SPURring Students Toward College

Pilot program brings students from high schools with low college-attendance rates into UT writing classes

"...to give the backpack-clutching teenagers in the seats a pep talk she proudly said they didn't really need. "Y'all..."

May 26, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

On the Lege

Lawmakers accomplish what they failed to do so many times – approve a new education funding package that doesn't look half bad on paper

"...Republican House members on Monday, and an even bigger pep rally at the Governor's Mansion on Tuesday, which included..."

May 19, 2006 News Column by Amy Smith

On the Lege

Opening day of the special legislative session featured more plot lines than a MASH episode.

"...– that effectively upstaged Gov. Rick Perry's Monday morning pep rally to build support for his $6 billion tax..."

April 21, 2006 News Column by Amy Smith

Jelly Roll Morton

Gift guide

"...swing bands when he cut it here. And his "Pep," with its impressionist influence, is modern in some respects..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

Page Two

In the Iraq war, there is no course to stay

"...students have more sophisticated cleanup plans for proms and pep rallies than this country did for an invasion!..."

Nov. 25, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...be led by former Comptroller John Sharp, gave a pep rally speech about the future of Texas depending on..."

Nov. 25, 2005 News Feature

Lights Out After School?

If federal funding gets cut, AISD could lose after-school programs

"...shone flashlights at the audience as part of a pep rally the district held last Thursday at Blackshear Elementary..."

Oct. 28, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Children of Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the Second Psychedelic Era 1976-1996

In box

"...from the Soft Boys ("I Wanna Destroy You"), cartoonish pep-pop from the Revillos ("Motorbike Beat"), and Farfisa fuzz from..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Music Review by Greg Beets

What Could Happen

"...tired, failed Social Security reforms, as well as another pep rally for the failed war in Iraq. It's like..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Postmarks

Naked City

Politicos get wild at Sine Die parties

"...(opponent Margot Clarke, alas, had to leave before the pep rally)...."

June 10, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass

"...What Now My Love and S.R.O. tone down the pep to emphasize easy listening. Sadly, aside from two bonus..."

May 27, 2005 Music Review by Greg Beets

Friday Night Lights

'Friday Night Lights' is the story of Odessa's Permian High School football dynasty in the 1980s. It's a good story, but did Hollywood pull off a film rendition of Odessa high school football?

"...as the coach. Thornton does pull off the demeanor, pep talks, and teachin'-boys-about-life stuff, as you might expect him..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Screens Review by Ed Baker

Bon Jovi

Gift guide

"...the opening bassline to "Livin' on a Prayer" during pep rallies. Course, it didn't take long before I was..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...living room. Rally the weak-kneed, spineless liberal masses with pep talks! Screw the numbers (like fundamentalist evangelicals make up..."

Dec. 3, 2004 Column

Reality Check: Liberals Spineless, Democracy Corrupted, 'Chronicle' Perfidious

"...living room. Rally the weak-kneed, spineless liberal masses with pep talks! Screw the numbers (like fundamentalist evangelicals make up..."

Nov. 30, 2004 Postmarks

7 & 7 is

7 & 7 is

"...UK punk, also spinning slower to slug out more pep for your pence. "Can't Be Sad" is instructional on..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Food-o-File

Remembering Julia Child

"...back, I'm sure she gave the same kind of pep talk to hundreds of people over the years. But..."

Aug. 27, 2004 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

E-Voting in the Hot Box

Activists meet at the Capitol to address cybervoting threats to democracy

"...conference at the Capitol Tuesday turned into an activist pep rally, with the House Speaker's Committee Room jammed full..."

July 16, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

All in the Timing

Austin artist Patrick Joseph's story NOW will be published in the 24-Hour Comics Day anthology

"...the support of various friends that stopped by with pep talks and food. I imagine it was not unlike..."

June 4, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Ether Ore

Ether Ore

"...C's The Damned (Starlight Furniture Co.). Dour moods, Krautrock pep, and squealing feedback mark a bewildering vacillation between access..."

Jan. 9, 2004 Music Review by Michael Chamy

My Obsession

Joe Nick Patoski leaves this terrestrial plane -- radio plane, that is.

"...channel, are guaranteed uppers whenever I need an audio pep pill. The three classical channels and the jazz, swing,..."

Dec. 19, 2003 Music Feature by Joe Nick Patoski

Leave No Child Behind

In a an excerpt from their new book, Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose expose Bush's No Child Left Behind policy as an educational Enron.

"...consultants show up at schools to lead Guerrilla TAAS pep rallies. They wear camouflage combat fatigues. Even the principal..."

Oct. 3, 2003 News Feature by Louis Dubose

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Just steal someone else's song and spout some ignorant pep-squad bullshit over it, and you too can win a..."

July 4, 2003 Column

TV Eye

Loving TV's losers.

"...and worst enemy. We know this by his occasional pep talks into the camera. Well acted, marvelously cast, and..."

April 18, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TCB

Austin (and its Music Network) will endure, Scandinavia and Interpol invade, and local alt-rock is sweeter than ever on Ear Candy.

"...the club scene, it's probably about time for a pep talk. So here goes. For starters, artistically, Austin is..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Personals

While the material in Personals, a revue built around the ads placed by men and women desperately seeking soul mates, suffers somewhat from age, Naughty Austin's production makes a fine match with a cast that is exceedingly appealing and extremely adept at musical comedy.

"...material and alternately smooth out the rough edges or pep it up with their comic verve. Leading the way..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Arts Review by Robert Faires

To Your Health

Sometimes when I take my vitamins late at night I have trouble getting to sleep. Why is that and which ones are most likely to do this?

"...The same supplements that have a reputation for increasing "pep" also seem to be the ones most likely to..."

Jan. 24, 2003 Column by James Heffley

To Your Health

Sometimes when I take my vitamins late at night I have trouble getting to sleep. Why is that, and which ones are most likely to do this?

"...The same supplements that have a reputation for increasing "pep" also seem to be the ones most likely to..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Column by James Heffley, Ph.D.

News Top 10s

"...his Place 1 opponent Jennifer Gale a conciliatory, post-returns pep talk. Slusher: "You ran a very civil campaign." Gale,..."

Jan. 3, 2003 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...revival of 9/11 to me is nothing but a pep rally for an attack on Iraq and the ongoing..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Column

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