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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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UT partners with MyEdu despite familial connection

Liz Farmer November 29, 2011

UT System officials were aware of a familial connection between a MyEdu Corp. executive and a former chancellor, according to emails obtained by The Daily Texan through the Texas Public Information Act. The...

Church director charged with embezzlement

Nick Hadjigeorge November 29, 2011

[Updated 1:33 p.m.: Corrected location of church] The former child care director of University United Methodist Church has been charged with third-degree felony theft for inappropriately using the...

New dual master’s program bridges gap between Latin American and information studies

Shreya Banerjee November 29, 2011

The School of Information and the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies have introduced a new dual master’s degree program between the two schools. This program would provide students...

University to emphasize graduate student recruitment, retention

Allie Kolechta November 29, 2011

Improving the allocations of money in the graduate school will continue to be a top priority in 2012, UT President William Powers Jr. said at a meeting Monday.  The Faculty Council held its last...

Committee sends tuition recommendations to Powers

Liz Farmer November 28, 2011

President William Powers Jr. will receive recommendations today to ask the UT System Board of Regents for the largest tuition increase the regents will allow during the next two academic years. If the...

Film students create robbery scene in LA

Allie Kolechta November 28, 2011

Police helicopters circled overhead and several Longhorns spent some of the last moments of their semester in the UTLA program in handcuffs after a misunderstanding with police last week. The Los Angeles...

Students form novel writing support group

Allie Kolechta November 28, 2011

With November coming to an end, writers around the country are racing to finish novels they started writing at the beginning of the month. National Novel Writing Month — known to participants as...

Longhorns prepare for final goodbye to A&M

Jillian Bliss November 23, 2011

Longhorn fans across the nation will prepare to say a final goodbye to A&M this Thanksgiving, but some say the influence of the rivalry will not end along with the tradition. The annual football game...

Not all students returning home for Thanksgiving

Allie Kolechta November 23, 2011

While many students are skipping Wednesday classes to drive to their hometowns while dreaming of sweet potatoes and pumpkin pies, others will not be spending Thanksgiving athome. French senior Daniel...

Professor’s book discusses energy crisis, gulf oil spill

Andrew Messamore November 23, 2011

  The Daily Texan spoke with professor Tadeusz Patzek, chair of the Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, about the new book he co-authored with Utah State University professor Joseph...

Campus Environmental Center hosts kick-off event to revamp campaign

Lydia Herrera November 23, 2011

With a trailer full of recyclables parked on the West Mall early Tuesday morning, a student group hoped to bring awareness to their campaign to ban disposable plastic water bottles on campus. The student...

After DADT repeal, LGBT soldiers still face obstacles

Andrew Messamore November 23, 2011

The repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell almost a year ago has been a huge civil rights victory for the LGBT community, but legal issues still challenge LGBT soldiers and veterans, said Danny Hernandez,...

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