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UT workshop helps student politicians gain expert advice

Andrew Messamore March 26, 2012

Political careers can be a roller coaster ride of victory and defeat, but students willing to choose this path found veteran advice at the 2012 Careers in Politics Conference on Saturday. Students were...

Attack affects Roundup safety

Bobby Blanchard and Sarah White March 26, 2012

Austin Police Department and University administrators took extra precautions to ensure student safety at Roundup, the annual Greek philanthropy and social event. Despite such efforts, the event included...

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Judicial Court to decide Gardner/Guevara appeal

Jody Serrano March 26, 2012

The Student Government Judicial Court is set to determine whether the Election Supervisory Board violated procedure in administering the disqualification of former SG candidates Madison Gardner and Antonio...

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Holi festival celebrates Hindu culture, campus diversity

Reihaneh Hajibeigi March 26, 2012

Yellow, pink and blue powder flew across campus as students welcomed the arrival of spring and celebrated the Hindu festival Holi on Saturday. Hosted by the Hindu Students Association, hundrends of students...

College of Education’s graduate program receives No. 1 rank among public schools

Shreya Banerjee March 26, 2012

UT’s College of Education has maintained the top spot among public institutions according to the 2013 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools rankings. The annual report ranked the graduate...

Austin Police investigate burglary at nightclub managed by Yassine Enterprises

Sarah White March 26, 2012

A man is under investigation for stealing approximately 100 credit and debit cards, bottles of alcohol, DJ audio equipment and cash from the downtown nightclub Pure Ultra Lounge, according to an arrest...

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Climate change brings bats to Austin

Sylvia Butanda March 26, 2012

With the emergence of warm spring weather comes the return of the Mexican Freetail bats under Congress Bridge and the remote possibility that a feared and foreign species of bat could make its way into...

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Pope offers faith, Pope to Mexicans hurt by drug war

The Associated Press March 26, 2012

SILAO, Mexico — Pope Benedict XVI urged Mexicans to wield their faith against evils such as drug violence before hundreds of thousands of worshippers on Sunday, saying they would find hope if they...

Blacks say history of bias against them in FL city

The Associated Press March 26, 2012

SANFORD, Fla. — Before the charges that police botched the investigation of the shooting of an unarmed black teen, there were complaints that they went easy on an officer’s son who beat a black...

Syria intervention talk as diplomacy withers

The Associated Press March 26, 2012

ISTANBUL — A year of sanctions, diplomacy and harsh rhetoric failed to stop Syria’s bloody crackdown and oust President Bashar Assad. With frustration running high, Turkey and other countries...

Fla. man wins nat’l memory contest held in NYC

The Associated Press March 26, 2012

NEW YORK — A Florida man who trained for a national memory competition by memorizing a randomly shuffled deck of cards as he climbed Mount Everest won the mental bout Saturday and broke a U.S. record. Nelson...

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Obama squeezes N. Korea to change, China to help

The Associated Press March 26, 2012

SEOUL, South Korea — Trying to muscle North Korea toward peace over provocation, President Barack Obama is broadening his squeeze play from the heart of this tensely divided peninsula, pressuring...

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