A West Campus neighborhood association could try and install up to 400 new parking meters in the area after City Council approved an ordinance Thursday. City Council passed a resolution that sets up a...

Students traveling to the Red River Rivalry can expect to find lower gas prices upon arriving in Dallas. Chemistry senior Rachel Baray refueled her silver sedan Thursday at the 7-Eleven station on the...

Michael Ian Black delivered a stand-up comedy routine to thunderous applause at the Texas Union Ballroom on Thursday night as part of the Student Event Center’s Music and Entertainment Committee’s...

WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden says the Republican Party is strong enough to beat President Barack Obama in the 2012 election. During an appearance Thursday at the Washington Ideas Forum,...

STOCKHOLM — Swedish poet Tomas Transtromer won Nobel literature prize on Thursday. According to the 2011 Nobel Prize in literature citation, he was awarded “because, through his condensed,...

It sounds like a simple question: How much is a college actually going to cost? In fact, it’s a slippery one. But thanks to a federal mandate, a new tool to help students and families pin down an...

SAN FRANCISCO — Federal prosecutors have launched a crackdown on pot dispensaries in California, warning the stores that they must shut down in 45 days or face criminal charges and confiscation of...

SANTIAGO, Chile — Chilean police used water cannons and tear gas to break up a student march for free public education on Thursday, hours after protesters’ talks with the government collapsed. A...

A total of 622 new beds will be available to students in West Campus for the fall 2013 semester, according to an official from the University’s realty group. The site, located where the 120-year-old...

The Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation is attempting to prevent homelessness in Austin through a $50,000 grant to the nonprofit organization Green Doors. Green Doors strives “to end homelessness...

Three UT science instructors plan to spend the summer avoiding oil spills and direct interferences with the natural ecosystem while studying sediment samples in the Arctic Ocean. Marine science professor...

A group of approximately 40 students met at South Mall on Wednesday at noon and held signs advertising Occupy Austin while chanting slogans like “money for jobs and education, not for wars and occupation.” Occupy...