Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

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Students petition regents for socially aware investing

Matthew Stottlemyre February 18, 2011

A UT student presented a resolution to the UT System Board of Regents on Thursday suggesting that they change the system investment policy, which the student said disregards the social and political...

North Campus tire slasher arrested

Marty McAndrews February 18, 2011

The Austin Police Department arrested a North Campus tire-slashing vigilante after releasing a warrant early Thursday. Tommy Joe Kelley was involved in at least five separate documented cases of...

Hutchison receives leadership award

Jake Hong February 18, 2011

U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison will receive the Inaugural Annette Strauss Texas Leadership Award on Feb. 22. The Annette Strauss Texas Leadership Award reflects the standards of civil service established...

IBM computer wins Jeopardy in match against champions

Donovan Sanders February 18, 2011

I’ll take artificial intelligence for $77,147, Alex. That’s how much IBM supercomputer Watson earned over the course of two games when he defeated two “Jeopardy!” champs,...

ESPN, UT discuss home for Longhorn network

Allistair Pinsof February 18, 2011

Sports broadcasting giant ESPN may be taking over the entire second floor of the Jesse H. Jones Communications Center Building B to house studios for its $300 million Longhorn network, said College...

Photos showcase LGBT Mexican families

Marty McAndrews February 18, 2011

Editor’s note: Some statements were partially translated from Spanish. A series of black-and-white portraits reveal the private lives of gay, lesbian and transgender families in Mexico City...

Biking for Change

Victoria Pagan February 17, 2011

Cyclist Furtemba Sherpa has used six bikes to ride 46,000 miles in 71 countries in hope of promoting environmental awareness and world peace. Sherpa arrived in Austin on Monday afternoon with the...

Campaigning for SG starts as candidates court voters

Ahsika Sanders February 17, 2011

Moments after campaigning opened for the 2011 Student Government elections Wednesday morning, Student Government hopefuls flooded campus hot spots with candidate logos and banners. Because the Student...

Professor recounts memoir of al-Qaeda

Molly Moore February 17, 2011

Pulitzer Prize-winner Lawrence Wright said it took years for him to come to terms with what he saw while covering America’s involvement in the atrocious conflicts in the Middle East. Wright,...

Physicist describes state of global warming rhetoric, energy alternatives

Victoria Pagan February 17, 2011

A Nobel Prize-winning physicist encouraged a more realistic discussion rather than one based on exaggeration of the future of energy use in the 21st century during a lecture Wednesday. Burton Richter,...

Exchange students honored at reception

Huma Munir February 17, 2011

State officials and UT administrators recognized 70 Mexican and Spanish international students as part of a reception at the Texas Capitol on Wednesday. Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, Sen. Judith Zaffirini,...

Writing center alumnus wins school’s award for successes

Huma Munir February 17, 2011

Abhijit Joshi, an alumnus of the Michener Center for Writers, has been distinguished as the Graduate School’s Outstanding Graduate Alumnus of the year. Graduate studies spokeswoman Kathleen...

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