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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...

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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...

Brown’s coaching staff to receive raises

Matthew Stottlemyre February 2, 2011

Mack Brown’s new assistant coaching staff will cost almost $3.7 million this season. Brown, UT’s head football coach and the state’s highest paid employee, leads a nine-member assistant coaching...

Visualization key to understanding data

Jake Hong February 2, 2011

Presenting data in a visual form omits the complexities and makes the information more palatable, said Kelly Gaither, a UT research scientist and lecturer, on Tuesday. The talk, “Picture This:...

Hide your plants, hide your pipes

Marty McAndrews February 2, 2011

Juan Martinez stood with his back firmly planted against the wind, hands stuffed into the pockets of his gray hooded sweatshirt. Martinez, a construction worker on the Belo Center for New Media, kept a...

Survey assesses students’ public university experiences

Emily Sides February 2, 2011

Students will have the opportunity to share a variety of information in an effort to improve the undergraduate experience in a survey that opened Tuesday. The Student Experience at the Research University...

Four students evacuated from studies abroad

Jody Serrano February 2, 2011

Recent political unrest in Egypt has prompted UT officials to bring several students studying abroad there back to Austin. The evacuation process for the four UT students studying in Egypt started Jan....

Professor urges Obama to revise foreign policy

Marty McAndrews February 2, 2011

An open letter from a UT professor urging President Obama to support vocally the cause of the Egyptian protestors has drawn the signatures of more than 150 political scientists across the country. In...

Defamatory flier causes discontent in activist group

Ahsika Sanders February 1, 2011

A controversial flier depicting President William Powers Jr., and College of Liberal Arts Dean Randy Diehl as members of the Ku Klux Klan created a rift within student activist group The Students Speak. Several...

LBJ library director plans renovation to attract students

Marty McAndrews February 1, 2011

As one of his first major acts as director of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Mark Updegrove proposed renovations to the museum’s permanent exhibit to attract a wider and younger crowd. The...

Students protest Chick-fil-A sponsorship

Jody Serrano February 1, 2011

About a dozen protesters held signs in front of the Tower on Monday morning to demonstrate against fast-food chain Chick-fil-A’s sponsorship of a pro-“traditional family” organization, as well as its...

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