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UT, Mexican law school begin partnership

Shamoyita DasGupta March 9, 2011

UT law students can earn a dual law degree from the UT School of Law and from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México in Mexico City through a new program currently accepting applications. Law...

Google to oversee webmail after UT confirms contract

Shamoyita DasGupta March 9, 2011

Students can say goodbye to the clunky orange UT webmail interface and claim a new University e-mail account hosted through Google next month. After students complained for years about the inefficiency...

Cuts to Planned Parenthood spur protest

Jody Serrano March 9, 2011

Memorial High School senior Nicole Vargas stood a head shorter than most of the crowd at Tuesday’s Planned Parenthood demonstration at the Capitol. Her opposition to proposed state cuts for the program,...

Singing out for haitian education

Jody Serrano March 9, 2011

One week after the Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake that destroyed most of Haiti, exercise science sophomore Taylor Lackey remembers switching on the television to catch a “60 Minutes” report. He...

Public-based growth plan to be voted on by city council

Allie Kolechta March 9, 2011

Austin’s next 30 years could be decided at tomorrow’s City Council meeting, when council members look at whether or not to endorse a plan for the future of the city. City Council will hold a public...

Proposed bill may lift Sunday liquor ban

Marty McAndrews March 9, 2011

A bill in the Texas Legislature that could repeal the ban on Sunday liquor sales caused an uproar from several liquor store owners during public testimony Tuesday. The Sunday liquor ban is an example...

Business students create Bible study, incorporate ethics

Lindsey Cherner March 8, 2011

At first Brothers and Sisters in Business simply wanted to change the businessmen and women for the better. Once they saw this was possible, they wanted to change the world one ethical decision at a...

Students celebrate week of feminism

Ahsika Sanders March 8, 2011

Students came out of the feminist closet Monday to tell their tales of gender equality. The Gender and Sexuality Center opened their celebration of National Feminist Week with the truth wall, imitating...

Austin police report confirms declining violent crime rates

Marty McAndrews March 8, 2011

Citywide violent and property crimes reached a six-year low late last month, according to a new Austin Police Department report. According to the report, citywide violent crime decreased by 19.1 percent,...

State senator traces success to years spent on Forty Acres

March 8, 2011

Editor’s note: This is the second in a three-part series about UT alumni who are now in the Texas Legislature Standing in the Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority house, a member of the Texas Spooks comes up...

Sonogram bill awaits approval by Senate after passing House

Melissa Ayala March 8, 2011

In its first vote this session, the Texas House easily approved a bill Monday that would place new restrictions on a woman’s right to obtain an abortion by requiring her to undergo a sonogram at least...

Restaurants raise funds for Texas 4000

Yvonne Marquez March 8, 2011

Students helped fight cancer by ordering chicken wings at Pluckers on Monday. Texas 4000, a student charity organization whose members ride bicycles from Austin to Anchorage, Alaska, every summer to...

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