housing in the Austin community. The University awarded the Faculty Innovation Grants to staff...

UT students, community march for climate action 

UT students, community march for climate action 

Leila Saidane, News Reporter March 27, 2022

Over 100 UT students and community members marched from the Tower to the Capitol on Friday as part of an international climate movement and to encourage the Texas Legislature to hold the Electric Reliability...

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UT community members to form part of new Sexual Assault Community Advisory Board

Judith Matehuala, News Reporter March 23, 2022

José Garza, a Travis County District Attorney, announced the formation of a Sexual Assault Community Advisory Board on March 8 as a measure to help the office build a system that works for survivors to...

RiseUp4AbortionRights protest abortion rights on International Women’s Day

RiseUp4AbortionRights protest abortion rights on International Women’s Day

Emily Harrison, Life and Arts Reporter March 21, 2022

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the March 11, 2022 flipbook. Protesters cheered and shouted, held up signs, and vowed to fight for the rights of all women to have access to safe and legal...

Trans students speak out against Gov. Abbott's order to investigate gender affirming health care as child abuse

Trans students speak out against Gov. Abbott’s order to investigate gender affirming health care as child abuse

Joelle DiPaolo, News Reporter March 21, 2022

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the March 8, 2022 flipbook. The night Kai Bovik and their friends heard about Gov. Greg Abbott’s directive attacking trans children, they got together...

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