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All content by Kathryn Thompson
A crowd of people watch "Love Island" at Victory Lap on July 1, 2025. The bar hosted screenings of the show on its outdoor lawn.

Victory Lap hosts weekly ‘Love Island’ screenings, brings West Campus together during quieter summer months

Kathryn Thompson, General Life&Arts Reporter July 13, 2025

With beach chairs and blankets sprawled across Victory Lap’s outdoor lawn, students transform the iconic West Campus sports bar into their own “Love Island” villa every week. Strings of twinkling...

A contestant eats cherry pies during Mozart's Coffee Roaster's annual pie-eating contest on July 4, 2025.

Mozart’s Coffee Roasters turns annual pie-eating contest into Fourth of July celebration

Kathryn Thompson, General Life&Arts Reporter July 7, 2025

Rain dripped from red, white and blue decorations at Mozart’s Coffee Roasters Friday afternoon, but that didn’t stop the roar of wild cheers from spilling across Lake Austin at the cafe’s third annual...

School of Journalism and Media professor,  Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez poses for a portrait inside of her office on June 26, 2025.

Profesora de periodismo de UT seleccionada para el Texas 10 comparte su trayectoria como narradora

Kathryn Thompson and Anirudh Karunakaran June 29, 2025

Nota del editor: Este artículo se publicó por primera vez el 26 de junio de 2025 por Kathryn Thompson y fue traducido al español por Anirudh Karunakaran. Maggie Rivas-Rodríguez, profesora en la...

School of Journalism and Media professor,  Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez poses for a portrait inside of her office on June 26, 2025.

UT journalism professor selected for the Texas 10 shares storytelling journey

Kathryn Thompson, General Life&Arts Reporter June 26, 2025

Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez, professor in the School of Journalism and Media and founder of the oral-history project Voces, sits among this year’s Texas 10 — an annual Texas Exes award honoring 10 professors...

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