Sept | Oct 2015
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Down to the River
By Rose Cahalan
Something terrible happened to Steve Davis, BBA ’78, and he turned his suffering into an incredible fly fishing camp for kids on Idaho’s Snake River.
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The Storm Before the Storm
By Bower Yousse and Thomas J. Cryan
His is one of the greatest stories of perseverance and grit in college sports history, and it’s finally getting its due. In this exclusive excerpt from the new...
The Young Ones: The 2015 Outstanding Young Texas Exes
By Alcalde Staff
The Outstanding Young Texas Ex Award, initiated in 1980, recognizes consummate professionals whose career achievements are matched only by their service to the university....
September|October Alumni Authors
By Anna Daugherty and Jane Robbins Mize
The Carriage House by Louisa Hall, MA ’09, PhD ’14 Louisa Hall’s debut novel is set in her hometown in the suburbs of Philadelphia. The story focuses on what...
The Way Back: Life Before Lycra
By Ben Wright
When the UT women’s athletics program was formalized in the 1920s, Lycra hadn’t been invented. And considering the attitudes of the day, that’s probably just...
September|October 2015 Crossword Solution
By Myles Mellor
Click here to see the solution to the September | October 2015 Alcalde crossword.
Boomerang Days: Reptile Rampage!
By Owen Egerton
A Longhorn does college all over again. I hate snakes. As a rule, I avoid them, steering clear of zoo reptile houses, skipping the early chapters of Genesis, and...
Glorious Greece
By Tim Taliaferro
In Greece, the Flying Longhorns discovered a country at once ancient and new. It’s easy to see why the ancient Greeks believed that Delphi was the center of...
Great Dane
By Joe Hanson
What’s the future of space travel? And what do you do if you’re wearing a spacesuit and your nose itches? Astronaut Andreas Mogensen, PhD ’07, answers these...
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Seeing Race
By Leonard Moore
In his class on the history of the Black Power movement, Leonard Moore ditches political correctness in favor of open, honest, and sometimes uncomfortable conversations...
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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