Million Student March Held at UT

Student activists want Abbott to call a special legislative session to address access to higher education

"...On Nov. 12, a coalition of students, faculty, staff, community members, and activists rallied and marched..."

Nov. 20, 2015 News Feature by Mac McCann

UT Million Student March

Nov. 16, 2015 Photo Gallery

The Tides of March

Ready for a blue wave in November's midterms? That'll depend on the race.

"...it'll be a long road ahead: More than 1 million Latinos in Texas are still unregistered to vote...."

Feb. 9, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Austin Leads Pack on Early Student Aid Submissions

Local students and their families get much-needed FAFSA help

"...Austin Chamber of Commerce means almost half of local students got their federal financial aid applications in early this..."

April 22, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: Live Music Preservation Fund Outlays Another $3.5 Million

City program supports 28 venues with ongoing grants as national Save Our Stages funds stall

"...Save Austin's Vital Economic Sectors (SAVES) Fund, allocated $5 million for local music venues under threat of closure. In..."

April 23, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Get on the Bus

"...Steve White. Spike Lee's one-year anniversary commemoration of the Million Man March is a smart, funny, passionate, and open-ended..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

John Anderson's Top 10 Photos of 2015

"...Bernie Sanders speaks at IBEW Local 520’s union hall, March 31...."

Dec. 31, 2015 Photo Gallery

Booming in the Bust

ACC advances its higher-ed march across the region – but not everyone is happy

"...Marcos Consolidated. To prepare, ACC has negotiated for $35 million in land purchases in those districts (a process known..."

Aug. 27, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

The Perils of Big Data

The up- and downsides of student information collection

"...and the Carnegie Corporation to the tune of $100 million, and with education partners in nine states, it was..."

March 6, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Growth Funds: ACC's Bond Proposal

Community college asking for $386 million

"...two bond packages, for a combined value of $386 million, on the November ballot, and will seek backing for..."

June 27, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin ISD Leans in to Win Back Families, Boost Enrollment

Every student counts

"...Near the door, in front of the student artwork plastered to the window, Joey Sisson and Karen..."

Aug. 13, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Faster Than Sound: KVRX Launches the Largest College Radio Festival

KVRX station manager Gab Soong starts the largest ever student-run radio fest, national phone theft ring uncovered from ACL Fest, and Big Thief’s Buck Meek settles down outside the city

"...the nation's largest music festival solely organized by a student-run radio station. Barbin designed the event as a genuinely..."

March 1, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

McMoldy High School?

For one McCallum High student, every day is a sick day

"...causing asthma and other health problems for teachers and students, and routing district dollars toward costly remediation efforts. The..."

July 10, 2009 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...while fifth-graders increased from 75% in 2005 to 80%. Students who don't pass these tests cannot be promoted to..."

March 17, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

Chasing Gary, Part 2

"...that will come with the land -- about $13 million -- should be outweighed by the present and future..."

Oct. 24, 1997 News Feature

Fall Movie Round-Up

Sneaking Into Autumn

"...Spike Lee chronicles the Million Man March in Get On The Bus GET ON..."

Sept. 6, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

He Came and He Went Longhorns, Liz, and Damn Good Food

"...President's locale for speaking on race issues. While the Million Man March was beginning that morning on the Washington,..."

Oct. 20, 1995 News Feature

New to Town? Here Are Nine of the Biggest News Stories Affecting Locals.

A primer on Austin politics

"...Greetings, young upstanding student, and welcome (back) to Austin, where you’re either re-acclimating..."

Aug. 30, 2018 News Post by News Staff

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...included a movie theatre, the Sixth+Lamar project received $2.2 million in Smart Growth incentives and fee waivers, which City..."

Aug. 23, 2002 News Feature

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...the beginning, horror at the end: After SXSW Film (March 8-17) announced that Jordan Peele's eagerly awaited doppelganger chiller..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Could AISD Shutter 12 Schools?

District discloses ideas for $55 million in budget cuts

"...campuses, among other actions, to reduce the district's $29 million budget deficit, according to a document obtained by the..."

Dec. 14, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Red Guards and the Modern Face of Protest

Agitators, disrupters, or “anarchists,” these masked protesters represent a new resistance

"...Sunday (Nov. 13, 2016), a couple hundred people had marched up Congress Avenue to protest the incoming president. As..."

Feb. 17, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Community Leaders Remember Akwasi Evans

The passing of Eastside writer and activist will be felt for "a long time"

"...Evans in the mid-Eighties, when Travillion was a graduate student at UT's LBJ School of Public Affairs and involved..."

April 19, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

R.I.P. Akwasi Evans, Eastside Writer and Activist

“He spoke his truth”

"...Evans in the mid-Eighties, when Travillion was a graduate student at UT’s LBJ School of Public Affairs and involved..."

April 16, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Kickstarting a 'Veronica Mars' Movie [UPDATED]

It doesn't really need your help, but !!!! anyway

"...That's right, everyone's favorite whipsmart and sassy student, Veronica Mars, is looking to make the leap to..."

March 13, 2013 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Concordia's Cruising

Concordia seals the deal on their new campus

"...campus and acquisition of the new campus on Friday, March 30. "Relocation formally started nearly two years ago when..."

March 30, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Chapter 4: The Nineties!

March 1991 -- December 2000

"...Chronicle History: The building is set on fire in March1991. We become Beirut-like. In August, we move into the..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Gov. Abbott Says Hell Yes to Probably Violating More People’s Civil Rights

Updated: While feds investigate border initiative, he goes all in

"...child gets caught doing something horrible – punching another student in the face, or, say, illegally imprisoning people in..."

July 7, 2022 News Post by Maggie Quinlan

SXSW 09 Film Lineup Announced

What's all the ruckus? Why, it's the SXSW Film lineup!

"...our in-box. Sure, the fest doesn’t kick off until March 13, but you might as well start planning now..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Adler's First "State of the City"

Mayor Steve Adler calls for "inclusion, innovation, improvisation"

"...Michael, singer Max Frost, AISD Supt. Paul Cruz, and student Valentina Tovar...."

April 13, 2015 News Post by Michael King

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