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How Heman Sweatt Led To ‘Brown v. Board Of Education’ [An Interview]

September 9, 2010 3:42 pm | no comments

In the September|October issue of The Alcalde, we offered an exclusive excerpt of a new book about alumnus Heman Sweatt and the largely overlooked role he played...

KUT Names New Manager For Cactus Cafe

September 8, 2010 6:03 pm | 5 comments

The Cactus Cafe will have a new manager beginning Monday morning. Matthew Munoz, a recording industry veteran, will replace longtime manager Griff Luneberg, who...

Student Chapter To Kick Off Semester With Orange & White Welcome

September 7, 2010 6:36 pm | no comments

Every fall, the Texas Exes Student Chapter does this thing to get students all riled up for the new semester and football season. It’s called the Orange &...

How UT Alumni Are Impacting Globalization [The Seminar]

September 2, 2010 3:23 pm | no comments

Are you curious about globalization? Are you a burgeoning business maven? Is it your life goal to take on the world one merger or acquisition at a time? If you answered...

Why Every Incoming Freshman Should Go To Camp Texas (Watch)

September 1, 2010 9:54 am | no comments

You may not know this if you didn’t go before your freshman year, but Camp Texas is one of the best programs at The University of Texas. Students who attend...

Horns Squash Frogs In Volleyball Home Opener

August 27, 2010 8:18 pm | no comments

It took all of 68 minutes for the No. 3 ranked Texas Longhorns volleyball team to dispense with the TCU Horned Frogs Friday night in the home opener at Gregory Gym. A...

Butler School To Offer Informal Music Classes

August 27, 2010 11:30 am | 2 comments

Remember how the Texas Union announced this spring that it was abruptly shutting down informal classes to save money? It pissed off a lot of people and didn’t...

How UT’s Colors Came To Be Orange And White (Watch)

August 4, 2010 11:06 am | 1 comment

The school colors for The University of Texas have not always been burnt orange and white. In fact, at UT’s first football game, the team wore gold and white....

Texas Is A Party School – So Says The Princeton Review

August 2, 2010 7:09 pm | 1 comment

Here’s one of those puzzling news items that’s news except that it isn’t. The Princeton Review has come out with its party-school rankings, and...

Cap Metro Looking To Jack Up Price For UT Shuttles

July 19, 2010 8:13 am | no comments

Austin’s Capital Metro transit agency is considering asking The University of Texas to more heavily subsidize the shuttles for UT students and staff. In the...