March | April 2016
Top Six
By Alcalde Staff
Meet six high-achieving students with ambition, grit, and more impressive résumés than most people twice their age. They are the winners of the Texas Exes President’s...
March|April 2016 Good Reads
By Alcalde Staff
New books of interest to the Longhorn Universe The Midnight Assassin by Skip Hollandsworth This true-crime thriller by Texas Monthly executive editor and Bernie...
Ford Model T.J.
By Chris O'Connell
It was a routine play. The Knicks were in San Antonio for their yearly spanking at the hands of the Spurs, but it didn’t matter to me, a lifelong New York sports...
Set, Match
By Kat Brooks
A senior volleyball player reflects on finding her home away from home in Gregory Gym. Most students at the University of Texas drive home for the holidays after...
Defeating Whooping Cough
By Katie Matlack
Pertussis, or whooping cough, kills 200,000 children each year, but a UT researcher’s work holds new promise. Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is a highly...
Editor’s Letter: Attention Deficit
By Tim Taliaferro
Without much fanfare, Karen Aston and Texas women’s basketball are quietly hunting a title. At the time this issue is going to press, the best basketball team...
The Big Picture: School’s in Session
By Antonio Garza
Between the 84th Legislature and the 85th, legislators will study issues that relate to the University of Texas—and so should you. In Texas, the legislature convenes...
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This Texas Ex Is Singing His Cowboy Songs in Music City
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How a Former Marine Built UT’s National Championship Weightlifting Team
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Two Award-Winning Professors (and One Hollywood Celebrity) Make Science Cool
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The Way Back: Hoop Dreams
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Good Reads Q&A: This Children’s Book Brings Social-Emotional Learning to Life in Technicolor