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Happy Birthday Beyonce!

Sarah-Grace Sweeney September 4, 2013

Today is a day almost as wonderful as Christmas. It is Beyonce's 32nd birthday. In celebration of Queen B's special day, we've compiled some of our favorite videos to help you celebrate....

Fall event preview: albums

Sarah-Grace Sweeney August 28, 2013

Arcade Fire, Untitled, Oct. 29  The Canadian collective revealed to an adoring fan via Twitter that its follow up to The Suburbs would be released Oct. 29. Now, an Instagram account documenting...

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How to avoid football

Hannah Smothers and Sarah-Grace Sweeney August 26, 2013

Contrary to popular belief, you do not have to don burnt orange T-shirts, hook your horns or be excited about football games at all to be a student at UT. The Daily Texan has compiled a list of anti-football...

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Craftsman carves out local works

Sarah-Grace Sweeney June 10, 2013

Adam Young, 38, is a “maker,” or that’s what he calls himself. He is an artist, a wood and metal worker, a skateboarder, a father, a husband and a man of the past. He mentions a “buddy”...

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The Taylor Swift experience

Sarah-Grace Sweeney May 22, 2013

There were a few things I knew going into the Taylor Swift concert at the Frank Erwin Center last night. I knew I was going to be surrounded by mostly preteens, there was going to be glitter and a...

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SXSW Tuesday in Music

Maria Arrellaga and Sarah-Grace Sweeney March 13, 2013

We picked up our music wristbands and after much deliberation headed to Mohawk for the Pitchfork Interactive Showcase. Badges had priority, then wristbands. It was supposedly open to the public, though...

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The nightmare of SXSW: a column

Sarah-Grace Sweeney March 8, 2013

South By Southwest is actually my worst nightmare. For some perspective, I am afraid of all diseases, doctors, immaculate conception, the germs on keyboards and of one day going bald. So I am afraid...

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Vampire stories suck in consumers

Sarah-Grace Sweeney October 29, 2012

The final installment of the “Twilight” film series is upon us and the shelves of bookstores are lined with vampire fiction, accordingly. It seems the vampire phenomenon is inescapable. But...

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100 Years of Woody Guthrie

Sarah-Grace Sweeney September 6, 2012

There are not many musicians who have stayed as culturally relevant for as long as Elvis, The Beatles or perhaps Bob Dylan. These musicians are known for significantly influencing the voice of American...

Benefit event goes gaga over Gaga

Sarah-Grace Sweeney September 30, 2011

“If not you, then who?” That was the phrase Haylan Teel and Dena Greenwalt kept in mind when creating Gagarazzi, a burlesque and variety show this Friday at The Highball to benefit Equality...

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