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Aug. 19, 2011 News Feature
Point Austin: Coming Home to Austin
Latest gerrymander reflects Capitol contempt for capital
"...they like to call themselves) finally have quite enough of Rick Perry and his carpetbagging friends from the Texas..."
June 3, 2011 News Column by Michael King
Texas Trademark War
A new app makes life easier for UT students – but not for UT's lawyers, apparently
"...Working in the rapidly advancing field of smart-phone computing, local start-up Mutual Mobile has developed several..."
Feb. 12, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar
Brack Tract Plan
UT has big plans for its West Austin property
"...Last week, people on both sides of the development debate over the University of Texas-owned Brackenridge..."
May 29, 2009 News Feature by Jacob Cottingham
Day Trips
Stonehenge? In Texas? Yup, yonder down in Odessa.
"...years ago. Is it any wonder that a replica of the world's most famous prehistoric structure on the campus..."
Sept. 5, 2008 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Naked City
UT President Larry Faulkner's comments about minority hiring and recruitment anger many minority members of the Texas Legislature.
"...After students complained that a candidate list for Dean of Students had included no minority applicants, state Sen. Frank..."
May 4, 2001 News Feature by Michael King
Articulations
The sale of an art collection at UT and the return of a grand hotel.
"...amazing Suida-Manning Collection that UT Austin acquired a couple of years ago did not come cheap. The university had..."
April 21, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires
UT’s War on Students
A peaceful protest spiraled when law enforcement showed up. Now the university has doubled down.
"...Around noon on Monday, April 29, another day of protest at UT-Austin against Israel’s war on Gaza was..."
May 3, 2024 News Feature by Lina Fisher
10 Years On, KUTX Celebrates Staying Fresh
Hip-hop, local talent help to upend public radio assumptions
"...In the fall of 2012, the UT-Austin Board of Regents unanimously voted to..."
Sept. 22, 2023 Music Feature by Genevieve Wood
The Reporting Life
Oh, the places you'll go
"...by Chase Hoffberger..."
Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Chase Hoffberger
The Hero Returns
Vince Young carves out a second career at UT-Austin
"...you need to find Vince Young on the University of Texas campus these days, don't go to Darrell K...."
Feb. 13, 2015 News Feature by Jessica Luther
Playback: Demolition at 1701 Red River
Another Red River venue going away? There goes the neighborhood.
"...As it now looks, one of Red River's staple venues will be torn down...."
May 17, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin
To Mars, With Love
Reinventing the romantic comedy, to infinity and beyond
"...to name his production company, Swerve Pictures, Austin filmmaker Geoff Marslett turned to his favorite philosopher, Titus Lucretius Carus...."
March 12, 2010 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta
Reefer Madness
But DEA still refuses to admit hemp and pot are different crops
"...Commissioner Roger Johnson, his meeting with Drug Enforcement Administration officials last month wasn't exactly encouraging. Johnson traveled to Washington,..."
March 16, 2007 News Column by Jordan Smith
Naked City
"...Quote of the Week"This is a very strong Republican district. It's..."
April 7, 2006 News Feature
Lege Wrap-Up
Education
"...This comes as no surprise, but legislators cleared out of the Capitol on Monday without a solution for funding..."
June 3, 2005 News Feature
UT & Lockheed Woo Los Alamos
Peace activists urge UT to take a moral stand against weapons of mass destruction by refusing to bid on Los Alamos, while supporters see an opportunity for UT to increase its recognition and prestige, and protect national security
"...Somebody order a missile-shaped box of chocolates: The University of Texas' on-again, off-again romance with..."
May 27, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May
Will Women Have a Voice at the New Women's Hospital?
Issues of choice and midwifery still perplex women using Brack's hospital-within-a-hospital.
"...even if their livelihoods are threatened by the loss of hospital privileges. Fortunately, theirs is a profession -- one..."
Nov. 14, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith
The Hightower Lowdown
The Smithsonian gets sold to the highest bidder; a tiny university builds a first-rate baseball stadium; and a common weed killer plays havoc with Mother Nature.
"...He's now the head of the venerable Smithsonian Institution, our nation's ultimate public museum..."
May 10, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower
Lone Star Sweden
"Lars Gustafsson has the air, somehow, of a sailor," Roger Gathman writes about this Austin author transplanted from Sweden. "It is as though he were some Swedish Sinbad come to rest here after a dozen ports. And in a way, that is true."
"...Critics have often remarked on the odd but fruitful relationship between exile..."
Feb. 25, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman
Razing the Roof
Square Peg, Round Hole
"...Century House is one of 12 women's co-ops in danger of losing its lease..."
Oct. 9, 1998 News Feature by Andrea Dennison
Naked City
Off the Desk:
"...The ever-expanding list of items up for vote on Nov. 3 may include..."
Aug. 21, 1998 News Feature
Class Struggle
UT Big Wheels' Perks Outweigh Staff's Paychecks
"...job as the head basketball coach at the University of Texas. But he got a $643,000 going away present..."
April 24, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce
Soul Searching
Asleep at the Switch
"...that the Democrats' problem lies not in a failure of strategy, but in the neglect of its core message..."
Oct. 30, 1998 News Feature by Jenny Staff
Grand Jury: Fire UT Regent Hall
No charges over UT witch hunt, but a call for his removal
"...Wallace Hall needs to be removed as a University of Texas System Regent. That was the conclusion of a..."
March 31, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Wallace Hall Has a List
UT System regent claims conspiracy as grand jury imminent
"...honest man in town, besieged by an unlikely coterie of lawmakers...."
Sept. 4, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Citizen Mary
A Profile of Mary Arnold, Advocate for Austin
"...Mary Arnold is the model of what people in the South call a real lady...."
April 5, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith
Top 10 Education Stories
The year in local education
"...down in January (succeeded by Admiral William McRaven), while regents are still selecting a replacement for UT-Austin President Bill..."
Jan. 2, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Postmarks
Don't Dissolve District
"...I appreciate the coverage of the referendum to abolish the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer..."
May 1, 1998 Column
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
"...If the University of Texas administrators thought spring break would bring a vacation..."
