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UT Libraries’ Benson Collection to archive StoryCorps recordings, maintain Latino oral histories

Christine Ayala November 7, 2012

UT’s Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection is archiving more than 2,000 Latino oral histories in partnership with StoryCorps, a nonprofit organization that records interviews with Americans...

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Ted Cruz wins Senate race to represent Texas

Lazaro Hernandez November 7, 2012

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz scored an unsurprising victory over Democrat Paul Sadler, becoming the first Hispanic to represent Texas in the Senate. Cruz, a self-described “constitutional...

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Sew Much More offers platform for UT apparel design students

Elizabeth Williams November 7, 2012

The morning of Nov. 3 brought a hectic rush of sewing enthusiasts to local sewing store Sew Much More. Hanspeter Ueltschi, the fourth generation owner of world-renowned sewing machine brand BERNINA International,...

States scramble to help displaced residents vote

The Associated Press November 6, 2012

TOMS RIVER, N.J. — One storm-battered New Jersey county was delivering ballots to emergency shelters Monday while New York City was lining up shuttle buses to ferry people in hard-hit coastal areas...

Pakistan parents killed daughter for eyeing boy

The Associated Press November 6, 2012

ISLAMABAD — A Pakistani couple accused of killing their 15-year-old daughter by pouring acid on her carried out the attack because she sullied the family’s honor by looking at a boy, the couple...

Anonymous movement protests on Guy Fawkes night

The Associated Press November 6, 2012

LONDON — Several hundred protesters wearing masks gathered outside the British Parliament to mark Guy Fawkes night. The protesters Monday were supporters of Anonymous, a loosely-organized movement...

Lights still out in Cuba’s 2nd city after Sandy

The Associated Press November 6, 2012

HAVANA — Cuban city Santiago is still struggling to recover from the effects of Hurricane Sandy two weeks after the storm, even as streetlamps in hard-hit lower Manhattan shine brightly and its subways...

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No rest in final campaign hours for Obama, Romney

The Associated Press November 6, 2012

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The White House the prize, President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney raced through a final full day of campaigning on Monday through Ohio and other battleground states holding the keys...

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Organizations fear UT job privatization

David Maly November 6, 2012

Following the privatization of more than 1,500 jobs at Texas A&M University this summer and thousands of other positions across the state, UT students are working with state-worker advocacy agencies...

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Black student organizations tackle responses to injustice

Taylor Hampton November 6, 2012

Students who are victims of racial discrimination have resources available on campus to help address the issue, according to speakers on a panel hosted by the Black Homecoming Planning Committee and the...

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Panel exposes race bias in police behavior, policies

David Maly November 6, 2012

Expert panelists shared their views on the overabundance of government surveillance in modern society and compared it to regulations of the past for students and other members of the UT community Monday....

Local businesses, UT organization partner with The Miracle Foundation to help orphans worldwide

David Maly November 6, 2012

A UT student group has partnered with a local charitable organization and two West Campus restaurants to help provide financial relief to struggling orphans abroad.  The Dobie Center location of...

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