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The Birth of Gregory Gym
Today Gregory Gym is an ultramodern facility boasting everything from an indoor track to a luxury pool (complete with palm trees) to a billiards room. It’s...
New York Chapter Aids Needy Families
It’s often said that volunteers gain as much from their service as they give. In the case of the Texas Exes New York Chapter, some young alumni got a head...
Rewriting Race in Admissions
As a high-profile challenge to UT’s policies plays out, The Alcalde convened a roundtable of administrators, professors, and alumni to talk about where admissions should...
Supreme Court to Hear Texas Case on Race in Admissions
The University of Texas’ use of race in admissions will be reviewed by the nation’s highest court. Today the Supreme Court agreed to hear Fisher v. Texas,...
Fundraiser Set As Injured Soccer Player Fights to Recover
Both the Austin and UT communities are rallying behind Kylie Doniak, the UT senior who was hit by a drunk driver downtown earlier this month. The 22-year-old midfielder...
UT Researchers Send Experimental Satellite into Space
Very early on the morning of Monday, Feb. 13, the European Space Agency launched its brand-new rocket into space, and with it went a satellite supporting an experiment...
UT Tower Turns 75
Behold the UT Tower, the definitive landmark of the University. For 75 years, it has watched over the daily campus bustle, breaking its silence every quarter hour...
Pro-Choice, Pro-Life Advocates Attend Birth Control Rally
Nearly 200 students and Austinites—both pro-choice and pro-life—braved the rainy, cold weather Friday to participate in a “Birth Control Matters” rally on...
Students Request Statue to Honor Modern Vets
A band of UT students has requested that a statue be built on campus to honor veterans in Iraq and Afghanistan, and they’ve taken to an edgy new online tool...
UTexas Memes Page Ranked Second in Nation
We can’t get enough of memes. No, seriously—we can’t. And apparently, neither can anyone else. College-specific memes are popping up nationwide, and...























