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Alumni information used to distribute credit card offers

Liz Farmer September 29, 2011

[Corrected Sept. 30: Changed headline] Customer usage of a Longhorn silhouette credit card generates $875,000 per year for the Texas Exes alumni association. The almost 20-year-old corporate agreement...

State senate wants A&M rivalry in law

John Farey September 29, 2011

Texas A&M football’s move to the Southeastern Conference next year has now become a political issue, with one state senator moving to legislatively mandate the traditional Thanksgiving football...

‘Liberty’s Surest Guardian’ tells of U.S. success, world impact

Sarah Lawson September 28, 2011

Renowned UT professor Jeremi Suri released a book Tuesday focusing on the principles of successful nation-building based on research that delves into U.S. history. Suri joined the Lyndon B. Johnson School...

Center opens in El Paso to encourage admissions

Andrew Messamore September 28, 2011

President William Powers Jr., director of admissions Kedra Ishop and other members of the Office of Admissions will be traveling to El Paso today to celebrate the grand opening of the El Paso Admissions...

SG concerned with oil pipeline project impact

Jody Serrano September 28, 2011

Student Government passed a resolution supporting student involvement in the proposed Keystone Oil Pipeline Project on Tuesday night. The resolution did not state SG’s opposition to the pipeline...

Local Kappa Alpha sued by national chapter for house, possessions

Megan Strickland September 28, 2011

The national Kappa Alpha fraternity organization filed a lawsuit against its former UT chapter, claiming the group owes the national organization hundreds of thousands of dollars in assets. The lawsuit...

A Look Back: The September 28 Campus Shooting

The Daily Texan Staff September 28, 2011

On Tuesday morning, a UT student fired several rounds from an AK-47 while on campus. He later died by suicide in a campus library when police tried to apprehend him. Below is a copy of the paper, articles,...

September 28th Shooting Twitter Coverage

The Daily Texan Staff September 28, 2011

The following tweets serve as an exact timeline for The Daily Texan's coverage of the 72 hours immediately following the September 28, 2010, campus shooting. Due to the high amounts of traffic the...

Campus sees increased security one year after shooting

Megan Strickland September 28, 2011

The impact of Colton Tooley firing shots on 21st Street and his suicide in the Perry Casteñeda Library on Sept. 28, 2010, lasted longer than the days following the incident. A year later, the UT...

Witnesses at UT recall shooting, sense of community

Allie Kolechta September 28, 2011

One year ago today, mathematics sophomore Colton Tooley arrived on campus with an AK-47. After firing multiple shots, he died by a self-inflicted gunshot on the sixth floor of the Perry-Castañeda...

Astronaut Scholarship Foundation awards UT student

Lydia Herrera September 28, 2011

The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation awarded a $10,000 scholarship to computer science and mathematics major Ben Braun Monday, said computer science professor Calvin Lin, who helped nominate Braun. Every...

Professionals divided on inflammatory speech regulations

Sarah White September 28, 2011

If we can’t speak what we think, there is no way to affect change and we effectively shut down the avenue for progress, said BB&T Corp. chair holder. On Tuesday, the BB&T chair for the Study...

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