At a Hyde Park house where 12 UT students speak to one another in Arabic, a hair stylist new to the country offered haircuts as an opportunity to build her clientele base Sunday. Intesaar Abu-Jus, 47,...

Austin police made 29 arrests in the Sixth Street area Saturday night, including 11 arrests for public intoxication. APD designated Saturday and Tuesday part of the No Refusal Initiative to reduce the...

Smokey the Cannon boomed every half hour to welcome nearly 50,000 visitors to campus for the 10th annual Explore UT event. Visitors from across Texas came to the University to participate. Explore UT,...

Regardless of age, many Austin residents remembered what it was like to be a kid again Sunday. Despite traffic congestion around the area and a lack of parking spaces, thousands of adults and children...

Although English freshman Sasha Henry’s cousin is getting married in Monterrey during spring break, she is afraid of crossing the border into Mexico because of a recent upswing in violence and a warning...

Editor’s note: This is the third in a four-part series examining the sources of UT’s funding. UT tuition has approximately doubled during the past decade, and it funds more of the University’s overall...

Students can look forward to another week of SG campaigning as two executive alliances prepare for a runoff election. Because no campaign had the 51-percent majority the election code requires, the...

Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a six-part series examining bills that could impact the lives of students. If the Legislature passes either of two bills this session, the University will lose its...

UT staff will soon have similar conflict resolution resources as faculty and students. Interviews for a new staff ombudsperson position began Thursday. UT Staff Council recommended that President William...

A considerable number of inmates sentenced to death or life in prison could be innocent, the executive editor of the Texas Observer said in a lecture Thursday. Dave Mann spoke at MonkeyWrench Books...

Patrons of Downtown Austin should carry more loose change starting in August 2011, after City Council members voted 6-1 Thursday to implement an ordinance that will extend hours for parking meters. Currently,...

Attending a more selective college does not lead to higher earnings for the average student, according to a recent study by Princeton researchers. Students who apply to, and are accepted by, elite schools...