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The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

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Legislators push for guns on campus

Melissa Ayala February 4, 2011

Higher education campuses in Texas have been designated gun-free zones for 15 years, but lawmakers will try again to change that this legislative session. Since the start of the 82nd Texas Legislature...

Proposal may cut traffic, add tolls

Melissa Ayala February 3, 2011

  A new proposal may alleviate some of the notorious Interstate Highway 35 congestion in Central Texas. The Interstate 35 Corridor Advisory Committee proposed switching I-35 with State...

Undocumented immigrant numbers increase

Marty McAndrews February 3, 2011

About 11.2 million undocumented immigrants lived in the United States in 2010 — up from 11.1 million in 2009 — according to a Pew Hispanic Center report. The nonpartisan Washington, D.C., research...

Teach For America affords alumni chance to give back

Ahsika Sanders February 3, 2011

In June, Charles Graham Jr. will leave his job at an Austin law firm and move almost 2,000 miles to Philadelphia to embark on a new teaching career. Graham, who received his government degree in...

University contributes high number of volunteers to Peace Corps

Emily Sides February 3, 2011

UT-Austin ranks No. 11 in Peace Corps volunteers in the large school category, with 77 alumni serving on five continents, according to a Peace Corps press release. On the 50th anniversary of the...

Grad student wins renewable energy award

Victoria Pagan February 3, 2011

A UT graduate student was awarded one of six scholarships that provide opportunities for students who show interest in the renewable energy and biofuels industry. Julia O’Rourke, a public affairs...

Snapshots reveal ‘slice of history’

Mary Ellen Knewtson February 3, 2011

A traveling photographer with an unknown identity captured Great Depression-era Corpus Christi in a set of 473 photographs that the Harry Ransom Center has been unveiling over the past two months. The...

Respected reporter, editor remembered

Marty McAndrews February 3, 2011

Sam Kinch Jr., Dallas Morning News reporter and former editor for The Daily Texan, died Tuesday. Kinch, 70, suffered from pancreatic cancer. Austin American-Statesman columnist Dave McNeely remembers...

Students protest community college cuts at Capitol

Huma Munir February 3, 2011

Temperatures in the teens and strong winds didn’t stop the crowd of more than 500 students that rallied at the Capitol in response to the proposed 30-percent budget cuts for community colleges in Texas. “We...

APD considering updated technology; head, in-car cameras

Allison Kroll February 2, 2011

New digital video technology may allow the Austin Police Department to use cameras worn on the head to record evidence and update in-car technology that the UT Police Department has already implemented. This...

News Briefly

Matthew Stottlemyre February 2, 2011

Gov. Rick Perry appointed on Tuesday two new members to the UT System Board of Regents and re-appointed another. The governor’s office issued a press release Tuesday morning announcing the appointments....

Faculty notably absent during Students Speak deliberation

Ahsika Sanders February 2, 2011

A Students Speak forum on Tuesday focused on planning and agenda setting because administrators declined to attend the meeting. The organization formed to counter a $1 million proposed cut to ethnic...

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