Editor's note: A 30 column is a chance for departing permanent staff to say farewell and reflect on their time spent in The Daily Texan’s basement office. The term comes from the old typesetting...
Native American students make up a small percentage of the campus community, but seven students speaking out this afternoon hope to show administrators the true significance of their heritage.
While UT...
A van associated with the UT carpenter’s shop collided with a pedestrian Monday afternoon on Inner Campus Drive.
EMS arrived on the scene at approximately 12:45 p.m. and transported the male pedestrian...
A controversy has arisen among a mass amount of Facebook statuses and Twitter messages containing the phrase “Kony 2012.”
At approximately midnight on Wednesday morning, the phrase went viral...
Adjacent to a paintball range and on the same lot as a brewery rests a type of therapy less destructive than blasting bullets and healthier than booze.
Nestled in the hills of West Austin, two horses,...
After a Wednesday thunderstorm left the University Teaching Center University Teaching Center without power for two days, University Facilities Services has restored power to the building.
Electrical...
While thunderstorms pounded through the neighborhoods surrounding UT, a tornado touched down in northeast Austin early Wednesday morning.
Members of the National Weather Service investigated the strength...
The search for a replacement dean for the School of Law is underway, according to search committee chair David Rabban.
Rabban said he and other committee members are in the process of generating a list...
UT President William Powers Jr. requested immediate resignation Wednesday of School of Law dean Larry Sager due to concerns over Sager’s management of the school.
Sager signed a letter of resignation...
A state law will require students new to the 40 Acres this spring to have received meningitis vaccines before the start of the semester.
The law, passed in May, requires all students entering an...
Final exams are on their way, and sometimes the Perry-Castañeda Library can seem overcrowded. Daily Texan Staffers have compiled a list of alternative study spots both on and off campus.
1. Flightpath...
UT alumnus and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Oscar Griffin, Jr. died from pancreatic cancer earlier this month in New Waverly, Texas. Griffin was 78 years old.
Griffin won the 1963 Pulitzer Prize...
Longhorn fans across the nation will prepare to say a final goodbye to A&M this Thanksgiving, but some say the influence of the rivalry will not end along with the tradition.
The annual football game...
Students hoping to go home for the holidays will have to wait until Thursday for classes to officially be dismissed, according to the UT-Austin academic calendar.
The federal calendar designates the last...
The number of phishing scams within UT computer systems has risen since previous months, but campus security officers are doing what they can to make sure members of the UT community don’t get hooked.
“Phishing”...
Sometimes the “urge to go” comes when one may be in an unknown area of campus, standing outside a building never before entered but which hopefully has decent facilities. Sometimes, perhaps...
Sometimes on-campus dining doesn’t cut it at 2 a.m., and UT students are forced to find food beyond Jester City Limits or the Texas Union. This week’s Texan Top 10 lists a variety of restaurants...
Austin city officials planned to send 20 percent less waste to landfills by 2012 but have already surpassed this goal ahead of schedule.
The master plan calls for an overall reduction of waste sent to...
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Daily Texan staffers compiled several locations offering...
Members of the Occupy Austin movement have not been deterred by recent arrests, as they have made accommodations to continue their protest, despite local law enforcement policies.
The 38 organization...
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Daily Texan staffers rounded up 10 of Central...
Months of meetings with Austin residents, business owners and city officials led to an open forum Monday night seeking the public’s final input on plastic bag prohibition.
City officials began discussing...
A 4.8 magnitude earthquake struck 103 miles south of Austin in Karnes County yesterday morning at 7:24, sending tremors throughout downtown San Antonio and as distant as Round Rock.
Earthquakes of this...
Sparked by Texas wildfires and crowding at area festivals, Austin City Council passed a proposal Thursday to ban smoking in all public parks.
Council members passed the proposal by consent during the...
TCU athletic officials announced Monday night the Horned Frogs will fill an open slot in the Big 12 Conference.
The TCU Board of Trustees unanimously approved the invitation to join the conference,...
One weekend a year, Longhorn football becomes just as important to the city of Dallas as it is to Austin.
The Dallas Convention and Visitors Bureau estimated about 92,000 UT and Oklahoma fans flock to...
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board recently decided to eliminate and consolidate degree programs based on low graduation rates, but not all statistics correctly reflected the amount of students...
Students traveling to the Red River Rivalry can expect to find lower gas prices upon arriving in Dallas.
Chemistry senior Rachel Baray refueled her silver sedan Thursday at the 7-Eleven station on the...
Austin has some of the most eco-friendly municipal buildings in the state, thanks in part to a plan created by former city officials.
That planning will be validated on Oct. 1, when Austin will reach...
Members of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board directed UT officials to remove a major in a present-day language last week, but allowed the University to retain a major in the defunct language...
The Texas Tribune Festival brought influential speakers from around the world to the UT campus for discussion of critical national issues - including Longhorn football.
Hosted by the Texas Tribune, an...
