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UT professor receives 3 grants focused on transportation accessibility

UT professor receives 3 grants focused on transportation accessibility

Joelle DiPaolo, News Reporter March 21, 2022

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the March 1, 2022 flipbook. Regional planning professor Alex Karner received three grants totaling over $400,000 for projects investigating transportation...

Halal Bros reopens after 2021 fire forced owners to rebuild

Halal Bros reopens after 2021 fire forced owners to rebuild

Leena Alali, News Reporter March 21, 2022

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the March 1, 2022 flipbook. The highly frequented restaurant Halal Bros on Guadalupe Street reopened Feb. 25, after a fire last April caused damage to the...

UT student nonprofit FostaParty receives grant to continue throwing birthday parties for foster children

UT student nonprofit FostaParty receives grant to continue throwing birthday parties for foster children

Leila Saidane, Senior News Reporter March 12, 2022
FostaParty’s birthday kits allow foster parents to throw parties for foster children for free.
Texas primary results announce Greg Abbott, Beto O'Rourke as party nominees for Texas governor

Texas primary results announce Greg Abbott, Beto O’Rourke as party nominees for Texas governor

Hannah Ortega, Senior News Reporter March 2, 2022

Republican Greg Abbott and Democrat Beto O’Rourke won their party’s respective nomination for governor Tuesday night in the Texas primaries, while incumbent Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton will...

Hundreds of people wave their homemade signs and pride flags outside of the Texas State Capitol on March 1 in protest of Gov. Greg Abbott’s restrictions on transgender youth.

Protesters rally for transgender rights at Texas Capitol

Leila Saidane, News Reporter March 2, 2022

Around 300 demonstrators gathered at the Capitol on Tuesday to protest Gov. Greg Abbott’s recent directive to classify gender affirming procedures on minors as child abuse.  “Abbott's written directive,...

UT students call for reliable Riverside transportation

UT students call for reliable Riverside transportation

Leila Saidane, News Reporter February 25, 2022

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the Feb. 21, 2022 in the flipbook. UT students living in Riverside have experienced delays and service disruptions throughout the first few months of classes....

New anonymous social media app comes to UT

New anonymous social media app comes to UT

Joelle DiPaolo, News Reporter February 25, 2022

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the Feb. 21, 2022 in the flipbook. On Feb. 10, UT became the third university to join the new anonymous social media app Fizz.  Founders Teddy Solomon...

UT students utilize early voting on campus for March 1 primaries

UT students utilize early voting on campus for March 1 primaries

Claire Stevens, Senior News Reporter February 23, 2022

UT students take advantage of on-campus early voting as the early voting period comes to a close for the March 1 primaries. The early voting period for the primary elections began Feb. 14 and ends Feb....

SNAP allotment amounts have been extended, provides more food options for low-income students

SNAP allotment amounts have been extended, provides more food options for low-income students

Abbie Bard, News Reporter February 22, 2022

This article first appeared in the Feb. 18, 2022 flipbook. On Feb. 2, Gov. Greg Abbott announced the extension of increased emergency benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,...

Few working street lights line Graham Pl and Rio Grande St. The City of Austin plans to upgrade more than 400 streetlights in West Campus by the end of the year.

City of Austin to upgrade lighting in West Campus

Leila Saidane, Senior News Reporter February 11, 2022

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the Feb. 8, 2022 flipbook. The city of Austin announced a plan Jan. 27  to upgrade more than 400 streetlights in West Campus by the end of the year, in...

Pease Parkside apartment building without heat, gas for over a month, leaves residents frustrated

Pease Parkside apartment building without heat, gas for over a month, leaves residents frustrated

Joelle DiPaolo, News Reporter February 8, 2022
Some residents at the Pease Parkside apartment complex in West Campus have been without gas, heat and hot water for over a month due to failed utility inspections.
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CapMetro’s future light rail could eliminate vehicle traffic on Guadalupe

Leila Saidane, Senior News Reporter February 7, 2022

Editor’s note: This article first appeared in the Feb. 4, 2022 flipbook. Capital Metro’s future light rail could eliminate vehicle traffic from The Drag, simultaneously solving the West Campus “transit...

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