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Local Starbucks still lacks benefits provided to non-union stores

Local Starbucks still lacks benefits provided to non-union stores

Rylie Lillibridge, Senior News Reporter July 27, 2023

The Starbucks on 24th Street unionized over a year ago, but workers say they are still fighting for equal treatment by the company amidst fears of retaliation. Last month, the location did not participate...

Coalition of professors sues Gov. Abbott over TikTok ban, claiming it hinders research

Coalition of professors sues Gov. Abbott over TikTok ban, claiming it hinders research

Pili Saravia, General News Reporter July 24, 2023

After the state of Texas banned TikTok on state devices and networks — including at public universities like UT — a group of professors who said the law imposed on their First Amendment rights...

Affordable housing, environmentalism, picket fences: Here’s what happened in City Council this week

Affordable housing, environmentalism, picket fences: Here’s what happened in City Council this week

Pili Saravia, General News Reporter July 24, 2023

The Austin City Council discussed 196 items on July 20, including modifying SMART housing policies, reducing the city’s oversight in the watershed department and increasing infrastructure for middle-class...

Students find support for social anxiety and loneliness through UT departments

Students find support for social anxiety and loneliness through UT departments

Grace Xu, General News Reporter July 24, 2023

Social isolation and loneliness is the fifth top reason that students seek care at UT’s Counseling and Mental Health Center. Several departments at UT are doing their best to provide support for...

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Don’t sweat it: The Texan’s guide for Mooov-In

Ren Leija, General News Reporter July 24, 2023

Mooov-In is a rite of passage for all Longhorns — a time to make new friends, explore your new home and get ready for a great year ahead. But before you start overpacking your bags or stressing out,...

Students concerned about progress of Rambler apartment complex

Students concerned about progress of Rambler apartment complex

Ireland Blouin, Senior News Reporter July 24, 2023

Future Rambler residents have expressed concern about the building’s progress and the possibility that management may reschedule the move-in day to a later date.  The West Campus apartment complex...

Study from UT researcher theorizes why companies conceal political activity

Study from UT researcher theorizes why companies conceal political activity

Ireland Blouin, Seniors News Reporter July 23, 2023

A new study from UT researcher Timothy Werner brings to light theories of why law-abiding firms often attempt to conceal their corporate political activity from the general public. Business professor...

Texas lawmakers pass bills to lower rejection of mail ballots

Texas lawmakers pass bills to lower rejection of mail ballots

Natalia Simbeck, General News Reporter July 23, 2023

With bipartisan support, Texas lawmakers passed two bills aiming to lower the high rejection rates of mail-in ballots seen in 2021. Senate Bill 1599, authored by State Sen. Bryan Hughes and sponsored...

Geoengineering company brings new technology (and rain) to Austin this summer

Geoengineering company brings new technology (and rain) to Austin this summer

Pili Saravia, General News Reporter July 20, 2023

David Mohrig, geology associate dean for research, said high water use in Austin causes water levels in Lake Travis to decrease significantly.  Rainwater Tech, a geoengineering company, plans on...

UT researchers find evidence of the most distant black hole

UT researchers find evidence of the most distant black hole

Rylie Lillibridge, Senior News Reporter July 20, 2023

UT researchers found evidence of the most distant supermassive black hole to date, revealing new insights into how black holes form.  Discovered by the Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science Survey,...

Texas Athletics to revoke Big Tickets after claimed football tickets go unused twice

Texas Athletics to revoke Big Tickets after claimed football tickets go unused twice

Karina Kumar, General News Reporter July 17, 2023

Big Ticket holders who claim football tickets and then fail to scan in for two games will get their ticket revoked for remaining football games without refund, according to rules on the Big Ticket...

Fulbright Scholars Program awards 4 University researchers to continue research abroad

Fulbright Scholars Program awards 4 University researchers to continue research abroad

Ireland Blouin, Senior News Reporter July 17, 2023

The U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board chose four UT staff and faculty members to receive awards from the Fulbright U.S. Scholars Program.  The four selected included...

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