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Photographers explore variety of life in Texas

Allison Kroll November 19, 2010

Penny De Los Santos has moved in her photography from documenting diverse aspects of South Texas, from prison and gang lifestyles to family life depicted in “Quinceaneras.” “I realized photography...

Weavers share cooperative story

Allie Kolechta November 19, 2010

Women in the southeastern Mexican state of Chiapas have begun to make a living for themselves by weaving clothes and creating a way to break through social barriers, said a weaver from a women’s cooperative...

Aerospace department launches ‘nanosatellites’

Shivam Purohit November 19, 2010

The U.S. Air Force will launch two satellites from Alaska this evening constructed by the UT Satellite Design Lab after seven years of development. University graduate and undergraduate students designed...

Organization seeks to help immigrants earn fair pay

Yvonne Marquez November 19, 2010

Editor’s Note: Portions of interviews in this story were translated from Spanish. Felix Jimenez, an immigrant from Vera Cruz, Mexico, worked for an Austin roofing company for one year without receiving...

Resolution urges UT to clarify layoff policy

Collin Eaton November 19, 2010

Staff Council passed a resolution on Thursday calling for Human Resource Services to provide comprehensive, easy-to-access information about the layoff process in response to repeated complaints of anxiety...

Holocaust survivor recalls resistance to Nazis

Matthew Stottlemyre November 18, 2010

Leah Johnson was 16 years old when Germany invaded Poland in 1939. She spent the rest of her teenage years resisting Nazi forces from within Poland as part of a Jewish resistance group. Johnson escaped...

Crew rows to raise equipment funds

Audrey White November 18, 2010

Texas Crew members said passion for their sport gets them up each weekday at 5:15 a.m. for practice. They took that passion to the West Mall on Monday and Tuesday to raise awareness and funds for their...

Cuts endanger UT jobs, programs

Collin Eaton November 17, 2010

The latest round of 3-percent budget cuts to state agencies could mean a reduction of about $9 million in UT’s state funding. But University officials could not say a day after the cuts were announced...

Liberal Arts deficit jeopardizes ethnic studies

Audrey White November 17, 2010

Ethnic studies centers and the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies may fall under the swinging axe of University budget cuts, and members of a new student organization called The Students Speak said...

Haitian amputees tour United States, compete at Capitol

Yvonne Marquez November 16, 2010

Emmanuel Ladouceur was on the bottom floor of a three-story building with his family when a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti last January. A goalkeeper for a local soccer team, Ladouceur lost his...

UT explores hydrogen fuel, sparks government interest

Lauren Giudice November 16, 2010

UT’s Center for Electromechanics, along with Atlanta-based Center for Transportation and the Environment, delivered two hydrogen-powered utility vehicles to the U.S. military’s largest combat support...

APD reports increase in homicides during 2010

Aziza Musa November 16, 2010

The Austin Police Department is facing its fifth spike in the number of murders committed during the past 15 years — despite an overall drop in the violent crime rate. Murder rates usually average...

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