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Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

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Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

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UTPD offers women’s self defense classes

Nina Hernandez September 27, 2011

Out of the one in 12 college males who have committed a sexual assault, 84 percent did not think it was rape, said UT police officer Ashley Griffin during a women’s defense class Monday. According...

Austin ranks No. 12 in best places to live

Brianna Pelayo September 27, 2011

Austin placed highly in a recently released ranking of America’s top 50 cities, beating out Houston, Dallas and San Antonio by a wide margin. Bloomberg Rankings and Businessweek.com worked together...

School of Information students discuss banned books at Read-Out

Rachel Thompson September 27, 2011

[Corrected Sept. 27: Changed spelling of Jessica McClean] When Information sciences graduate student Jessica McClean was in high school, she read J.D. Salinger’s “The Catcher in the Rye”...

University Health Services campaign provides flu shots to campus community

Nick Hadjigeorge September 27, 2011

With the high temperatures lasting into the fall, it may not feel like the flu season is fast approaching. But University Health Services is taking precautionary measures against the virus through a campaign...

Latin major given chance for redemption

Jillian Bliss September 27, 2011

Members of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board directed UT officials to remove a major in a present-day language last week, but allowed the University to retain a major in the defunct language...

Saudi authorities to try woman for driving

The Associated Press September 27, 2011

A Saudi activist will stand trial for defying the kingdom’s ban on female drivers, a lawyer and rights advocates said Monday, revealing clear limits on how far the conservative Muslim land is willing...

‘Diversity Bake Sale’ heats up debate at Berkeley

The Associated Press September 27, 2011

A Republican group at the University of California, Berkeley has cooked up controversy with a plan to hold an “Increase Diversity Bake Sale” as a satirical way to oppose legislation that would...

Alumnus General Cone visits campus

Sarah Lawson September 26, 2011

According to the highest ranking alumnus in the U.S. army, four-star general Robert W. Cone, UT is changing the world through its research studies and by implementing that research in the field. Cone...

Texas Tribune Festival features speakers on various national issues

Jillian Bliss September 26, 2011

The Texas Tribune Festival brought influential speakers from around the world to the UT campus for discussion of critical national issues - including Longhorn football. Hosted by the Texas Tribune, an...

Pecan Street Festival celebrates 30 Years

Sylvia Butanda September 26, 2011

Hundreds of vendors, artists and events and thousands of people from Central Texas took over Sixth Street on Saturday and Sunday for the 30th year of Pecan Street Festival. The LEGO Experience Tour, the...

UT, state officials discuss opening medical school in Austin

Liz Farmer September 26, 2011

[Corrected Sept. 26: Changed cost of educating a resident] Editor’s note: This is the third in a four-part, weekly series examining System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa’s plan to increase...

Death penalty protests continue after Davis’ death

Rachel Thompson September 26, 2011

At the Texas Capitol on Friday, students commemorated the death of a man they say was wrongly executed and protested against the death penalty. Troy Davis was executed in Atlanta by lethal injection on...

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