Clarification: Although the major in Greek will be eliminated, certain degree plans will still require students to enroll in Greek courses, and UT will still offer Greek language classes.
UT is the only...
The Barton Springs Pool and recreation site will soon undergo a face lift with the help of city officials and UT community members.
Spurred by public comments and conversation among city council members...
While several Austin residents worry about cemetery maintenance because of safety hazards for visitors, others are worried about how substandard upkeep could affect those honored in the parks.
The five...
City council members debated potential cuts to the Austin Police Department on Monday during the first reading and review of the 2012 city budget.
Council members discussed and proposed amendments to...
Campus construction workers involved in a scuffle at Texas State University caused alarm on the San Marcos campus Thursday morning.
Texas State University Police said 29-year-old Aleczandar Yorick Lovern...
Although the city of Austin has managed to stay clear of wildfires, the air above it has not escaped unscathed.
Clouds of smoke rolled into the city Tuesday and Wednesday morning, causing some to become...
Despite dissent from some citizens, city officials are finding cemetery conditions up to par.
Sharon Blythe, director of Rescue Austin Memorial Parks, is leading a group of residents in challenging city...
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Fires continued to burn across Texas on Tuesday, creating chaos some believe will justify declaring a natural disaster.
Bastrop County officials said at...
Fires raged across Central Texas this weekend, affecting the Pflugerville, Bastrop County, Travis County and Hays County areas.
Austin mayor Lee Leffingwell said despite success in controlling fires in...
The UT business student who fell from his apartment balcony Monday night is one of at least four students who have died from fall-related injuries since 2006.
Richard Holland of Plano was pronounced dead...
Extreme heat conditions have forced Austin’s homeless population to seek refuge in air-conditioned settings across the city, including areas on and around campus.
While UT students and faculty can...
University Catholic Center director Edward Nowak read prayers and scriptures in an otherwise silent chapel where loved ones of business sophomore Richard Holland gathered to remember him.
Holland,...
City council members voted unanimously Wednesday to support a contract that will bring more renewable energy to Austin.
Austin Energy currently purchases energy from five West Texas wind farms, enough...
Most UT students studying fine arts and film aren’t millionaires, but their field of interest brings millions of dollars to Austin.
According to economic studies from 2001 to 2006 released by the...
A privately owned student-housing firm is working on a plan to bring another high-rise dormitory to West Campus.
The housing firm, American Campus Communities, has scheduled completion of the Callaway...
Extended parking meter hours for the downtown area will go into effect next month. Based on last week’s city council vote, the city will enforce metered street parking from 1st to 10th streets between...
On Wednesday, a court denied the appeal of an accessory to a West Campus murder case who was previously convicted of tampering with murder evidence.
Laura Ashley Hall claimed the conviction was not valid...
The Community Development Commission voted against a proposal from West Campus developers, property owners and student residents to create more affordable student housing.
The University Neighborhood...
The UT Visual Arts Center announced Monday that New York artist Mika Tajima will spend three weeks on campus in the Artist-in-Residence program this semester.
Tajima, who currently lives in New...
After demonstrations by both supporters and opponents of a proposed ban on plastic single-use shopping bags, Austin City Council members voted to continue research on the ban 12 hours after their meeting...
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board released an annual report Thursday indicating progress toward improving the state’s reputation for higher education.
Members of the board launched...
A man convicted of killing two people in Dallas in 2001 died by lethal injection Wednesday evening, despite pleas to stay the execution from a man who survived an attack by the murderer.
U.S. District...
In the wake of 9/11, practicing Muslim Rais Bhuiyan was attacked because of his religion. Remaining true to his faith, he believes he survived to save the man who shot him from execution scheduled for...
The city of Austin unveiled road improvements Thursday morning along South Congress Avenue between Oltorf Street and Riverside Drive.
The city added approximately 60 back-in and parallel parking...
Ideas for retooling the Austin city government are under consideration as the mayor and staff review proposals for regional representation.
Austin currently elects six council members and its mayor...
The Austin Police Department made 73 drunken-driving arrests over the Fourth of July weekend as part of a no-refusal policy that began July 1 and ended on the holiday.
The department extended the...
The information desk on the entry level of the Tower shut its lights off for the last time Thursday, as the kiosk will no longer guide campus visitors.
Charles Roeckle, deputy to the president,...
The UT Historical Music Recordings Collection added more than 1,000 vinyl records to its collection Tuesday with a donation from the Audio Preservation Fund.
William Vanden Dries, board of directors...
A study conducted by UT undergraduates is helping longtime East Austin residents receive the funds they need to remain in their homes.
Members of the East Austin Conservancy and People Organized...
University of Texas officials and colleges across the country are responding to the U.S. Department of Education’s call for a retooling of sexual assault policies.
The “Dear Colleague”...
The University of Texas did not make a recent list of five schools offering adequate financial aid to low-income students, and neither did any other university in Texas.
According to a study conducted...
