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The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

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TIP Fellows sponsor debate on concealed gun legislation

Yvonne Marquez April 14, 2011

As the Texas House and Senate consider legislation that would legalize concealed carry of handguns on campus by licensed individuals, four members of the UT community met Wednesday to debate the issue...

Best to de-stress

Erika Rich April 14, 2011

Therapy dogs, massage tables and stress balls filled the porch of the Flawn Academic Center on Wednesday to help stressed-out students relax as part of the 14th-annual Stressfest. The Counseling...

Longhorns support fellow students at event for emergency fund

Molly Moore April 14, 2011

Students dug in their pockets to help support the Student Emergency Fund at the first-ever Spring into Giving campaign. Students Hooked on Texas, a group devoted to community service and fundraising...

Training session helps educate GLBT allies

Victoria Pagan April 14, 2011

The Gender and Sexuality Center sponsored an Ally-training session where 12 staff and students learned about GLBT terminology, misconceptions and ways to support the community. The program was one...

Increased loans likely as UT faces cuts

William James Gerlich April 14, 2011

Total student loan debt may top $1 trillion this year, having previously exceeded total credit card debt for the first time last year, The New York Times reported Tuesday. Mark Kantrowitz, who publishes...

Low-income families on rise in Travis county

Allie Kolechta April 14, 2011

A disproportionate rise in the number of low-income families in Travis county could mean less support for food and housing services and less tax revenue for future residents of the city of Austin, according...

SG executive board fills director positions

Ahsika Sanders April 13, 2011

Student Government’s new executive board has begun filling the more than 100 policy and agency director positions and external appointments. Last week, SG President Natalie Butler and Vice...

Mexican justice system reform proves beneficial, panel says

Mary Ellen Knewtson April 13, 2011

Editor’s Note: Portions of the interview have been translated from Spanish. Although some Mexican attorneys, policymakers and citizens criticized the 2008 reforms to the Mexican justice system,...

Representative seeks harsher punishment for first-time DWIs

William James Gerlich April 13, 2011

After a drunken driver killed one of his constituents in 2006, Rep. Bill Callegari, R-Katy, now wants all those convicted of driving while intoxicated to undergo a Breathalyzer test before they get...

Court justice supports educational games

Victoria Pagan April 13, 2011

Gamers can count former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor as one of their own after she spoke at a conference Tuesday on behalf of a new interactive video game that teaches young...

Racial conflicts tarnish history of Roundup

Ahsika Sanders April 13, 2011

Roundup, an annual event that draws thousands of people to a weekend of West Campus parties, began eight decades ago as the highlight of the University’s spring social season — but it has...

UT Medical Branch at odds with PETA

Matthew Stottlemyre April 13, 2011

UT Medical Branch at Galveston may appeal last week’s decision by the Texas Attorney General that requires it to release a portion of the documents an animal rights group requested under the Freedom...

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