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Students dismayed over camping ban on campus

Liz Farmer January 24, 2012

Students and faculty criticized University administration for a new rule restricting camping on campus and questioned the motivation at a time when camping is a prime symbol of the Occupy movement at a...

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New guidelines protect immigrants

Jody Serrano January 24, 2012

For the first time in three years, Raul Zamora’s name does not appear on any upcoming immigration court dockets. The urban studies senior was detained as an undocumented immigrant in November 2009...

Faith forum brings cultural issues to light, encourages contemporary church practices

Shreya Banerjee January 24, 2012

Churches should invite members of all types and encourage them to be active participants during services, said a pastor who may open a new church in Austin. Andrew Fox, a pastor at the San Antonio Christian...

Body found in water at Barton Creek

Sarah White January 24, 2012

Police still await the toxicology report that may give more clues about the death of a man found in Barton Creek earlier this month. The Travis County Medical Examiner’s Office identified a body...

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Self-defense classes empower, educate women

Sylvia Butanda January 24, 2012

Self-defense classes teach women not only to protect themselves with tasers and pepper spray, but also with their own body when those weapons fail them, said kung fu instructor Aaron “Moy 10 Tung”...

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Online information shrinks campus bookstores

Andrew Messamore January 24, 2012

Campus bookstores are fighting textbook wars as e-readers, online supplements and digital copies of textbooks, increase competition and shrink bookstores at UT. BookHolders has the lowest listed prices...

UT student organization seeks to address political, nutritional issues of food production

Rachel Thompson January 24, 2012

National dialogue about food production and consumption hits home with UT students in the new Food Studies Project. The group held a live viewing party of the Jan. 21 TEDxManhattan conference, “Changing...

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Upcoming hostel brings positive feedback

Kayla Jonsson January 24, 2012

By this summer, downtown Austin will have a new place for tourists, musicians and students to stay on the cheap. Firehouse Hostel co-founders Kent Roth and Collin Ballard, both Austin natives, said renovations...

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Identification Day lets public present archeological discoveries

Christina Noriega January 23, 2012

 The biannual Identification Day at UT’s Texas Memorial Museum brings lines of people with suitcases, boxes and strollers carrying fossils, artifacts and minerals with the hope of shedding light...

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UT preemptively purchases .xxx domain names to protect brand

Maja Dordevic January 23, 2012

In order to prevent UT’s slogan from becoming associated with a pornographic site, UT has purchased the www.HookEmHorns.xxx, www.TexasSports.xxx and www.TexasBoxOffice.xxx internet domain names. The...

Student Government hopes to increase graduate representation

Liz Farmer January 23, 2012

 The Student Government president expects to start appointing representatives this week to fill four available graduate student seats in an organization lacking in graduate student members. The student...

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School of Music to host 2014 violin competition

Sylvia Butanda January 23, 2012

The Butler School of Music will host the “Olympics for the violin” in 2014, said School of Music director B. Glenn Chandler. The school has been selected as the first North American location...

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