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...
Five areas of UT's campus were marked with graffiti Wednesday.
The graffiti appeared on the half wall in front of Homer Rainey Hall and on the statues of Albert Sidney Johnston, Robert E. Lee,...
Over the winter break, two court cases related to the University continued.
Abigail Fisher v. University of Texas II
The Supreme Court heard a second round of arguments for the case, which could...
Former Texas football players Kendall Sanders and Montrel Meander, both of whom were charged with second-degree felonies for sexual assault, have been indicted, according to documents from the Travis County...
After the Austin Police Department noted an increase in residential burglaries, auto burglaries and auto thefts in West Campus, UTPD and APD are urging students to take precautions to secure their cars...
Starting in January, students could receive citations for talking on a cellphone while driving or biking — but only if they are stopped by an officer from the Austin Police Department, not UTPD.
City...
Austin Police Department officers could soon be getting body cameras that would allow them to record public interactions while on duty, according to an APD official.
Ely Reyes, APD police technology...
Over the winter break, three former student-athletes will face criminal court hearings. Below is an update on their cases:
Sanders and Meander
The preliminary hearings for former Texas football players...
A man fired more than 100 shots at at least three buildings in downtown Austin on Friday morning — including the federal courthouse, the Mexican consulate and Austin Police Department...
With Austin EMS personnel having reported a total of 35 incidents involving a type of synthetic marijuana over the past week — 28 of which required transport to a hospital — UTPD issued a warning...
One person is dead and one injured after a shooting that occurred in East Riverside early Thursday morning.
APD officers received a call about shots being fired at the City View...
UTPD officers arrested a non-UT subject earlier this week found sleeping on a couch on the fifth floor of the Gates-Dell Complex. According to the UTPD crime log, the subject had previously been...
Judge Bert Richardson overruled a motion Tuesday to dismiss indictments against Gov. Rick Perry and said that the prosecutor in the case was properly qualified.
Perry’s attorneys previously argued...
Parking and Transportation Services officials say they anticipate a reduction in the number of parking citations they issue over the next few years because of a plan to address the University’s parking...
Students walk around campus every day with wires coming out of their ears, holding an iPhone or iPod as they walk to class. But, after two unrelated robberies near campus this past weekend, this scene...
No injuries were reported after a deck at the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity house caught fire Tuesday morning.
According to Randy Elmore, Austin Fire Department public information officer, AFD was...
UTPD and Parking and Transportation Services are looking to promote cooperation between different modes of transportation on campus with a new safety initiative.
The initiative, launched last...
Around 4:30 p.m., UTPD officer Amberly Weyand gets her first call of the evening while on patrol. The radio attached to her uniform begins to crackle, indicating she’s receiving a call from...
Gov. Rick Perry appeared in court Thursday as his lawyers attempted to refute indictments for his abuse of power charges.
A grand jury originally prosecuted Perry in August for abuse of an official...
HOUSTON — In a landslide victory, State Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, was elected lieutenant governor Tuesday, defeating State Sen. Leticia Van de Putte, D-San Antonio.
Patrick, a Houston radio...
President William Powers Jr. announced in a University-wide email Monday afternoon that the monitoring period for a UT student who was on the same flight as a nurse diagnosed with Ebola ended Monday.
According...
The Austin Transportation Department is developing a new phone app that could help students avoid traffic when biking to campus.
The app, which is being developed with the Kimley-Horn consulting company,...
Amber Vinson, one of two Dallas nurses infected with Ebola, is free of the virus, according to Bruce Ribner, a doctor at Emory University Hospital.
Vinson was originally diagnosed with Ebola at Texas...
Updates to federal laws have prompted a more focused response to domestic violence, dating violence and stalking crimes on campus, according to a University official.
According to Jennifer Hammat, institutional...
The Austin Police Department launched a new bicycle safety campaign last week in an effort to decrease collisions between bicyclists and drivers in the city.
The initiative, known as WAVE, is a general...
