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Lighting the tower

Bobby Blanchard September 13, 2012

After hours of work and preparation, there is some satisfaction for facilities staff members when the UT Tower lights up burnt orange or when the windows spell out a class’ number. But there is also...

UT joins with Emory to assemble database on Hurricane Katrina

Carly Coen September 13, 2012

More than six years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city of New Orleans, UT is joining with Emory University to make stories of the storm’s human impact easily accessible to the general public. Southern...

UT Administration Remains Silent as Student Lingers in Foreign Prison

David Maly September 12, 2012

As a former UT doctoral student remains jailed in Iran, UT administrators continue to refuse to take an official stance on his imprisonment. Omid Kokabee, a former UT physics doctoral student who was...

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SG delays vote on new entrepreneurship agency

Bobby Blanchard September 12, 2012

UT Student Government is focusing on entrepreneurship on campus, working to create a Longhorn Entrepreneurship Agency that will support students interested in innovation. SG discussed the legislation...

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Jewish group sells challah to end hunger

Taylor Hampton September 12, 2012

For Texas Challah for Hunger, a student organization working to raise funds for hunger relief, food is a big part of the equation. The organization sells bread on the West Mall every Wednesday to raise...

TA, AI tuition assistance benefits increase temporarily

Bobby Blanchard September 12, 2012

Graduate students who work as teaching assistants or assistant instructors are seeing a temporary increase in their tuition assistance benefits to cover last year’s permanent increase in their tuition. Last...

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UTPD still looking for fire alarm suspect

Miles Hutson September 12, 2012

The UT Police Department is still looking for the man who disrupted campus by pulling fire alarms in eight campus buildings Monday. UT spokesperson Cindy Posey said the false alarms resulted in evacuations...

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Crickets make appearance at football stadium, don’t affect performances

Mary Ellen Knewtson September 12, 2012

Saturday football spectators saw UT shut out the New Mexico Lobos 45-0 and stomped out a portion of Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium’s crickets in the process. The stadium’s pest control,...

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9/11 increases Middle Eastern studies strength and enrollment

David Maly September 11, 2012

More than a decade after the world-changing 9/11 attacks, the UT community continues to see the devastation of that day seriously affect its campus, down to the classes the University offers. With the...

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Vandals deface A&M billboard with UT-themed graffiti

David Maly September 11, 2012

The UT-A&M rivalry is heating up this season as pranksters leave their mark on an A&M billboard, even though the two teams will not be playing each other this year. Over the weekend, vandals marked...

Proponents of Minnesota anti-gay marriage amendment cite Regnerus’ study

David Maly September 11, 2012

A UT associate professor’s controversial research is again stirring debate, this time in Minnesota, where it is being used to defend a proposed ban on gay marriage. Minnesota for Marriage, an anti-gay...

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AISD employees will be rewarded with tickets to UT athletic events for attendance records

Jordan Rudner September 11, 2012

Austin Independent School District employees with the best attendance records will get free tickets to UT athletic events after the district begins a new initiative aimed at improving faculty attendance...

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