Editor’s Letter: 50 Years Later

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Remembering those lost on UT’s darkest day On Aug. 1, 1966, a troubled young University of Texas student committed one of the most horrific acts of public violence...

 
 

The Way Back: In Formation

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Unlocking the vault of UT history Russell Lee was one of the 20th century’s most important photographers. Trained as a chemical engineer, he spent the 1920s struggling...

 
 

Master of One

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After getting cut from SNL after just one season, Noël Wells takes control as director of her first feature film. Noël Wells is a live wire at a crowded house...

 
 

Lack and Presence

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The One / Sixth exhibition unites UT’s few African-American MFA in studio art alums. On a sunny Sunday afternoon in May, a group of artists sat at a table for...

 
 

Boomerang Days: Barfly

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A Longhorn does college all over again. Dear Reader—oh, the things I do for you. I hurl my body into the fires of youthful celebration for you! Though safely...

 
 

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Store Owners’ Daughter

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I grew up behind a counter. In 1978, when I was 5 years old, my mother and stepfather, Kay and Charles Oates, bought a tiny, rundown gas station on the outskirts...

 
 

Texas Football Adds Everybody

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Another week, another group of highly touted high school seniors have been added to Charlie Strong’s never-ending Class of 2016. In quick succession, the...

 
 

Introducing the 2016 Distinguished Alumni

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Each fall, hundreds of Longhorns gather to honor some of the university’s most impressive alumni. Along with a touching ceremony and a coveted burnt orange...

 
 
 
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