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The Standard residents report multiple car break-ins, more issues

The Standard residents report multiple car break-ins, more issues

Hope Unger, News Reporter July 7, 2022

Residents of The Standard at Austin apartment complex have experienced numerous car break-ins, unresponsive management and, at one point, no water for days since the summer started. Management for the...

Local health experts urge COVID-19 precautions amid potential surge in cases

Local health experts urge COVID-19 precautions amid potential surge in cases

Rylie Lillibridge, News Reporter July 7, 2022

Immunity from COVID-19 variants may wane in the coming weeks due to decreasing antibody levels and loss of vaccine protection over time. Local experts said consistent testing and staying up to date with...

Rising temperatures projected to decrease tomato production

Rising temperatures projected to decrease tomato production

Leila Saidane, News Reporter July 7, 2022

Editor’s note: This article first appeared in the July 6, 2022 flipbook. The global processing tomato production is projected to decrease 6% by 2050, a recent study co-authored by UT researchers found...

Court case claiming race should not be a factor in UT-Austin admissions set to move forward

Court case claiming race should not be a factor in UT-Austin admissions set to move forward

Claire Stevens, News Reporter July 7, 2022

Editor’s note: This article first appeared in the July 6, 2022 flipbook. A lawsuit filed by Students for Fair Admissions, an organization that believes race should not be a factor in college acceptances,...

Student group works to bring 24-hour contraception vending machines to campus

Student group works to bring 24-hour contraception vending machines to campus

Ali Juell, News Reporter July 7, 2022

Editor’s note: This article first appeared in the July 6, 2022 flipbook. Emergency Contraception 4 Every Campus, a cross-university student organization, is working with University officials to implement...

CapMetro allows riders to get dropped off in-between stops at night

CapMetro allows riders to get dropped off in-between stops at night

Morgan Severson, News Reporter July 6, 2022

CapMetro’s new courtesy stop program allows riders to be dropped off in between stops closer after 9 p.m. in an effort to help riders feel more comfortable taking the bus at night. The program, which...

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Dell Seton Medical Center went on lockdown Friday after perpetrators fled from police chase into hospital

Hope Unger, News Reporter June 30, 2022

Dell Seton Medical Center went into lockdown last Friday after an individual in a vehicle discharged a firearm around 53rd Street and Airport Boulevard and then traveled south toward downtown Austin, ultimately...

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UT System approves $16.5M in funding for student mental health, safety services

Leila Saidane, Senior News Reporter June 30, 2022

On Tuesday, the University of Texas System Board of Regents approved the allocation of $16.5 million toward student mental health, student safety and alcohol education for all 13 UT System institutions...

West Campus standoff suspect charged with 5 cases of aggravated assault

West Campus standoff suspect charged with 5 cases of aggravated assault

Hope Unger, News Reporter June 28, 2022

Austin Police officers responded to reports of a non-UT student pointing a gun at a student on the 2400 block of Pearl Street at around 2:18 a.m. on June 17, which later led to a standoff with police at...

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Austin City Council unanimously passes resolution in support of livable wages for city employees

Morgan Severson, News Reporter June 27, 2022

City employees could have their pay increased to $22 an hour in the fall following a unanimous decision by the Austin City Council to raise the minimum wage for city employees on June 16.  The resolution,...

Newly discovered river belt rule helps scientists analyze ancient, extraterrestrial rivers

Newly discovered river belt rule helps scientists analyze ancient, extraterrestrial rivers

Leila Saidane, News Reporter June 27, 2022

New findings by UT researchers may help scientists identify the geometry and patterns of dried-up ancient rivers, such as the 3.5 billion-year-old rivers that once flowed on Mars, and provide insight for...

34-year-long bacterial experiment comes to UT-Austin

34-year-long bacterial experiment comes to UT-Austin

Rylie Lillibridge, News Reporter June 27, 2022

A 34-year-long experiment on E. Coli to understand how bacteria grow, reproduce and develop new traits found a new home at UT on June 21.  Originally founded by Richard Lenski at the University of...

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