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Students navigate apartment contracts, subleasing amid fall semester and COVID-19 uncertainty

Andrew Zhang July 6, 2020

As classes move online and COVID-19 creates financial uncertainty, some students are trying to get out of their off-campus apartment leases for the upcoming school year. Apartments, unlike on-campus...

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ICE rescinds July update for international student visa guidelines during federal lawsuit

Areeba Amer and Andrew Zhang July 6, 2020

Update 7/14 The federal government has decided to allow international students to take all classes online and remain in the United States, rescinding U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement guidance...

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Texas 4000 completes annual bike ride virtually due to COVID-19

Hannah Ortega July 5, 2020

After completing an 18-month training program, 78 bicyclists with Texas 4000, a UT organization that raises money and awareness for cancer, were supposed to set out on a 4,000-mile-long journey this summer...

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Early voting for runoff elections begins amid coronavirus concerns

Hannah Williford July 4, 2020

Early voting for the July 14 runoff elections in Texas began Monday after months of deliberation over voting safety measures during the COVID-19 pandemic. Voters are currently eligible to apply for...

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African and African Diaspora Studies professor gives virtual lecture on queerness in the Black Lives Matter movement

Hannah Williford July 4, 2020

Xavier Livermon, an associate professor of African and African Diaspora Studies, led a discussion on the influence of the LGBTQ+ community in the Black Lives Matter movement and its change over time Friday...

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ACL cancels 2020 festival citing health, safety concerns

Anna Canizales July 1, 2020

Austin City Limits Music Festival announced Wednesday that it will not be taking place in fall 2020 due to health and safety concerns from the coronavirus outbreak.  The statement, released on...

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The Daily Texan Staff June 30, 2020

The Daily Texan 6/30/20

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International students encounter enrollment, travel issues from COVID-19

Andrew Zhang June 30, 2020

International students are facing uncertainty with their future enrollment at the University as COVID-19 causes embassy closures, flight cancellations and immigration policy changes. These developments...

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UT students bridge generational gap during COVID-19 pandemic through online matchmaking platform

Lauren Goodman June 30, 2020

Although Lisa Griffis, a senior citizen from The Woodlands, Texas, and Alanis Ymbernon, a junior exchange student from Barcelona attending The Catholic University of America, have never seen each other...

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UT-Austin announces plans for campus operations, residence halls this fall

Nicole Stuessy and Hannah Ortega June 29, 2020

Editor's note: This story has been updated throughout. UT announced more details of its reopening plan Monday, including online, hybrid and in-person classes, mostly double-occupancy rooms in residence...

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Undocumented students, families encounter challenges due to COVID-19

Austin Martinez June 29, 2020

At just 8 years old, Gerardo Ruiz-Tenorio carried the traumatic weight of his mother being deported. Twelve years later during the COVID-19 pandemic, the weight on Ruiz-Tenorio’s shoulders has intensified...

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