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Stephen Colbert Backs UT Student’s Satirical Super PAC [Watch]

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The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive A UT student had five minutes of fame last week on...

 
 

UT Neutral As Travis County Judge Halts Student Elections

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Nothing in politics—at the national, state, or even university level—is ever simple, and this year’s campus-wide UT Student Government elections are no exception. Student...

 
 

Cruel to Be Kind: LBJ Behind the Scenes

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The most underappreciated president of the 20th century may be Lyndon B. Johnson. In his forthcoming book, Indomitable Will: LBJ in the Presidency, author Mark Updegrove—director...

 
 

Bill Moyers at UT: “The Heroism Keeps Coming”

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Two days after Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords was severely injured in a Tucson shooting, Bill Moyers—renowned journalist, former White House press secretary,...

 
 

Leonard Pitts: “We Do a Bad Job Talking About Race in America”

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“How are you all enjoying post-racial America?” So stung Leonard Pitts’ opening zinger at his lecture on campus last night. The Pulitzer Prize-winning...

 
 

Who Pays In-State Tuition at UT?

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Texas governor and presidential hopeful Rick Perry has recently drawn fire from a conservative student group at his alma mater, Texas A&M, for his continued...

 
 

Occupy Austin Protest Includes Many Students, Alumni

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Can’t see this slideshow? Click here. Backpack-toting UT undergraduates. Hula-hooping hippies. Frost Bank and Wells Fargo employees wandering over after work....

 
 

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Now Rises Zaffirini

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In response to a fierce attack on higher education in Texas, a state senator from Laredo has become the University’s most vocal defender. Illustration by Jody...

 
 
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