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Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

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UT ranks as ‘best value’ college

Joe Layton February 25, 2011

UT ranks among the top 50 universities in The Princeton Review’s Best Value Colleges of 2011 list. The list assessed schools based on institutional data and student opinion surveys that The...

Lecturer rejects idea of ‘post-racial’ US

Jake Hong February 25, 2011

The United States is not a post-racial society even though many white Americans may think it is, a political commentator said in a lecture Thursday. Author and political commentator Tim Wise talked...

Legislation seeks free IDs for homeless

William James Gerlich February 25, 2011

More than 265,000 Texans are homeless, but two Austin representatives are attempting to lower the number by introducing legislation that would allow homeless individuals the ability to acquire a free...

Bill may give grad students health coverage under UT plan

Matthew Stottlemyre February 25, 2011

The University can offer its health plan to graduate and postdoctoral research fellows if lawmakers approve a bill currently in the Texas Senate Committee on State Affairs. The Texas Insurance Code...

Civil rights symposium celebrates 25th anniversary

Shamoyita DasGupta February 25, 2011

The students who helped coordinate the first Heman Sweatt Symposium on Civil Rights in 1986 boycotted their own event because of animosity toward the UT System Board of Regents, said two of the original...

Proposed law would require police to check for citizenship

February 25, 2011

Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a six-part series examining bills that could impact the lives of students. Law enforcement officials would have to inquire about the immigration status...

Senate of College Councils elects president

Ahsika Sanders February 25, 2011

The first competitive Senate of College Councils presidential race elections in several years ended Thursday with the former executive director winning the highest office. The Senate serves as the...

Contraption contest breeds creativity

Molly Moore February 24, 2011

Chris Hunt’s success all hinged on a kung fu hamster. If the hamster prevented a marble from rolling down a bright yellow ramp, Hunt’s Rube Goldberg machine would have been a failure....

College Republicans officers quit over SG endorsements

Ahsika Sanders February 24, 2011

Two College Republicans officers resigned Wednesday night after disagreement with the group’s SG executive alliance endorsement. College Republicans President Justin May announced the group’s...

UT basketball player arrested, suspended after DUI arrest

Huma Munir February 24, 2011

  UT men’s basketball player, French junior Alexis Wangmene, was arrested for driving under the influence on Sunday. “Alexis Wangmene has been suspended indefinitely due to...

Conference surveys devastating effects of natural disasters

Yvonne Marquez February 24, 2011

When photographers and writers cover natural disasters, it is important to tell the stories of the people that those events affect, two renowned documentary photographers agreed at a panel discussion...

ESPN deal may affect next year’s UT budget

Melissa Ayala February 24, 2011

President William Powers Jr. testified to the Texas House Higher Education Committee about the UT-ESPN network that is expected to bring $300 million in additional revenue for UT over the next 20 years....

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