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The Daily Texan

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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Longhorn Network announces internship opportunity for students

Syeda Hasan July 12, 2011

UT students will join the Longhorn Network’s production team through five paid internships before the network’s Aug. 26 launch. The University’s 20-year agreement with ESPN to...

Austin’s website may get redesign if city wins fellowship

Allison Harris July 11, 2011

Austin has made the short list of potential fellowship recipients from a national nonprofit dedicated to improving, updating and redesigning government websites. If Austin is one of the five to...

University, Ryan O’Neal spar over Fawcett portrait By Anthony McCartney

The Associated Press July 11, 2011

LOS ANGELES — The University of Texas system and Ryan O’Neal are sparring over ownership of an Andy Warhol portrait of the actor’s longtime companion, Farrah Fawcett. The system’s...

UT engineering society pushes for new automotive research facility

Allison Harris July 11, 2011

With a new race track on the way from Formula 1, the UT Formula Society of Automotive Engineers wants to build an automotive research facility to produce innovative vehicle designs and alternative fuel...

UT Senate’s advisory committees to be fully formed by September

Victoria Pagan July 11, 2011

The College Tuition and Budget Advisory Committees proposed by the Senate of College Councils for all 16 University colleges are scheduled to be fully formed by the end of September, said Senate president...

W Hotel reopens amid investigation of falling glass panels

Syeda Hasan July 11, 2011

The W Hotel reopened its doors Saturday morning after glass panels fell from the building’s windows which forced the hotel to shut down for several days. Hotel officials removed all glass...

Teen reporters start newspaper to give voice to their community

The Associated Press July 11, 2011

LOS ANGELES — Eighteen-year-old Alejandro Rojas is tired of outsiders viewing his neighborhood of Boyle Heights as a hub of gang violence and housing projects. So he and 13 other local teenagers...

Man suspected of driving drunk hijacks city’s van to go for joyride

The Associated Press July 11, 2011

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Anchorage police say a city van used to pick up drunken people was taken on a joyride by a man suspected of drunken driving. The Anchorage Daily News reports that 35-year-old...

Brazilian boy’s magnetic ability draws attention, metal objects

The Associated Press July 11, 2011

SAO PAULO — An 11-year-old boy in Brazil’s northeastern city of Mossoro is drawing attention with his purportedly magnet-like qualities. The Globo TV network has broadcast images of...

Crews reminisce as final shuttle flight docks with station

The Associated Press July 11, 2011

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — As the miles melted between Atlantis and the International Space Station, the emotions grew — in orbit and on the ground. At Mission Control on Sunday, lead flight...

After celebration in Sudan, a warning

The Associated Press July 11, 2011

JUBA, South Sudan — A day after the jubilation of South Sudan’s independence proclamation, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. warned Sunday of a “real risk” that the north-south...

Group holds benefit for Planned Parenthood, to protest sonogram bill

William James Gerlich July 11, 2011

A women’s rights group is working with Planned Parenthood to fight new health care legislation they call anti-women and insensitive. On Saturday, the feminist organization The Lonely Ladies...

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