Let's Go Gun Crazy

UT working group recommends allowing guns in classrooms, while a "mock mass shooting" and a "mass farting" protest in response bring out the national media

"...There were real guns – handguns, an MP5, and AK-47 and AR-15 rifles..."

Dec. 18, 2015 News Feature by Mac McCann

Mock Shooting Now Just Near UT Campus

Update: Mass farting demonstration planned in response

"...effect on August 1, 2016, often argue that most gun owners are reasonable people. And that might be true...."

Dec. 9, 2015 News Post by Mac McCann

Gun Sense

Groups rally in the wake of open carry

"...Central Texas Gun Works was closed on New Year's Day, as were..."

Jan. 15, 2016 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Gun Crazy!

Barack Obama may not be coming to get your weapons – but he's sure doing wonders for gun & ammo sales

"...The most harrowing aspect of the monthly Saxet Gun Show at North Austin's Crockett Center is driving through..."

May 22, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

AFS and UT Press Celebrate the Legacy of CinemaTexas

Notes on cinema history

"...Austin is known as a film-watching city, but that reputation doesn't come from nowhere. Its seeds were..."

Feb. 23, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Look Out! She's Got a Gun!

Angelina Eberly returns to the scene of the crime

"...lore, Angelina Eberly was an "innkeeper" (to be decorous about it) in the raw frontier town of Austin, founded..."

Sept. 24, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Real Guns, Cardboard Guns, and Fart Guns

Planned "mock mass shooting" brings out press, counter-protesters

"...organizers of the Life and Liberty Walk to End Gun Free Zones were content to end things on an..."

Dec. 12, 2015 News Post by Amy Kamp

Campus Carry Pushback Heats Up

Citing safety, economics professor leaves UT

"...Texas Senate Bill 11 will allow licensed concealed handguns to be carried in public university campus buildings, beginning..."

Oct. 30, 2015 News Feature by Mac McCann

News Roundup Special Edition: Campus Carry

Lawsuits and LARPers join the mix

"..."mock mass shooting" timed to take place on the UT campus during finals, and we had yet to confront..."

Dec. 10, 2015 News Post by Amy Kamp

Lecturers Sue to Block Campus Carry

Do Texas concealed handgun rules break the Second Amendment?

"...day after Charles Whitman killed 14 people on the UT campus and injured 32 more, campus carry comes into..."

July 7, 2016 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Campus Carry: Everybody's Unhappy

UT president announces his recommendations for implementing guns on campus

"...Senate Bill 11, which will allow concealed carry of handguns on public college campuses starting Aug. 1. While concealed..."

Feb. 26, 2016 News Feature by Mac McCann

Point Austin: A Movement for Common Sense

Saturday rally highlights public support for gun regulation

"...said Hilary Rand, speaking of the movement to reduce gun violence. "We realize it's going to be an uphill..."

April 5, 2013 News Column by Michael King

Austin Wear Orange Walk

"...On Sunday, Dec. 15, Gun sense organizations Moms Demand Action, Texas Gun Sense, and..."

Dec. 15, 2015 Photo Gallery

Campus Carry Passes, Abortion Insurance Ban Fails

Dems strike last minute deal after hours of chubbing

"...Earlier this session, a gun control activist told me, if legislative Republicans wanted to..."

May 27, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Headlines

"...Sheri Gallo) is leading the "Austin Recycles Games" competition begun Nov. 30, with an average 136.1 pounds of recycled..."

Feb. 19, 2016 News Feature

Real Guns, Cardboard Guns in Texas Schools

Firearms groups plan "murder-in" as gun man hides at St. Ed's

"...Earlier: With university administrators across Texas increasingly concerned about guns on campus, and the spectre of school shootings..."

Dec. 9, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

News Roundup: Storms, Season's Greetings, and Open Carry

Reminder: Open carry law takes effect Jan. 1

"...destructive storms claim nearly a dozen lives in Texas; gun lovers to soon rejoice as they'll be able to..."

Dec. 29, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Mr. Woods Goes to Washington

UT grad student John Woods has a few ideas about reasonable gun control

"...the days since the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, gun advocates have been all over the media, screaming for..."

Dec. 28, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Most Dangerous Man in Austin?

Cody Wilson's day-to-day life is pretty routine. But the product he's selling threatens to make gun control laws obsolete.

"...There's no sign on the walls outside of Cody Wilson's office. Nothing on the windows or..."

Nov. 20, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Playback: Big Henry's Grooves Antone's

Antone's new vinyl annex, Scoot Inn's new look, Jackie Venson's new late-night TV fan, and new (bad) ideas for ACL Fest signage

"...• Hire Clifford Antone protégé, Zach Ernst, as the booker – check...."

Sept. 30, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Longhorn Lobby?

UT's Ethical Entanglements at the Capitol

"...illustration by Doug Potter In politics, money means access...."

May 2, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Headlines

"...Today (Dec. 10) is "zoning day" (three dozen cases) but also on the agenda are the new short-term rental..."

Dec. 11, 2015 News Feature

Written in Stone

History of racism lives on in UT monuments

"...Xavier Rotnofsky and Vice President Rohit Mandalapu. Now, some UT students – the new student government included – are..."

May 29, 2015 News Feature by Mac McCann

Your Queer Guide to SXSW

Keeping things kweer in 2018

"...returns (March 9-18) to take over Downtown Austin. From free parties to great bands, loads of outta town talent..."

March 2, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Trending: #CocksNotGlocks

Facebook event protesting campus carry goes viral

"...As UT prepares for campus carry, some are getting ready for..."

Oct. 11, 2015 News Post by Mac McCann

Uncover the Forgotten Wartime Heroism of Marcel Marceau in Resistance

Jesse Eisenberg and UT student-turned-filmmaker Jonathan Jakubowicz find strength in silence

"...French Jewish Resistance. Yet, rather than picking up a gun, Marceau smuggled hundreds of orphaned Jewish children across the..."

May 15, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Campus Carry, Coming to a Community College Near You

Take your guns to school

"...the state. This comes exactly one year after four-year institutions were required to allow licensed individuals to carry concealed..."

July 28, 2017 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

New Salamanders in Our Midst

University of Texas biologists have discovered three new species of groundwater salamander

"...journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the UT team (led by senior author David Hillis) also found..."

Jan. 25, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Top 10 Education Stories

"...immediate action, requiring a special session in 2016. 3) Gunning for Higher Education..."

Jan. 1, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Headlines

"...the ball rolling on implementing body-worn cameras on officers throughout the county. No timetable is set, but expect a..."

Dec. 4, 2015 News Feature

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