I didn’t deserve to work at the Texan.
As a junior with no credentials, Aleksander Chan — the managing editor in the fall of 2012 — bought me a great sandwich, offered me a...
In a surprising come-from behind-win, "selfie" has been named by Oxford Dictionaries as the 2013 Word of the Year.
While we all love to take pictures of ourselves with our front facing...
Somewhere between assigned readings and the creation of the Facebook feed, the passion for stories we had as children got lost. Returning to reading isn’t easy. Lack of familiarity with literary...
Merry early Christmas, Austin. The Trail of Lights is returning.
Throughout Zilker Park, a million tiny lights will be strung this December. They will be arranged in careful lettering, built...
The Video Music Awards hold a hallowed place in the minds of all pop culture fanatics. Unlike the tame Academy Awards and elegant Grammy's, the Video Music Awards are ripe with dramatic proclamations...
Katherine Noble, a poet with long blonde hair and a way with words, has recently added another prize to her list.
The English department announced on Monday that Noble is the most recent recipient...
1) William Powers, Jr., UT President
While the top pick here is obvious, it is easy to forget the breadth of responsibility and influence of the man at the top. Since stepping into office in February...
Winning the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction is the literary equivalent of winning both the Academy Award for best actress and best original screenplay. But there is no red carpet, and no over-under line in...
Editor's note: Kelsey McKinney worked as an intern in the Department of Public Affairs during the 2011-2012 academic year.
After 25 years as the Director of the Harry Ransom Center, Thomas Staley...
Christopher Isaac “Biz” Stone is a father of social media. He helped create Blogger and Xanga.com and is most famous for co-founding Twitter.
Stone will present a talk titled “Redefining...
No matter how much he tries, Justin Timberlake will never be a bad boy.
But he sure gave it his best try at the final Myspace Secret Show during South By Southwest on Saturday. Timberlake’s...
During the five days of South By Southwest music performances, we managed to catch an estimated 100 bands between the three of us. We survived mosh pits at a punk rock show, terrible DJs, incredible lines...
We spent last night at the second of three Myspace "secret shows." These shows are open to badge members as well as very devout rumor followers who keep close tabs on the secret show wristband...
After a long day downtown and being shut out from a swanky after party, the first full day of South By Southwest was eventful to say the least.
SXSW Trade Show
The trade show is located in the Austin...
This live blog was written during the 2013 Academy Awards. It is a live, slightly snarky feed of everything that happened and did not happen at this year's Academy Awards.
11:01 In...
You don’t need to go out on Valentine’s Day. Everywhere has a three-hour wait, and you probably want to stay at home on your couch with a movie no matter what your Facebook relationship status...
A live recap of what happened at Sunday night's Grammys. Here is everything you missed, and some things you really didn't.
10:30 LL Cool J "does a lil' rapping"...
Everyone goes barefoot into the luminarium. Sunlight streams through the thin plastic ceilings and the ephemeral structure envelops its visitors in a land of radiant color that spills across curved walls...
Twenty-six-year-old Lena Dunham is not the slacker/wannabe writer she plays in the hit HBO series “Girls” that she stars in, created and currently directs. Although the current darling of the...
Sarah Saltwick may be the next Nathaniel Hawthorne.
With careful prose, redeemable characters and lines filled with heartbreak and raw emotion, Saltwick’s adaption of “The Scarlet Letter”...
With all of its heartbreak, loneliness and womanizing, Junot Díaz’s new book “This is How You Lose Her” carries all the impact of a drawn-out, screaming break-up.
“This...
