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July 7, 2000

Volume 19, Number 45

news

  • War of Words

    Hays County planning battle turns into a war of words.

    BY ROB D'AMICO

  • Lethal Weapon

    FBI's use of tear gas questioned at Branch Davidian trial.

    BY ROBERT BRYCE

  • Doorway to Truth

    BY ROBERT BRYCE

  • Impulse Buying

    City approves $15 million toward Convention Center Hotel, which the city will own in 30 years.

    BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON

  • Naked City

    City auditor Helen Niesner resigns; Vignette Corp., is looking for offices downtown; Leslie Pool goes to work for U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, Paul Robbins mad at Austin Energy; Office of Neighborhood Services launches workshops; Austin ranks No. 6 for bicycle theft.

    BY AMY SMITH

  • Naked City

    The city has hired an architect known for his grand, sweeping designs to build the new City Hall, but size restrictions imposed by a contract with Computer Sciences Corporation may limit its creativity and scope.

    BY KEVIN FULLERTON

  • Naked City

    The debate over Longhorn Pipeline's proposed gasoline pipeline between Houston and El Paso has heated up recently, moving from Austin to Washington, D.C. in advance of a decision by the federal government on whether to conduct a formal environmental impact statement.

    BY DAN OKO

  • Naked City

    The Austin Youth Hostel, an 11-year-old facility in East Austin, may have to shut its doors to make way for office space for the Parks and Recreation Dept., which owns the building where the hostel is housed.

  • Council Watch

    Council approves spending $15 million on the Convention Center Hotel; City Manager Jesus Garza presents the Draft Policy Budget; and Roma Design Group announces its vision for the south shore of Town Lake.

    BY KEVIN FULLERTON

food

music

screens

  • Night Visions

    Director Alison Maclean and author Denis Johnson on Jesus' Son, a soulful, darkly comic take on life and death as a junkie

    BY SARAH HEPOLA

  • Short Cuts

    Upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community

    BY MARC SAVLOV

  • TV Eye

    Resurrection Blvd. may not be the perfect show about the Latino experience, but it's a step in the right direction; also, Sex and the City's third season disappoints.

    BY BELINDA ACOSTA

  • Screens Reviews

    Mahogany, and Selena

  • Film Reviews

    Adrenaline Drive, Jesus' Son, Luminous Motion, Scary Movie, and Sunshine

the arts

columns

  • Page Two

    Welcome to summer in the new Austin.

    BY LOUIS BLACK

  • Postmarks

    Mueller re-development is a rip-off and "affordable housing" is a sham.

  • Public Notice

    "Public Notice" gets devout all over the sisters. Check it out: Two nun-related items in one week!

    BY KATE X MESSER

  • Letters at 3AM

    Robert Bly's translations of 20th-century poets enrich our language.

    BY MICHAEL VENTURA

  • After a Fashion

    Spending summer with Joan

    BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER

  • Mr. Smarty Pants

    How sweet is your soda, sugar?

    BY MR. SMARTY PANTS

  • Coach's Corner

    The Cubs killed the fan in the Coach.

    BY ANDY "COACH" COTTON

  • Day Trips

    A small Texas town tries to determine its destiny.

    BY GERALD E. MCLEOD

  • About AIDS

    Earth to denialists: the facts are out there.

    BY SANDY BARTLETT

    • The Luv Doc: Real People vs. Smart Phones

    Nothing breaks the ice like a flawless recitation of the Monty Python 'Albatross' sketch

    Postmarks

    Letters to the editor, published daily

books

sports

  • Crossing Swords

    This is the second time that the National Fencing Tournament has slashed it's way through Austin. Wayne Alan Brenner is en garde.

    BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER