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Moody Theater opens to tune of Texas country icon

Jono Foley February 15, 2011

Willie Nelson played his second show at the new Austin City Limits Moody Theater on Monday night. The state-of-the-art theater, located on Willie Nelson Boulevard, will be the new home to Austin...

Faculty Council moves to end unequal say in personnel votes

Matthew Stottlemyre February 15, 2011

Certain faculty members currently weigh in twice on University personnel decisions, said a faculty council member. The council unanimously passed a resolution Monday to eliminate the practice, English...

Council’s resolution stresses opposition to concealed carry

Matthew Stottlemyre February 15, 2011

The Faculty Council unanimously passed its second resolution in two years affirming the current ban on concealed firearm carry on campus at a Monday meeting. According to the resolution, the carrying...

Egyptian citizens celebrate president’s resignation

Molly Moore February 14, 2011

Egyptian people took to the streets in celebration rather than protest Friday morning when the historic announcement of 30-year President Hosni Mubarak’s resignation hit the airwaves. Austin...

UT Arabic senior reflects on time in violent Egypt during protests

Jody Serrano February 14, 2011

On the first day of the protests in Egypt, Jordan Bellquist spent an ordinary day at home with Mama, her Egyptian host parent. Bellquist, a radio-television-film and Arabic senior and Arabic Flagship...

Rival universities unite to preserve state funds

Matthew Stottlemyre February 14, 2011

Rivals in the stands, on the hardwood and on the gridiron, UT and Texas A&M alumni will collaborate Tuesday to ask the Texas Legislature to invest in the state’s higher education budget for...

Student group opens first community garden

Jasmin Sun February 14, 2011

Green thumbs on campus will soon have a garden to call their own. After a semester’s worth of delays, UT’s Gardening Committee held their first community garden workday in East Austin...

Public broadcasting advocate remembered for perseverance

Lauren Giudice February 13, 2011

Friends of Robert F. Schenkkan, founder of Austin public radio station, KUT, and TV station, KLRU, remember him as kind and determined. He died on Wednesday at 93 from dementia complications. Clinical...

Ceremony recognizes fallen workers

Marty McAndrews February 13, 2011

The Workers Defense Project student initiative held a remembrance ceremony Friday for three workers that fell from the 11th floor of the 21 Rio luxury apartments during the 2009 construction. Students...

Volunteers come together to clean up Lady Bird Lake

Katrina Tollin February 13, 2011

Lady Bird Lake received a makeover Saturday morning at the Keep Austin Beautiful volunteer cleanup day. Keep Austin Beautiful organized six different cleanup sites around the lake. More than 200...

UT professor talks of strife American acts create in world

William James Gerlich February 11, 2011

Since Europeans landed in the United States, cultural suppression has played a key role in the rise of the American empire, said a UT journalism professor in a lecture Thursday. Robert Jensen...

Budget proposal may endanger research

Shamoyita DasGupta February 11, 2011

A recent proposal from Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives to cut non-defense discretionary spending could adversely affect research institutions, including UT, said UT’s vice president for...

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