A UT student reportedly stole items from a construction site last week near the Cockrell School of Engineering. According to UTPD’s Campus Watch report, construction workers said the student ran...
The Austin Police Department has ordered protective equipment and outlined a quarantine response in case of an Ebola outbreak in Austin, according to a training announcement sent to officers.
The...
Gov. Rick Perry called for a ban on travel from countries affected by Ebola at a press conference Friday in which he talked about further efforts the state has taken to prevent the spead of...
The preliminary hearing for former Texas Longhorns wide receiver Kendall Sanders, who was charged earlier this summer with a second-degree felony for sexual assault, as well as improper photography, was...
The preliminary hearing for former Longhorn football wide receiver Montrel Meander, who was charged earlier this summer with a second-degree felony for sexual assault, was rescheduled again Thursday.
The...
A second health care worker has tested positive for Ebola, the Texas Department of State Health Services said Wednesday. The nurse is the third person to be diagnosed with the Ebola virus in...
Despite plans by the Austin Police Department to enforce the noise ordinance in West Campus, there were no noise citations during the first weekend under the stricter implementation of the city code.
According...
While Gov. Rick Perry’s attorneys argued the criminal case against the governor should be dismissed, Judge Bert Richardson refused to rule on pretrial motions Monday in Perry’s absence and...
A health care worker in Dallas has tested positive for the Ebola virus, officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Sunday. This is the second known case of the virus in the...
Wednesday, as part of Cop Day on Speedway plaza, students climbed into a SWAT vehicle, practiced their Taser skills and learned about fingerprinting.
As a part of UT’s Safety Week, UTPD,...
Although Gov. Rick Perry established an infectious disease task force to handle the state’s response to Ebola, the University also has its own Infectious Disease Plan Annex in place to implement...
Gov. Rick Perry announced in a press conference at the Capitol on Monday the creation of a new infectious disease task force to help coordinate the state’s response to Ebola and other infectious...
The preliminary hearing for Rashad Owens, who drove through a barrier and killed four people at the South By Southwest festival last March, was rescheduled for Nov. 3, according to Judge Clifford...
A man died after falling from the San Antonio parking garage early Friday morning, according to UTPD spokesperson Rhonda Weldon.
Weldon said UTPD received a call about the incident around 12:10...
Although they may be some of the lesser-explored places on campus, the rooftops of several University buildings are home to a variety of features, including gardens, telescopes and even a bee colony.
UT...
Students participated in a simulation of drunken driving, tested their pepper-spraying abilities and met police officers to kick off National Night Out on the San Jacinto Residence Hall plaza Wednesday.
National...
A patient in a Dallas hospital has the Ebola virus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Texas Department of State Health Services. The incident, confirmed Tuesday, is the...
Two hundred ninety-eight bicycle collisions happened in Austin last year, according to statistics from the Austin Police Department, but UTPD crime prevention officer William Pieper said most bicycle accidents...
Daytime residential burglaries in West Campus and North Campus have increased over the past few weeks, according to the Austin Police Department.
APD senior officer Veneza Bremner said there have...
A non-UT subject sustained serious injuries after falling from the San Antonio parking garage Wednesday afternoon.
UTPD spokeswoman Cindy Posey said the subject fell around 1:30...
Students were evacuated after two fire alarms went off in Parlin Hall and Calhoun Hall on Tuesday morning.
According to Roosevelt Easley, safety specialist with UT Fire Prevention Services, the...
A group of 25 women learned how to perform choke holds, kicks, punches and eye gouges in UTPD’s training room Monday night.
The women were participating in a UTPD-offered 12-hour rape...
Students from UT’s Greek community planned a march to the Tower on Thursday in protest of a new plan by city officials to reduce West Campus event and sound ordinance violations, but the protest...
A real-life cat and mouse chase took place on campus Wednesday night when two non-UT subjects dressed in cat and mouse costumes were arrested at the Perry-Castañeda Library, according to UTPD spokeswoman...
If you see UTPD officers in blue uniforms biking around campus, chances are they’re part of UTPD’s new bike patrol unit, which launched Wednesday.
