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Runoff election

Allison Harris March 10, 2011

Two executive alliances will hoist their wooden signs for the last time on the West Mall today after three weeks of vigorous campaigning for the top Student Government spots. Students can vote in the...

Runoff election

Allison Harris March 10, 2011

Two executive alliances will hoist their wooden signs for the last time on the West Mall today after three weeks of vigorous campaigning for the top Student Government spots. Students can vote in the...

Bill attempts to increase affordability of textbooks

Victoria Pagan March 10, 2011

Bookstore representatives and a UT student testified before the House Higher Education Committee on Wednesday in support of a bill that would make college and university textbooks more affordable. Rep....

Students, leaders speak out for evidence-based sex ed

William James Gerlich March 9, 2011

Sex education in Texas public schools will become more comprehensive if student lobbyists and a state representative get their way. About 75 students from across Texas assembled at the Capitol on Tuesday...

UT, Mexican law school begin partnership

Shamoyita DasGupta March 9, 2011

UT law students can earn a dual law degree from the UT School of Law and from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México in Mexico City through a new program currently accepting applications. Law...

Google to oversee webmail after UT confirms contract

Shamoyita DasGupta March 9, 2011

Students can say goodbye to the clunky orange UT webmail interface and claim a new University e-mail account hosted through Google next month. After students complained for years about the inefficiency...

Singing out for haitian education

Jody Serrano March 9, 2011

One week after the Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake that destroyed most of Haiti, exercise science sophomore Taylor Lackey remembers switching on the television to catch a “60 Minutes” report. He...

Business students create Bible study, incorporate ethics

Lindsey Cherner March 8, 2011

At first Brothers and Sisters in Business simply wanted to change the businessmen and women for the better. Once they saw this was possible, they wanted to change the world one ethical decision at a...

Students celebrate week of feminism

Ahsika Sanders March 8, 2011

Students came out of the feminist closet Monday to tell their tales of gender equality. The Gender and Sexuality Center opened their celebration of National Feminist Week with the truth wall, imitating...

State senator traces success to years spent on Forty Acres

March 8, 2011

Editor’s note: This is the second in a three-part series about UT alumni who are now in the Texas Legislature Standing in the Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority house, a member of the Texas Spooks comes up...

Restaurants raise funds for Texas 4000

Yvonne Marquez March 8, 2011

Students helped fight cancer by ordering chicken wings at Pluckers on Monday. Texas 4000, a student charity organization whose members ride bicycles from Austin to Anchorage, Alaska, every summer to...

Human rights, art come together in Chilean film

Amy Thornton March 8, 2011

Art and human rights converged Monday night at a film screening featuring Chilean political prisoners of the Pinochet dictatorship who looked to the stars as a way to preserve their inner freedom. The...

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