Sept | Oct 2014

 

Lights, Camera, Football: “My All American” Films at UT

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Vintage cars, cheerleaders twirling in long skirts, and co-eds walking to class in letter jackets and dresses: If you visited campus this summer, you might have...

 
 

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The Man for the Job

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After decades in the trenches, Charlie Strong has ascended to the most powerful job in college coaching. Now the real work begins.

 
 
The Way Back: Austin's Changing Skyline

The Way Back: Austin’s Changing Skyline

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The hottest topic in town—one practically impossible to avoid at a cocktail party—is how fast Austin has grown in the past decade. The hometown of the Longhorns...

 
 

Good Reads: September | October 2014

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New Books of Interest to the Longhorn Universe Above the East China Sea By Sarah Bird, MA ’76 The 82-day Battle of Okinawa claimed the lives of at least 12,000...

 
 

September|October Alumni Authors

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Recently Published   Adventures with a Historian: The Life & Times of John R. “Jack” Hubbard by John R. Hubbard, BA ’38, MA ’39, PhD ’50, Life...

 
 

Five Under 40: The 2014 Outstanding Young Texas Exes

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This year’s Outstanding Young Texas Exes have two things in common—a long list of accomplishments and service to the university. The Outstanding Young Texas...

 
 

Viva el Mariachi

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The UT campus is quiet in the summer, but not at the Butler School of Music—where the second-annual Longhorn Mariachi Camp filled the halls with joyful noise. Ten...

 
 

The Authentication of George Covington

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In which we discover a blind man who sees the world better than everyone else. Last November, I drove way out West to see about a blind photographer. Actually,...

 
 

Return to Normandy

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On the 70th anniversary of D-Day, the Flying Longhorns paid tribute. Omaha Beach,” Frank Denius says. “That’s where I crawled up.” Holding court on the...

 
 

Punching the Clock

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Jon Schorle is an internationally renowned boxing referee, a former correctional officer in one of the nation’s toughest prisons, a family man—and the guy giving...

 
 
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