July | August 2014

 

The Alcalde Crossword [July | August 2014 Solution]

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Click here to see the solution to the July | August 2014 Alcalde crossword.

 
 

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Boomtown

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After fears about peak oil, greenhouse gases, and our dependence on Middle Eastern oil, the world of energy has suddenly flipped. Oil and gas production are up, imports...

 
 

Good Reads: July | August 2014

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New books of interest to the Longhorn Universe Charlie Chaplin, Director By Donna Kornhaber We know him best as the mustachioed actor who was the biggest star of...

 
 

Game On

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A first-of-its-kind archive at UT’s Briscoe Center is preserving video game history. In the summer of 1979, a teenager and incoming UT freshman named Richard...

 
 

A Seat at the Table

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While growing up in one of America’s “food deserts,” Johnie Jones III, MPAff ’11, watched his neighbors struggle. Now he’s working to give low-income families...

 
 

Querida Argentina

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The Flying Longhorns find a taste of Texas in Buenos Aires and Patagonia. “The eyes of Texas are upon you!” The group belted out, horns proudly raised to...

 
 

Good Fellow

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Biomedical engineering prodigy Ashvin Bashyam just hit the trifecta of prestigious science fellowships. Maybe you’ve had this nightmare: Dressed in a suit and...

 
 

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The Road Back to Film School

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Robert Rodriguez has been held up as the prototypical film school dropout, a walking argument for doing things your own way and bypassing a formal education. But...

 
 

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1,000,000,000,000,000 Watts

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Or, the Secret of the Big Beam. Photography by Robert Shults If you descend two stories beneath Robert Lee Moore Hall, down into the basement, and stroll through...

 
 
Party Partial

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Party Partial

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Former Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson wants to transform how judges are selected in Texas. Can he succeed where his predecessors have failed? Wallace...

 
 
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