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The Daily Texan

All content by Arlinne Montemayor
Día de los Niños event brings nostalgia, fun to students

Día de los Niños event brings nostalgia, fun to students

Arlinne Montemayor, General Life&Arts Reporter April 19, 2023

Excited cheers and Latin music filled the Main Mall as the Chavo del Ocho piñata hit the grass. Alina Almaraz gazed gleefully at the crowd of smiling faces, admiring the payoff of her hard work.  A...

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Amid college stress, Longhorn Art Therapy Club promotes de-stressing through art

Arlinne Montemayor, General Life&Arts Reporter April 12, 2023

Relaxing art projects livened up Mason Henegar’s windowless room in spring 2021, catapulting her to ask on Reddit if anyone would be interested in an art therapy group. Longhorn Art Therapy Club launched...

‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ delivers heartwarming comedic adventure, builds on roots

‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ delivers heartwarming comedic adventure, builds on roots

Arlinne Montemayor, General Life&Arts Reporter April 4, 2023

Super smashes of adventure and comedy fill “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” which brings new life to the iconic Brooklyn plumber bros Mario (Chris Pratt) and Luigi (Charlie Day). Directed by Aaron Horvath...

Speakers Imani Tatum, Tina Poe and Nat Power smile and laugh as they speak to students about their careers as tattoo artists.

Fine Arts Career Services hosts Building a Career as a Tattoo Artist, educates creative students on tattoo careers

Arlinne Montemayor, General Life&Arts Reporter March 27, 2023

Excited chatter filled the Kendra Scott Center on Friday afternoon as students patiently waited with paper in hand for local tattoo artists to divulge their knowledge.  Organized by the Fine Arts Career...

University Co-op’s Tower Thrift provides close-to-campus thrifting, with profits going to scholarships

University Co-op’s Tower Thrift provides close-to-campus thrifting, with profits going to scholarships

Arlinne Montemayor, Life&Arts General Reporter March 21, 2023

Racks of clothes fill the warmly lit, retro-inspired department. However, Tower Thrift does not stand alone like many other thrift spots. Instead, the new section operates on one half of the University...

Laughs on the lineup: must-see acts at SXSW’s comedy festival

Laughs on the lineup: must-see acts at SXSW’s comedy festival

Arlinne Montemayor, General Life&Arts Reporter March 9, 2023

With laughs and cheers expected to fill its venues, the South by Southwest comedy festival takes place from March 10-14, with intermittent programming through March 18. The Daily Texan compiled a list...

The Daily Texan’s mellow playlist to welcome spring

The Daily Texan’s mellow playlist to welcome spring

Arlinne Montemayor, General Life&Arts Reporter March 8, 2023

As the air warms and flowers bloom, nostalgia and sentimentality emerge during this season of change. To welcome this era of change and warmth, The Daily Texan curated a mellow playlist to accompany spring’s...

Texas Ecobricks opens space for students to learn, practice sustainability

Texas Ecobricks opens space for students to learn, practice sustainability

Arlinne Montemayor, General Life&Arts Reporter February 22, 2023

Hien Tam Pham reaches under her bed and pulls out a box full of plastic. After gathering empty water bottles from her roommates, she stows them away in her collection. Pham, a chemical engineering sophomore,...

Longhorn Smash connects competitive Super Smash Bros players on campus

Longhorn Smash connects competitive Super Smash Bros players on campus

Arlinne Montemayor, General Life&Arts Reporter February 15, 2023

Cheers of victory fill ECJ 1.204 every Sunday, where Alexander “Sasha” Makarovskiy plays competitively in what he said his mom felt slightly weary of when he was younger: video games.  Makarovskiy,...

Take the Wheel Productions helps bring student projects to life

Take the Wheel Productions helps bring student projects to life

Arlinne Montemayor, General Life&Arts Reporter February 6, 2023

While watching the 1984 interstellar film “Dune,” Benjamin Cervantes caught a glimmer of a potential setting for his readaptation of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” — outer space. Cervantes, a theater...

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