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The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

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Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

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Safety commission strives to improve response to 911 calls

Allison Kroll February 8, 2011

Austin’s emergency call system may need further planning and revision, members of the Public Safety Commission said in a meeting Monday. Concerns about the 911 system include a lack...

Contest funds student ideas for fighting social woes

Katrina Tollin February 8, 2011

University students worldwide will compete this week for a chance to win a $50,000 grand prize to jump-start their plan for social entrepreneurship. The fifth annual Dell Social Innovation Competition...

Ceremony shows off center’s features

Victoria Pagan February 8, 2011

Student volunteers passed out programs embedded with wildflower seeds to demonstrate the environmentally sustainable efforts of the Student Activity Center at an opening ceremony on Monday. The University...

News decline persists with no clear solution

Victoria Pagan February 8, 2011

Commercialization, lack of opportunity for new journalists and low-quality reporting all contribute to the overall decline of the news media, a visiting journalism professor said. Robert W....

Deteriorating AOL acquires Huffington Post

Michelle Conlin and Andrew Vanacore February 8, 2011

NEW YORK — Tim Armstrong has looked like the unluckiest man in media for the past year. He used to be Google’s ad sales maestro, the definition of digital success. But ever since May 2009, when he took...

Gender inequity persists at University

Matthew Stottlemyre February 7, 2011

The University has made little progress to correct the gender inequities identified by the 2008 Gender Equity Report. The report made by a provost’s task force found inequities for female...

Super Bowl gets Texans gearing up for business

Huma Munir February 7, 2011

Despite last week’s inclement weather conditions, businesses in the Arlington area are expecting to increase their revenue by hosting this year’s Super Bowl championship. Super Bowl XLV is expected...

Green Bay leads the pack

Allie Kolechta February 7, 2011

The cheers of Packers supporters rang through Jester West on Sunday as football fans celebrated the Super Bowl win. As Arlington hosted Super Bowl XLV at Cowboys Stadium, which opened in 2009, Longhorns...

APD notes increase in accidents as city combatted icy streets

Allison Kroll February 7, 2011

Frost-covered roads following Friday’s wintry weather led to more than 400 accidents in and around the Austin area, according to the Austin Police Department. The subfreezing weather that began Tuesday...

UT students volunteer at immigrant shelter

Katrina Tollin February 7, 2011

Anju Dhital fled to Austin almost one year ago after a bloody civil war in Nepal tore apart her country and her family. A former teacher, she was forced to leave her country when members of the communist...

Proposed state budget ignores national health care law

Allison Harris February 7, 2011

The proposed state budget does not take into consideration investments Texas should make to fund portions of the national health care reform law, said the associate director of a research group. Anne...

Texas student groups join to talk about human rights

Marty McAndrews February 7, 2011

Texas representatives of Amnesty International bumped into ballerinas and activist groups during the global human rights organization’s 2011 Amnesty Texas State Conference at Ballet Austin. Lily Vo,...

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