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Students Distribute 10,000 Roses for Genocide Awareness

“What’s with the rose?” The question buzzed around the Forty Acres today. Many were puzzled at first sight of the long-stemmed white roses tied with orange...

 
 

Texas’ Biggest Open House Gets Bigger & Better

An event billed as “The Biggest Open House in Texas” was bigger and better than ever this year. More than 50,000 people visited campus Saturday for...

 
 

Diehard UT Fans Hit the Slopes

Here’s some evidence of a true Longhorn: Stephen Mendoza, second from right, convinced three friends to brandish a giant UT flag on a recent trip to Winter...

 
 

Things UT Students Will Do to Avoid Studying [Watch]

A group of UT students have taken procrastination to new heights in a wacky viral video. One night last week, John Warder and his roommates were all studying dutifully...

 
 

Camp Texas Director ‘Pumped’ for Expanding to Five Sessions

Cole Cappel has a lot on his plate. The senior urban studies major is also working on minors in architecture and business foundations, as well as an interdisciplinary...

 
 

Students Explore History of Campus Activism

In a 1971 Cactus yearbook photo spread titled “A Diverse Campus Society,” students are pictured studying on the lawn and walking to class. Some have...

 
 
Higher Ed Reform Needs a Student Focus, Young Alum Says

Higher Ed Reform Needs a Student Focus, Young Alum Says

The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s “seven breakthrough solutions” have been answered in countless ways since their initial unveiling: the University of...

 
 

Occupy Austin Protest Includes Many Students, Alumni

Can’t see this slideshow? Click here. Backpack-toting UT undergraduates. Hula-hooping hippies. Frost Bank and Wells Fargo employees wandering over after work....

 
 

Texas Exes Scholarship Recruiting Goes Virtual

In her role as Texas Exes scholarships coordinator, Kristy Kimball is well-accustomed to making presentations before crowds of prospective students. But today was...

 
 

Barbecue King Shares “Food for Thought” with Student Chapter

“What can you do with a B.A. in English?” Famed 2003 musical Avenue Q made this line the bane of humanities students everywhere. One thing you can do...

 
 
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