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Creationists Get Creative at the Capitol
Two new creationist-backed bills take aim at science education
"...Last year, the Dallas-based Institute for Creation Research's proposal for offering online master's degrees..."

March 27, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City
Local news briefs
"...commissioned (and the questions written) by the anti-evolution Discovery Institute. When an audience member called him out on it,..."

March 13, 2009 News Feature

Reefer Madness: Treatment Works
Bill would divert low-level drug offenders from prison and save a bundle of money
"...see addiction as a "failure of will," former National Institute on Drug Abuse Director Alan Leshner argued addiction "should..."

March 6, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Dissecting Mercer's Anti-Evolution Editorial
Because shooting fish in a barrel is fun!
"...efforts of anti-evolutionist groups such as the Seattle-based Discovery Institute, which pushes intelligent design/creationism. Contrary to what they might..."

Feb. 16, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Point Austin: MUD Rising
Canyon Creek voting-rights lawsuit goes to the Supremes
"...a pawn by GOP-partisan foundations, notably the American Enterprise Institute and its Project on Fair Representation run by Austin­ite..."

Jan. 16, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Charter School Approval Sparks More Debate
Williamson County charter school wins approval, but the charter school issue in general remains contentious
"...operators. Jonas Chartock, who ran the Charter School Policy Institute in Austin before taking on duties at the SUNY..."

Jan. 9, 2009 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Rick Perry Gets a Life
Perry drives anti-abortion license plate proposal
"...Life plate to motorists, according to the nonprofit Guttmacher Institute. Of those, 13 use plate revenues to fund adoption..."

Dec. 26, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Reefer Madness
Are Kids Really Kicking the Habit?
"...use of LSD and other hallucinogens.) Unlike Walters, National Institute on Drug Abuse Director Nora Volkow was more reserved..."

Dec. 26, 2008 News Column by Jordan Smith

Sauces: Classical and Contemporary Sauce Making
"...restaurant chef and culinary instructor at the French Culinary Institute and the Institute of Culinary Education in New York,..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Food Feature by MM Pack

Off the Record
Reunion fever hits close to home: Faces, the Kinks, the Jesus Lizard, and more
"...Price is parting with some personal memorabilia through eBay (www.stores.ebay.com/the-intramodality-institute). Considering the local chanteuse has lent her vocal talents..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Darwinists Attack!
The State Board of Education doesn't understand the meaning of 'separation of church and state'
"...strongly anti-evolution, including Stephen Meyer of the Seattle-based Discov­ery Institute, a prominent and well-funded promoter of "intelligent design theory."..."

Nov. 28, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Last Goodbye to Aquarena Springs
Texas State plans to trade in Aquarena Springs' renowned Fifties kitsch for turn-of-the-century simplicity
"...States. Andrew Sansom – director of the River Systems Institute, which is headquartered in the Aquarena Springs hotel –..."

Nov. 14, 2008 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere
"...Media Award for his reporting on the UT Accessibility Institute ("Accessibility Institute," Sept. 12). For more, see www.cityofaustin.org/ada/amcpd.htm. –..."

Oct. 31, 2008 News Feature

Point Austin: Charlie Wilson's Chair
When the legend becomes fact, endow the legend
"...group of scholars associated with UT's distinguished South Asia Institute are pressing the college and its dean, Randy Diehl,..."

Sept. 19, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Food-o-File
Austin eats dirty, drinks hard, and welcomes the new Frisco Shop and Tolbert family chili
"...Executive Chef Lawrence Kocurek's alma mater as the Culinary Institute of America, when instead the Austin native is a..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Culinary Error
"...graduated top in his class from the French Culinary Institute, not the Culinary Institute of America. This is a..."

Aug. 8, 2008 Postmarks

Design Advocacy Voices: Austin
"...for New Urbanism], ECT [Envision Central Texas], AIA [American Institute of Architects], ULI [Urban Land Institute]) but none have..."

June 27, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Film News
Whip It? More like a 'Blew It': Drew Barrymore pic finds better incentives in Michigan
"...told you in January, the University of Texas Film Institute is now in the driver's seat as the for-profit..."

June 6, 2008 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

The Science of Sleeping Together
Mary Roach has taken on ghosts and cadavers. Now she's taking on sex.
"...case of Bonk, I Googled "Sex ... Research ... Institute ... Facility" and so on. I needed to find..."

April 11, 2008 Books Feature by Marc Savlov

Naked City
"...a report released Feb. 25 by the Public Policy Institute of California, "Immigrants are far less likely than the..."

Feb. 29, 2008 News Feature

Improv Thanks
"...piece on the grand opening of the Merlin Works Institute for Improvisation and Gnap! Theater Projects Improv Season [“Merlin..."

Feb. 24, 2008 Postmarks

'Arf Arf' ... or Is It 'Barf Barf'?
Beverage company unveils bottled water for dogs
"...a May 2007 report by D.C.-based nonprofit the Worldwatch Institute: "In the United States, regulations concerning bottled water are..."

Feb. 22, 2008 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Any Random Six
"...Any Random Six(Media Arts & Literary Institute)..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

Prosecutor Times Four
Part 1: Meet the candidates for Travis County district attorney
"...says she'd like more public transparency; she'd like to institute monthly meetings with media, "to let them know what..."

Feb. 1, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

After a Fashion
Is Stephen a closet furry? And what did Dr. Twink diagnose?
"...Famed Austin architect M.J. Neal has won the 2008 Institute Honor Award for Interior Architecture from the American Institute..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Report: Blacks 10 Times More Likely to Be Jailed for Drug-Related Offenses Than Whites
Justice Policy Institute encouraging lawmakers to focus more on drug treatment and less on punitive measures
"...The Justice Policy Institute is encouraging lawmakers to focus more on drug treatment..."

Dec. 14, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City
"...on the survey's results – drafted by Human Capital Institute, which studies job markets – looks at what features..."

Nov. 30, 2007 News Feature

Naked City
"...inexperienced drivers. That's the finding of a Texas Transportation Institute survey of 4,400 high-schoolers. Eighty percent of them had..."

Nov. 16, 2007 News Feature

Under the Flag, Without a Roof
New report shows veterans increasingly likely to become homeless.
"...personnel when they leave the forces. The Homeless Research Institute released a report on Friday that, on any one..."

Nov. 12, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Public Accuracy
Norman Solomon on a life of activism and writing
"...accommodation or irrelevance. A decade ago he founded the Institute for Public Accuracy, a small nonprofit news and analysis..."

Oct. 26, 2007 News Column by Michael King

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