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University scrutinizes text alert pros, cons

Aziza Musa October 21, 2010

After internally assessing its response on Sept. 28 — the day mathematics sophomore Colton Tooley fired 11 rounds of his AK-47 on campus before taking his own life — the University’s...

Police raise funds for cancer cure

Ahsika Sanders October 21, 2010

Officers, sergeants, deputies and family members, decked in their Halloween best, performed Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” in the downtown Austin Police Department garage Wednesday to...

Study examines effects of obesity on future health

Ahsika Sanders October 21, 2010

Obesity creates a high risk for dementia later in life, according to a study by UT researchers. The study, released Tuesday in the scientific journal “Obesity,” found that insulin sensitivity...

Errors may prove costly for Texas

Shabab Siddiqui October 20, 2010

The Longhorns’ serves can be loosely compared to Frodo’s ring in “The Lord of the Rings”: While its powers can be successfully leveraged against opponents, it can also have a...

Texas hopes to rebound from wounded offseason

Sameer Bhuchar October 20, 2010

As the Texas women’s basketball players and coaches fielded questions during the team’s first press conference on Tuesday, there seemed to be a reoccurring theme: coping. Despite being...

Tucker records award, hip-hop beats

Jordan Godwin October 20, 2010

Justin Tucker isn’t the best punter or the best kicker, but he might be the most important person Texas has ever seen at either position. For the past decade, playing kicker for the Longhorns...

White pushes for education reform on West Mall

Ahsika Sanders October 20, 2010

Two weeks before the Nov. 2 election, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White focused on affordable higher education and textbook curricula as he assured students on the West Mall on Tuesday that...

City to report possible job vacancies

Lauren Giudice October 20, 2010

The city of Austin is expected to report approximately 1,000 job vacancies in the city’s various departments in November, but not all of the jobs will be filled. The city’s human resource...

Researchers to create free educational game

Ahsika Sanders October 20, 2010

UT researchers are developing a computer programming game that will engage Central Texas middle and high school students in engineering and computer science by merging robotics and sports. Associate...

Governor debate includes every candidate but Perry

Nolan Hicks October 20, 2010

Tuesday night, the five largest newspapers in Texas held their gubernatorial debate at KLRU-TV’s studios on the UT campus — Democrat Bill White, Libertarian Kathie Glass and Green Party...

Gender pay study shows gap between UT faculty

Collin Eaton October 20, 2010

Two years after a UT task force told chief administrators how to ease the pay gap between male and female faculty, about 59 percent of the UT’s academic core and athletics salary payouts go to...

City of fair weather fans unite, cheer on Rangers

Laken Litman October 19, 2010

I have a confession to make: I’m a bandwagon Rangers fan. Before you jump on me for my fair-weather ways, look at yourself in the mirror and tell me you aren’t the same way. If you’re...

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