UTPD Chief David Carter said the new unit...
Former sophomore basketball guard Martez Walker was charged with criminal trespassing on the UT campus Tuesday, according to a Travis County affidavit.
After Walker was charged with assault with...
While some major cities have relatively high disparities between the racial makeup of their police forces and the surrounding community, APD’s demographics closely reflect those of Austin, according...
In late August, UTPD reported a chemical spill involving lithium aluminum hydride — a highly water-reactive chemical — leaking on to a work bench in the Hackerman Building.
This is just...
Patrol rifles, Humvees and a mine-resistant vehicle are among some of the military-grade equipment the UT System acquired under a U.S. Department of Defense program. Known as Section 1033, the program...
Basketball head coach Rick Barnes suspended sophomore guard Martez Walker from the team early Friday morning for an alleged assault with injury, according to a statement released by the Texas basketball...
Although the number of auto thefts in Austin has risen by 5 percent over the past year, police have recovered more cars from the thefts, according to APD Sgt. Robert Smith.
Austin Police Department...
The Austin Police Department has proposed plans for a new booking facility near Cameron Road that could save the city money and simplify the current booking process.
Brian Manley, Austin Police assistant...
About $20,000 in concession sales were unaccounted for after the Aug. 30 football game at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.
According to UTPD spokeswoman Cindy Posey, two nonprofit groups arrived...
The preliminary hearings for former Texas football players Kendall Sanders and Montrel Meander, both of whom were charged earlier this summer with second-degree felonies for sexual assault, were rescheduled again...
UTPD is investigating an incident involving a drone that flew over Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on Saturday night during the Longhorns’ first football game of the season.
Drones, also...
An unknown suspect used the UT Libraries interface and a fraudulent email address to launch a targeted phishing attack affecting students at the University.
UTPD first reported the attack on Aug....
A group of four students held a silent vigil at the Martin Luther King Jr. statue Wednesday afternoon to raise awareness of the events in Ferguson, Missouri, more than three weeks ago.
The students...
An employee at the Whataburger on Guadalupe Street near campus was diagnosed with hepatitis A, public health officials reported Thursday.
Austin-Travis County Health and Human Services officials said...
Bags of cotton candy, circus hats and a circus uniform disappeared from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in one of two thefts last week at the Frank Erwin Center.
According to...
Update (6:00 p.m.): The shelter provided by the Red Cross at the Recreational Sports Center officially shut down around 3:30 p.m. on Monday afternoon because no more students had come to utilize...
Several court cases related to the University and the Austin area have progressed over the summer. Below is an update on the status of three major cases:
Kendall Sanders and Montrel Meander
The preliminary...
Visitors can dig in fake dinosaur tracks, build teepees out of bamboo and explore a spiral hedge maze at the opening of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center’s new family garden Sunday.
The...
A new government plan aiming at reducing sexual assault on college campuses will raise awareness and promote a more coordinated approach against violence and sexual assault at UT, according to a University...
The competitive nature of politics could contribute to women’s lack of political involvement and leadership roles, according to several community leaders who spoke in a panel on campus Saturday.
A...
The marriage choices you make and the level of education you receive could affect the relationship you have with your parents and their health later on in life, according to a University lecturer.
Jenjira...
After being arrested during a sit-in protest against Shared Services outside President William Powers Jr.’s office Wednesday afternoon, 18 students from the Save Our Community Coalition spent the...
Parking and Transportation Services and Capital Metro representatives discussed a proposal that would change the current Pickle Research Campus shuttle route to a MetroRapid route, at a public forum on...
For Travis LaDuc, UT’s assistant curator of herpetology, wading through Waller Creek to grab snakes is part of what he calls “snake CSI.”
LaDuc, assistant curator at the Texas Natural...
If you drink one type of sustainable coffee, your next caffeine buzz may be in short supply, according to research by one UT professor.
Biology assistant professor Shalene Jha found that the proportion...
