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Thor and Wills: Build the Med School

Current and former Student Government leaders come out in support of Travis County’s Central Health Proposition 1. Editor’s note: After 19 former student...

 
 

Student Government Passes Resolution Supporting Prop 1

A day after 19 former student body presidents endorsed Central Health’s Prop 1 to fund a UT-Austin medical school, the University’s student government...

 
 

19 Former Student Body Presidents Endorse Prop 1

Student body presidents dating back to 1992 have signed a letter supporting Central Health Prop 1 to bring a medical school to UT-Austin. Every University of Texas...

 
 

After Drawn-Out Controversy, Student Body President Elected

Well, it’s been a bumpy road, but the results are in: the new Student Government president is Thor Lund, a senior mechanical engineering major who is that...

 
 

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Three Generations of Student Leaders Create Longhorn Boots

T-shirts, dresses, swimsuits, hats, dog collars—you name it, and sure enough, there’s a burnt-orange or UT version. The same goes for cowboy boots, a true Texas...

 
 

Campus Election Results Reveal Low Voter Turnout

With the exception of the postponed president/VP elections, the results of UT’s campus-wide student elections were released today. And though many newly elected...

 
 

UT Neutral As Travis County Judge Halts Student Elections

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...

 
 

At Grad Rates Forum, Calls for Small Steps Toward Big Change

Photo by Michelle Bryant The message was clear at Tuesday evening’s open forum on graduation rates: The University of Texas at Austin must create innovative new...

 
 
 
 
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