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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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Physicist describes state of global warming rhetoric, energy alternatives

Victoria Pagan February 17, 2011

A Nobel Prize-winning physicist encouraged a more realistic discussion rather than one based on exaggeration of the future of energy use in the 21st century during a lecture Wednesday. Burton Richter,...

Exchange students honored at reception

Huma Munir February 17, 2011

State officials and UT administrators recognized 70 Mexican and Spanish international students as part of a reception at the Texas Capitol on Wednesday. Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, Sen. Judith Zaffirini,...

Writing center alumnus wins school’s award for successes

Huma Munir February 17, 2011

Abhijit Joshi, an alumnus of the Michener Center for Writers, has been distinguished as the Graduate School’s Outstanding Graduate Alumnus of the year. Graduate studies spokeswoman Kathleen...

Fair joins Longhorns with service groups

Yvonne Marquez February 17, 2011

An array of nonprofit organizations and government agencies attended a volunteer fair Wednesday to find students willing to serve the Austin community. The Volunteer and Service Learning Center...

University develops emergency procedure posters to be put in classrooms, offices

Allison Harris February 17, 2011

The campuswide lockdown during the Sept. 28 campus shooting raised questions for students, faculty and staff. The office of Campus Safety and Security responded by publishing a set of procedural definitions...

Former Rep. advocates guns for self-defense

Mary Ellen Knewtson February 16, 2011

Former state Rep. Suzanna Gratia Hupp said to about 50 students Tuesday that she was not mad at the man who shot her parents and 22 others during the 1991 Luby’s massacre in Killeen. “I...

Radio experts offer tips to ambitious musicians

William James Gerlich February 16, 2011

Industry insiders revealed the secrets of how to make it big as a recording artist during a talk Tuesday night. Panelists Zannie K. of Clear Channel’s The Beat, Leah Manners of KOOP and KAZI’s...

Medical branches address proposed cuts

Melissa Ayala February 16, 2011

Presidents of UT's six medical branches asked state senators Tuesday to reconsider funding cuts that could impact research, residency slots and overall funding for Texas health-related institutions...

Student committee joins college deans in budget decisions

Ahsika Sanders February 16, 2011

The group was the first of the College Tuition and Budget Advisory Councils to submit a proposal to its college, and a meeting Friday indicated that the students and administrators have similar goals....

State still lags in health care, educational comparisons

Shamoyita DasGupta February 16, 2011

Texas ranked 49th in the percentage of low-income people covered by Medicaid and last in both per capita mental health spending and the percentage of the population over 25 with a high school diploma,...

Visiting former president talks foreign policy, Egypt

Jody Serrano February 16, 2011

Former President Jimmy Carter addressed more than 200 students and community members at the Lady Bird Johnson Auditorium on Tuesday night about the situation in the Middle East, his own and other presidencies...

Funds to restore, move fossil pending

Lauren Giudice February 15, 2011

The Texas Natural Science Center will restore a 112-million-year-old deteriorating dinosaur tracks fossil before moving it to the Texas Memorial Museum. The tracks, which have been at UT since 1941,...

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