Different for Girls

"...leads to a lot of unfocused storytelling and narrative cul-de-sacs. Paul is attracted to Kim but reluctant to admit..."

Oct. 17, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

University High

Community colleges are pushing "college credit" courses for high school students -- but the education is in doubt.

"...some faculty to ask for this special meeting with SACS representatives to try and persuade the association to withhold..."

June 8, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Two Schools of Thought

The upcoming ACC and AISD elections share a ballot but address different challenges

"...meddling in more properly administrative affairs. Two weeks ago, SACS again cited ACC on the credentialing issue, and the..."

April 30, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Naked City

The college's response to its accreditation crisis leaves many without work

"...it did kill hopes that the college would dispute SACS' credentialing requirements, which many faculty feel are unrealistic. SACS..."

June 25, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Naked City

The End of the Road

"...So what's wrong with cul-de-sacs (or is it "culs-de-sac")? Are they unsafe, inefficient, or..."

Sept. 24, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

ACC Race

A tangled web of work relationships roils the Kaplan / Mejia-Dietche contest

"...the board, so his trusteeship is legal; however, the SACS report said employees reported a sense of intimidation because..."

May 12, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Election Notes

A tangled web of work relationships roils the Kaplan/Mejia-Dietche contest

"...the board, so his trusteeship is legal; however, the SACS report said employees reported a sense of intimidation because..."

May 12, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Naked City

News and happening from Austin and beyond

"...been teetering since November 2003. To get back on SACS' good side, the ACC board first had to correct..."

Jan. 28, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

ACC Scrambles for Staff

The college's accreditation troubles leave students without teachers

"...soon as their credentials are in order.) By that, SACS means they lack 18 hours of graduate coursework in..."

Sept. 3, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Emily the Criminal

Aubrey Plaza goes from wage slave to free crook in a capitalist critique

"...Emily the Criminal moves then from the cul-de-sacs of dead-end employment to the increasingly treacherous world of..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

We Are All In Local Loses Members Over Dave TV Rift

WAAIL acts drop over copyright spat with local videographer

"...flagged because they included footage of Converse’s band Gnarly Sacs. Groups including Moose’s Last Stand, Dead Sally, the Butts,..."

Aug. 28, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Ray Manzarek: Trying to Set the World on Fire

The late Doors keyboardist at the Garden of Eden

"...thing, and then inside are thousands of little flavor sacs...."

May 23, 2013 Music Post by Danielle Zelisko

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...years to come." To participate, take the survey at www.austincc.edu/sacs/qep by midnight, Oct. 31; every submission will be entered..."

Oct. 15, 2010 News Feature

Compact, Climate-Friendly, Competitive

To restart the economy while saving the planet, the Congress for the New Urbanism advocates traditional neighborhoods for all

"...ruling out cars, cow flatulence, and aliens, it answers, "cul-de-sacs!" and promotes the pleasures of five-minute walks over 20-minute..."

June 26, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Van Helsing

Hugh Jackman's mysterious monster hunter is pittefd against nearly the entire pantheon of Universal’s classic monsters, including Dracula and and the Wolf-Man.

"...them hanging from the rafters in gooey little egg sacs not unlike those from Alien, but their ultimate emergence..."

May 7, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...of ACC's teachers union, urged the board to ask SACS to allow faculty to keep teaching while they address..."

May 7, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Local news this week in Austin

"...well, Cedar Park: long, winding streets that feed enclosed cul-de-sacs, with the whole spaghetti bowl emptying out onto zooming,..."

Feb. 16, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

A Budding Hamlet

Georgetown Village: Smart Growth Without Trying

"...quite narrow U-shaped streets that serve the function of cul-de-sacs in conventional subdivisions. The space in the middle of..."

July 31, 1998 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

State Offers Exciting New Incentives Package to Retain Public School Teachers

Tough times for teachers, but the Texas GOP is here to help

"...designated "Voucher Zone" (or "VZ") is restricted to eight cul-de-sacs in Steiner Ranch...."

March 31, 2023 News Feature by the News Staff

Far From Respectable: Dave Hickey and His Art

In this new book, the iconoclastic art critic gets the respect he deserves

"...is just that, charting the "many sociological traps and cul-de-sacs that can get in the way of creating or..."

May 28, 2021 Arts Feature by Barbara Purcell

The Luv Doc: Don’t Ask Your Ex

70-93% of all communication is nonverbal

"...The only people who randomly drive by houses on cul-de-sacs are people still using Apple Maps. Everyone else is..."

May 28, 2021 Column by The Luv Doc

If or When I Call: Will Johnson Discusses His Debut Novel

Long-held itch harvests the road, autobiography, and compassion

"...they prepare, construct, and move through the thruways and cul-de-sacs of making something. That’s a gift, and a privilege..."

April 9, 2021 Music Post by Matt White

Will the Third Time Be a Charm for an Austin Rail System?

Project Connect looks to help make connections

"...Instead of a logical street grid, winding roads and cul-de-sacs put many people a very long walk away from..."

Sept. 25, 2020 News Feature by Jack Craver

"Johnston Foster, Irena Jurek, and Jared Theis: Body Talk"

This show's three artists display creative, complex alternatives to the meat sacks we all share

"...a moist, meaty collection of tubes and lobes and sacs that both generates and provides a vehicle for our..."

March 18, 2016 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Rocky Horror Reissue – A Wild & Untamed Thing

A red vinyl adios to summer in Tim Curry’s lipstick

"...Picture Show defines midnight movie madness even in Earthly cul-de-sacs unfathomable to most, but to me it remains a..."

Sept. 1, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

DVDanger: 'Ginger Snaps'

The Fitzgerald sisters unleashed in the werewolf classic

"...is that gothic arches have been replaced by suburban cul-de-sacs...."

Aug. 3, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Guardian Alien

"...Brooklynites' vision keeps the experiment from driving into tangential cul-de-sacs. Opening salvo "Tranquilizer" combines resonant tabla runs with cut-up..."

May 2, 2014 Music Review by Greg Beets

My Dove Springs ... and Ours

What life in 'the 44' says about the two worlds of Austin

"...Side streets splinter into longer curved roads and cul-de-sacs named after various trees and birds, especially the dove:..."

April 11, 2014 News Feature by Sam Ramos

The Facts Were Immaterial

The 'counterintelligence' operations of Hoover's FBI included harassment, vilification, violence – and fake 'underground' newspapers in Bloomington, D.C., and Austin

"...them. Nothing was done without prior Bureau approval, and SACs were required to provide quarterly progress reports...."

June 7, 2013 News Feature by Dale Brumfield

Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress and the Tangerine

This feature-length documentary explores Bourgeois' heady and challenging body of work

"...Bourgeois' iconic spiders – dark, spindly-legged creatures pregnant with egg sacs – convey their dark grandeur. But the film also..."

July 31, 2009 Screens Review by Wells Dunbar

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