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All content by Chloe Ching
Mango Coast band performs on March 22, 2024 at the Kappa Alpha fraternity house.

Mango Coast: pop, indie rock band dominates fraternity scene

Chloe Ching, General Life&Arts Reporter April 25, 2024

A guitar string sings, queuing the first song of the up-and-coming band’s set. The crowd begins to stir and sway as Mango Coast plays the beat to “Heaven” by Los Lonely Boys.  Mango Coast, an...

Students receive self-defense tools at the Girls Night Out hosted by the Texas Sunshines and Safely at the Kendra Scott Entrepreneurial Institute on April 9, 2024.

Self-defense, self-care empower students at Girls Night Out

Chloe Ching, General Life&Arts Reporter April 15, 2024

CW: This article contains mentions of rape. Circled up among each other, UT students surround Master Janell and her commands. Shouting “stand back” while imitating knee strikes, these students learn...

Caroline Murzin, founder of the Chris Murzin Foundation, a nonprofit organization that helps solve cold cases, at her fundraiser pickleball tournament on April 5, 2024.

Chris Murzin Foundation raises money, awareness through pickleball

Chloe Ching, General Life&Arts Reporter April 9, 2024

Students and families filled the courts of Austin Pickle Ranch with a heavy air of competition. The sunny spring day invited spectators to watch players swing pickleball paddles in support of a noble cause.    Student...

From left, Ray Chang, Joel Setiawan Chong and Michael Ning pose for a portrait at the Caven Lacrosse and Sports Center at Clark Field on Monday, April 1, 2024.

Chess Run Club combines physical, mental strengths on campus

Chloe Ching, General Life&Arts Reporter April 3, 2024

Two students sit around a chess table, focused on their next move as their running shoes tap underneath. Prior to the chess game, they raced each other around the Caven-Clark Field.  Computer science...

Young auctioneer continues family legacy

Young auctioneer continues family legacy

Chloe Ching, General Life&Arts Reporter March 28, 2024

Luke Lange stood on the auction block above hundreds of people eagerly holding signs with their numbers. Lange chanted numbers into the mic with an astonishing and breathless speed, selling cars by the...

Volunteers from The University of Texas help paint a mural designed by Christina Ciaburri at Widèn Elementary School on March 2, 2024.

La Organización de Muralistas de Arte Urbano pinta un Mural de Esperanza para The Project en Dove Springs

Chloe Ching and Dieter Kingwergs March 8, 2024

Nota del editor: este artículo se publicó por primera vez el 5 de marzo del 2024 por Chloe Ching y fue traducido al español por Dieter Kingwergs. Cubos de pintura en todos los colores imaginables...

Volunteers from The University of Texas help paint a mural designed by Christina Ciaburri at Widèn Elementary School on March 2, 2024.

Street Art Muralist Organization paints Mural of Hope for The Project at Dove Springs

Chloe Ching, General Life&Arts Reporter March 5, 2024

Buckets of paint in every color imaginable surrounded Kenzo Revilla and volunteers. Every brush stroke made the expansive design a reality in the hopeful halls of Widén Elementary School.   Human...

Senior Kate Snedeker cheers for runners in the Austin Marathon running for Snedeker’s charity, Gray for Glioblastoma, on Feb. 18, 2024.

Senior’s nonprofit ‘Gray for Glioblastoma’ raises over $10,000 at Austin Marathon

Chloe Ching, General Life&Arts Reporter February 20, 2024

At a booth stationed on Guadalupe Street, youth and community studies senior Kate Snedeker cheered on runners during the 5K, half-marathon and full marathon. Alongside volunteers, she gave out water and...

Sidney Tillotson, founder of Custom Crown Hats, smiles after creating a hat in her studio on Thursday.

Freshman’s small business ‘Custom Crown Hats’ flourishes

Chloe Ching, General Life&Arts Reporter February 13, 2024

In a cramped dormitory, Sidney Tillotson sat on her carpeted floor surrounded by strips of multicolored felt and a hot glue gun. With a desire to start a side hustle, Tillotson embarked on selling her...

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