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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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Graduate school celebrates centennial of education

Mary Ellen Knewtson November 11, 2010

UT’s Graduate School celebrated its 100th anniversary with steel drums and sheet cakes on the West Mall on Wednesday. More than 600 graduate students from diverse programs and their coordinators...

College cuts ties with UT System after rent dispute

Collin Eaton November 11, 2010

The 19-year-old agreement between Texas Southmost College and the University of Texas at Brownsville that allows students to transfer from the junior college to the four-year university will phase out...

Bill seeks concealed carry for college campuses

Audrey White November 11, 2010

Concealed carry of handguns on college campuses has been a divisive issue in the Texas Legislature since 2007, and elected officials will go another round on the issue once the new session starts in...

Board of Regents approves Longhorn sports station

Collin Eaton November 11, 2010

The University is gearing up to create a cable and satellite television station devoted to Longhorn sports programming. After closed-door discussions of the potential new Longhorn sports station,...

Quintana out on bail, awaiting trial

Aziza Musa November 11, 2010

Former Austin Police Department Officer Leonardo Quintana was released from the Williamson County Jail on Tuesday night after posting his $8,000 bond. Police arrested Quintana on Tuesday for four...

Misuse of surge protector causes fire in North Campus

Aziza Musa November 11, 2010

An electrical fault caused a fire in a North Campus apartment near Dean Keeton Street and Harris Park Avenue on Wednesday, displacing one woman and killing her cat. No one was inside the unit at...

Immigrants, allies rally for DREAM

Destinee Hodge November 11, 2010

Supporters of the DREAM Act sought to highlight the military service of undocumented immigrants outside the J.J. Pickle Federal Building on Wednesday. Organizers said they timed the event to fall...

Speak Week event fights stereotypes about blacks

Matthew Stottlemyre November 11, 2010

To unify the black community on campus, students need to take the time to get to know individuals, rather than make assumptions based on stereotypes, said education senior Cierra Campbell. Campbell...

Legend returns to inspire Longhorns

Trey Scott November 11, 2010

Julius Whittier made an impromptu visit to Texas football practice Wednesday afternoon. If the players didn’t know who the man was as he walked onto the field in blue jeans and a black sweater,...

LBJ School of Public Affairs announces chief fundraiser

Nolan Hicks November 11, 2010

The LBJ School of Public Affairs announced Tuesday that Carolyn Miles Garber is its new director of development, a position that has been vacant for five years. Garber will be in charge of the school’s...

Students celebrate by whirling

Ahsika Sanders November 10, 2010

  A brief eulogy to Islamic prophets and a medley of flutes opened the floor for the spinning dance of worship delivered by the Whirling Dervishes of Rumi on Tuesday night. The Islamic...

Fulbright scholarship awarded to professor

Allie Kolechta November 10, 2010

Z. Jeff Chen, a professor in the Section of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, will head to the University of Cambridge in England on a scholarship to research and teach as a 2010 Fulbright Scholar. Each...

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