Nov | Dec 2012

 

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Classy Noodles, Chunky Headphones, Colorful Kicks Gourmet Ramen: Boring noodle soup no more! The cheap college staple is getting a makeover, thanks to some inspiration from...

 
 

Good Reads

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New Books of Interest to the Longhorn Universe Ancient Origins of the Mexican Plaza: From Primordial Sea to Public Space by Logan Wagner, Hal Box, And Susan Kline...

 
 
The Irish Humor Tour

The Irish Humor Tour

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Flying Longhorns trips offer unexpected benefits—in this case, an in-house comedian.     On Galway Bay: “The water temperature is 49 degrees, and if you...

 
 

Texas Exes Around the Globe From A to Z

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Some of the world’s most passionate 450,000 living Longhorns are in our 128 Texas Exes chapters and networks. From bull-riding to painting, here’s a sampling...

 
 
An End to Saudi Oil?

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An End to Saudi Oil?

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Nobody understand oil better than Texans—except the Saudis. So it’s worth the U.S.’s largest oil producer knowing the world’s largest oil exporter....

 
 
In Prisons, Youth are Prey

In Prisons, Youth are Prey

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I should know—I spent 27 years in Texas prisons. Adult lockups are too horrifying for teens. I was in prison at 20, on a “gladiator farm” in East Texas,...

 
 

Tex! ’Horns! Fight!

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War hero and campus legend Bob Bearden, 90, is one of the best cheerleaders the Forty Acres has ever seen. He’d been through hell—but he raised some of his...

 
 

Texas, Still Wildcatting

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A wood and iron platform crouches on a triangle of The University of Texas campus frequented only on six Saturdays each fall. This creaky sculpture has taken on...

 
 

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Kids in Cages

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UT lecturer and juvenile justice reformer Michele Deitch, whose class was recently voted the most valuable in the LBJ School of Public Affairs, says Texas prisons...

 
 

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Ghosts Roam This Campus

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Snap a picture of an old photo print just where it was taken decades earlier, and something magical happens. The entrance to the Texas Union, taken from the Union...

 
 
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