The Daily Texan, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX
11 hours ago by David R. Henry
Freshman Oklahoma wide receiver Josh Jarboe was kicked off the team Friday after an obscenity-filled rap video of him talking about guns and shooting people surfaced on YouTube.
This was the last straw for coach Bob Stoops. In May, Jarboe received two years probation and 80 community service hours as part of a plea bargain for carrying a gun on school property at his high school in Decatur, Ga.
The Daily Texan, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX
5 hours ago by Amanda DeBard
Laura Hall did not testify about her involvement in dismembering a body and driving a murder suspect across the border, but she will change that with a national television appearance tonight.
The Daily Texan, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX
3 hours ago by Eric Pianka, Guest Columnist
We have made a real mess on this planet. People are finally awakening to some of the many consequences of overpopulation, such as global warming and peak oil. Everybody expects technology to come to our rescue, but technology is what got us into this precarious position in the first place.
The Daily Texan, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX
10 hours ago by Sean Beherec
Hundreds of distressed middle and high school cheerleaders and their counselors were evacuated from University Towers Thursday night.
The cause of the hysteria and nearly two hours of attention from the Austin Fire Department, Austin Police Department and Austin Emergency Medical Services: burnt popcorn.
The Daily Texan, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX
1 day ago by Jason Wu
Maybe you've heard about the new television ad coming from Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign. It juxtaposes Sen. Barack Obama's image with those of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, calling him the world's biggest celebrity. Obama certainly doesn't speak, look or act like the blonde celebrities the McCain ad is comparing him to, but the ad has garnered plenty of attention.
The Daily Texan, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX
21 hours ago by Andrew Vickers
In the wake (though some might say, under the cover) of the wave of patriotism that followed the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the Texas Legislature passed a law that requires schoolchildren to begin each school day with pledges of allegiance to the United States and Texas flags, followed by a minute of silence to "reflect, pray [or] meditate" before class.
The Daily Texan, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX
21 hours ago by Mackenzie Meador
A recent $50 jump in anthropology and photojournalism senior Will Bratton's monthly energy bill took him by surprise.
Bratton, a military veteran, receives $1,250 a month in income from the military through the G.I. Bill to pay for his expenses.
"That extra $40 or $50 on my energy bill comes out of my food and transportation costs," Bratton said.
The Daily Texan, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX
3 hours ago by Susan Peterson
Sigma Chi representatives will meet Wednesday with a member of UT's legal affairs office to discuss the reinstatement of the fraternity as a student organization.
The Ranger, San Antonio College, San Antonio, TX
1 day ago by Gretchen Mahan-San Antonio Christian High School
Finding a student who has illegally used Adderall, a drug for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, is as easy as making two telephone calls.
Late-night cram sessions, efficiency at work, creating Shakespearean poetry and reading for hours at a time are all reasons high school and college students have taken Adderall without a prescription.
The Daily Texan, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX
2 hours ago by Joanne Liou
Walking across the stage to receive a diploma usually signifies the end of college life and the first step into the real world. However, some graduates are finding themselves back where they started - at home with their parents.
"I went back home out of convenience," said Rohit Venkatesan, who graduated in May with degrees in biology and philosophy.
The Daily Texan, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX
6 hours ago by
Humans are people, too I'd like to thank the Texan for printing the Aug. 6 overpopulation column ("Overpopulation: the real crisis"). It gave readers an opportunity to take a look into the padded room that houses UT's resident lunatic, Eric Pianka. For those readers who are unaware, Pianka was investigated by Homeland Security back in 2006 after publicly salivating at the prospect of ebola wiping out 90 percent of the world's population.
The Daily Texan, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX
6 hours ago by Dave Player
When it was first signed into law in 1972, the now infamous Title IX's expressed purpose was to ensure that "no person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity.
The Daily Texan, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX
1 day ago by
Keep the two-step Regarding Tuesday's "horns down" assessment of the "Texas two-step" primary system ("Horns up, horns down," Aug. 5), if the precinct convention portion of that system brings you to tears, then perhaps voting (and living without medication or outside an assisted-living facility) is not for you.
The Daily Texan, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX
1 day ago by Sean Beherec
The Capital Metro bus hijacking reported Monday was part of an elaborate lie told by the bus driver to get attention, Austin police revealed Tuesday.
Money Sterling, the driver of the bus and victim of the alleged hijacking, told police Tuesday morning when she was brought in for further questioning that she had lied about the incident, said Deek Moore, an APD detective.
The Daily Texan, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX
1 day ago by Andrew Roush
As 19 current and former Longhorns head to Beijing for next month's Olympic games, we Texans, like the rest of the world, wait with bated breath for the outcome. But the world is sitting on edge for the answer to the biggest question of the Olympic spectacle - whether or not it will "open up" China.
The Daily Texan, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX
3 hours ago by Katy Justice
Getting to the businesses, bars and shops on Sixth Street is quickly becoming just a bike ride away for people who use the Pfluger Bridge on Cesar Chavez Street.
The city of Austin is finishing up the last touches of the Pfluger Bridge Extension Project's planning phase.
The Daily Texan, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX
3 hours ago by Sara Haji
The substance looks innocuous - finely crushed into a powder that could just as easily be your mother's turmeric, save for the suspicious-looking baggie it comes in.
The Daily Texan, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX
4 hours ago by Sean Beherec
Police arrested a UT employee Wednesday evening after he threatened to blow up the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center.
Roger Wade, spokesman for the Travis County Sheriff's Office, said University police issued a warrant Wednesday for the arrest of Jesse Joe Lara III.
The Daily Texan, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX
5 hours ago by Sean Beherec
Austin police released a composite sketch Wednesday of the man wanted for committing a violent sexual assault in the Hyde Park neighborhood north of the UT campus early Saturday morning. After five days of withholding information on the case, the Austin Police Department held a press conference Wednesday to release the sketch and discuss the circumstances of the incident.
The Daily Texan, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX
6 hours ago by Josh Haney
The Texas State Teachers Association, a group of educators and school employees 65,000 strong, is taking the Texas Education Agency to court in what appears to be a slightly altered reincarnation of the controversy surrounding school vouchers, according to a recent article in The Houston Chronicle.
The Daily Texan, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX
14 hours ago by Alan Hayes
There's a line in a Ben Folds song that describes "visions of pills that put you in a loving trance/that make it possible for all white boys to dance." On Wednesday night at The Parish, Craig Finn, frontman for The Hold Steady, accomplished the same thing as Folds' pills, but without all the nasty side effects.
The Daily Texan, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX
1 day ago by Joanne Liou
UT researchers have found a more efficient and potentially less expensive way to make lithium-ion batteries, which could be used in hybrid and electric vehicles.
By using a microwave commonly found in scientific labs, mechanical engineering professor Arumugan Manthiram developed a faster process for creating the compound used in the battery.
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