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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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UTeach helps meet demand for new science and math teachers

Reihaneh Hajibeigi January 31, 2012

The University’s UTeach program is partnering with the 100Kin10 movement to prepare up to 100,000 college graduates within 10 years to become secondary education math and science teachers. The UTeach...

Budget cuts distress College of Liberal Arts

Andrew Messamore January 31, 2012

Cooperation between three centers within the College of Liberal Arts has grown since last year’s budget cuts, an unintended benefit from a challenging financial situation, said the centers’...

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Children from instable families require extra push

Rachel Thompson January 31, 2012

Family instability may negatively affect student performance in rigorous high schools and impact decisions to attend college, according to a new study on family backgrounds. Sociology associate professor...

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Police discover source of false bomb threat

Sarah White January 31, 2012

Austin Police have identified Marshall David Logan as the man who reported a false bomb threat against KLRU studios Thursday night. In his 3-1-1 call, Logan alleged that there was a bomb hidden inside...

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Student Event Center brings winter to Texas, welcomes students

Tracy Frydberg January 31, 2012

Despite the 75 degree weather, students got a glimpse of colder climates at the Student Events Center’s Winter Wonderland. The Winter Wonderland, hosted at the entrance of Gregory Gym Monday, offered...

The Project unites alumni, students in community service

Sylvia Butanda January 30, 2012

Fifty Texas Exes alumni chapters and the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement will team up to host The Project, a community service event aiming to renovate two Austin area neighborhoods on Feb....

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French soldiers’ attitudes influence past, current culture

January 30, 2012

Many French soldiers during World War I possessed the concept of Le Système D, which is understood as coping, managing, making do or muddling through situations, Elizabeth Murphy said. Murphy,...

UT students, professors evaluate Hatian soil behavior

Christina Noriega January 30, 2012

Two years ago, a national team of engineers, including UT civil engineering professor Ellen Rathje and civil engineering graduate student Oscar Suncar, traveled to Haiti in a reconnaissance mission after...

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Cornyn talks national debt

Andrew Messamore January 30, 2012

On Friday, Sen. John Cornyn R-Texas spoke with UT law students at the LBJ School of Public Affairs about the problems the growing public debt poses for the U.S. The Daily Texan sat down with Senator Cornyn...

Texas legislature requires meningitis shot for university students

Reihaneh Hajibeigi January 30, 2012

State legislation passed in June 2011 requires all university students in Texas to provide meningitis vaccination documents to their institution by Jan. 31 or face being barred from class registration. Meningitis...

Mack Brown receives contract extension

Liz Farmer January 27, 2012

After two bumpy years on the field, UT head football coach Mack Brown will remain at the University until at least 2020 after a contract extension approved Thursday. The UT System Board of Regents unanimously...

UT-Arlington jumps ahead of UTSA in enrollment

Bobby Blanchard January 27, 2012

Numbers from the UT System Productivity Dashboard show UT-Arlington surpassing UT-San Antonio as the second largest school in the UT System regarding student enrollment, following UT-Austin. Enrollment...

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