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Environmental philoshopher David Orr delivers lecture over preparations for climate change

Miles Hutson September 17, 2012

Dr. David Orr, an award-winning environmental philosopher, questioned how society could prepare for the unpredictable and potentially disastrous effects of climate change in an open lecture Friday. The...

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Annual festival brings together quilt artists

Joan Vinson September 17, 2012

Quilts hung from every corner at the Capital of Texas QuiltFest depicted different types of Texas wildflowers this past weekend, but a closer inspection also revealed stories of the artists who created...

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Campus returns to normal, reflects on University’s response after false bomb threat

David Maly and Bobby Blanchard September 14, 2012

Students and faculty have returned to campus after Friday’s evacuation following a phone-in bomb threat that morning. The University cancelled classes Friday, and events resumed at 5:00 p.m. except...

Tech companies expand to Austin, providing jobs for graduates

Mary Ellen Knewtson September 14, 2012

With General Motors, Apple and Samsung all announcing plans to bring new operations to Austin, students looking to work in the technology industry will soon have more options close to the 40 Acres. General...

Increased police presence requested in West Campus areas

David Maly September 14, 2012

When 23-year-old transient Waylon Barnes asked another homeless man on the drag to be nicer to a group of pedestrians, he said he never could have imagined he would get stabbed. The man stabbed Barnes...

A Tale of Two Neighborhoods

Andrew Messamore September 14, 2012

Editor’s Note: This is the first in a three-part series of stories examining the demographics of two neighborhoods where students live ­— West Campus and East Riverside. The next installment,...

Festival celebrates Latin American culture, independence

Christine Ayala September 14, 2012

Students celebrated the independence of nine Latin American countries Thursday night with music, food and an address from a Texas representative during the fifth annual Celebracion de Independencias. The...

Change in Federal Pell Grant availability causes trouble for students as UT picks up slack

Bobby Blanchard September 14, 2012

UT is filling a void in student financial aid with institutional grants after 60 students did not receive their Federal Pell Grants, a grant ranging from $555 to $5,550 for the neediest students, because...

UT professors patent device that converts nuclear waste into energy

Taylor Hampton September 14, 2012

University of Texas researchers have patented the concept for a hybrid nuclear reactor that may reduce nuclear waste by combining fission and fusion, processes that produce nuclear energy by splitting...

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Mysterious cooler on drag found to be empty

David Maly September 13, 2012

Students walking along the drag Thursday morning were filled with confusion as they watched local authorities cautiously examine a closed cooler. University of Texas Police Department officers were dispatched...

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Chicago Teachers Union takes on mayor

The Associated Press September 13, 2012

CHICAGO — She’s brash and blunt, the tough-talking union leader who has taken on Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel in a bitter contract dispute regarded as a referendum on the future of the nation’s...

Ruling Dutch party claims victory in elections

The Associated Press September 13, 2012

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte claimed victory early Thursday for his conservative VVD party in national elections widely seen as a referendum on the Netherlands’...

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