Despite recent advances in human rights laws worldwide, laws for Romani women still allow discrimination because of cultural stereotypes, said a guest speaker on campus Friday.
Human rights activist...
The amount of time you spend reading Facebook posts and skimming web pages could impact one’s ability to read and comprehend longer texts on paper, according to a University professor.
School...
When President Barack Obama spoke Thursday at the Civil Rights Summit, it was not the first time a U.S. president has visited the University. Since 1900, seven different presidents have given speeches...
While the Civil Rights Summit kicked off its first day of events, students from University Democrats showed up outside the Tower on Tuesday night to protest a talk given by Charles Murray. Murray, a political...
Although the University has hosted numerous commencement speakers since its first commencement ceremony in 1884, during the past 24 years only about one-third of those speakers have been female.
Horacio...
The rapid growth in China’s electronics industry in the 1990s was because of increased government investment and technological development, said Susan Mays, a research fellow at the LBJ School of...
A new Supreme Court decision that overturned restrictions on campaign contribution limits could increase wealthy donors’ abilities to influence elections, according to law professor Lucas Powe.
In...
Although Austin has experienced exceptional population and economic growth in recent years, growth creates a host of new challenges for the city, Mayor Lee Leffingwell said in a talk on campus Tuesday.
In...
Students broke new ground in environmental awareness, as 14 new fruit trees were recently added to the UT Orchard.
The Orchard, located at the intersection of San Jacinto and East 24th streets, was...
The College of Liberal Arts is planning to offer a new pre-college summer program for high school students that will help them explore their interests and prepare for college.
The three-week program,...
Officials from Project Connect, a transportation project designed to reduce traffic congestion and improve transportation methods in Austin, defined and evaluated final alternative modes of transportation...
After a 10-year hiatus, the University is planning to bring back Yiddish as a language course next year since a professor who teaches the language recently returned to the University.
Starting in fall...
SAN ANTONIO — State Sen. Leticia Van de Putte, the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, said she plans to reform educational policy, veteran services and other issues at a primary election...
Watching Jennifer Lawrence shoot a bow and arrow in “The Hunger Games” inspired management information systems senior Vaishnavi Narayanan to pursue archery.
“I always wanted to do...
The number of international students studying in the U.S. has been increasing in recent years, and UT is no exception. The University saw a 4.4 percent increase in international students over the past...
Although efforts to decrease malnutrition for women and children in developing countries, as well as in the U.S., have shown improvement in recent years, researchers still need to develop better solutions,...
The Yehudi Menuhin Young Violinists International Competition will take place for the first time in the U.S. at the University’s Butler School of Music on Friday.
Held every two years, the competition...
Being a parent in the U.S. doesn’t make you any happier in life, according to sociology professor Jennifer Glass.
Glass’s research shows that parents in the U.S. are unhappier...
In a talk hosted by the School of Law on Tuesday, attorney Vincent Warren spoke about leading a “stop-and-frisk” case, and the need to reform laws that allow racial profiling. Warren —...
Although the U.S. and North Korea signed the Korean War Armistice more than 60 years ago, the potential for nuclear violence and other threats is still a large part of the relationship between the two...
Tracy Reindel, product manager at technology company PeopleAdmin, remembers being one of the few women in her computer science class in college.
“I was never one of those geeky kids who...
For thousands of years, the art of ancient South American cultures remained shrouded in mystery — but now, a new exhibit at the Blanton Museum of Art provides a glimpse into the lifestyles of many...
Not every author can claim his works of fiction are credible enough to dupe the heads of intelligence agencies, but according to Mohammed Hanif, his novels have done just that.
Hanif, a Pakistani author...
In a speech on campus Wednesday, Suk-bum Park, consulate general of the Republic of Korea, said that, although there are many cultural differences between the U.S. and South Korea, increases in trade have...
As part of its weekend tour schedule, the Blanton Museum of Art hosted a public tour of its permanent collection Sunday afternoon, titled “Persuasion: Messages and Meanings in Art.”
The...
