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Kickstart Your Weekend: Blue Starlite Mini Urban Drive-In
Local drive-in revivalists want to improve their screen
"...special event, with Beerland booker/Inspie Pro Wrestling promoter Max Dropout and his Savage Gold series co-creator, Austin Film Society..."

July 18, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Going Down Slow
The fading numbers of Austin's African-Americans
"...noted also that "social justice issues" in general – dropout rates, teenage pregnancy, poverty – are inevitably raised in..."

June 27, 2014 News Column by Michael King

Changing Directions
Community-based programs aim to redirect the 'school-to-prison pipeline'
"...linked to poor school climate and increased probability for dropout." (See "Texas' School-to-Prison Pipe­line: School Expul­sion: The Path from..."

June 6, 2014 News Feature by Dagny Zenovia

More X Games Austin Music
"...Beanie Sigel, Lil' Kim. Motivator since 2004's The College Dropout, his guidance counseling peaked on 2010 masterpiece My Beautiful..."

June 6, 2014 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

After Carstarphen, What Then?
Austin ISD enters a new era, searching for a road map
"...Low-performing schools. A dismal graduation rate and depressing dropout numbers. A headline-grabbing investigation into test-fixing that sees former..."

April 18, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

It's Cruz Control – for Now
"...in 2002 from Laredo to become deputy commissioner for dropout prevention and initiatives...."

April 18, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Carstarphen Out, Cruz In
Austin ISD picks chief schools officer Paul Cruz as interim super
"...in 2002 from Laredo to become deputy commissioner for dropout prevention and initiatives...."

April 16, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Releases Full Feature Lineup
Slate includes everyone from Wes Anderson to the Zellners
"...in which the lives of James, a directionless college dropout, and Webb, a career criminal with his back against..."

Jan. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Playback: FREE WEEK!
2014, you're up
"...getting out to shows," observed veteran Beerland booker Max Dropout. "People resist the weather and everyone's saving money for..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Inspire Pro Wrestling
"...When Beerland booker Max Dropout launched Inspire Pro Wrestling last year, he promised that..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Sports Feature by Richard Whittaker

Carstarphen Report Card: B for Bland
AISD head receives lukewarm review
"...past year." He praised her team for cutting some dropout rates and keeping the district's bond rating high, and..."

Dec. 20, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Miley Cyrus Smokes Pot!
That was the last straw – count me a fan now
"...skull made of fries. It was a parade of art-school-dropout kitsch that cartwheeled down the line of provocative and..."

Nov. 15, 2013 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Playback: Fun Fun Fun Fest 8
Fun Fun Fun Fest finally arrives
"...in the form of a cassette belonging to my soon-to-be-high-school-dropout babysitter as we joyrode into town. I was stunned..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Pro-Wrestling Gets Inspired Again
If you can't end the weekend with a Richie, go out with a slam
"...what Inspire Pro founder and Red River regular Max Dropout is promising for tonight:..."

Oct. 13, 2013 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Oblivians
"...stumbles back into the fray like a high school dropout at a 20-year reunion. While not nearly as brash..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Music Review by Austin Powell

Food Events
Sept. 7-12
"...finest restaurants will serve signature dishes to benefit the dropout prevention programs of Communities in Schools. Thu., Sept. 12,..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Red River Regular Will 'Inspire' Through Wrestling
Beerland's Max Dropout rings the bell on Inspire Pro this weekend
"...Of course Max Dropout is becoming a wrestling promoter. The long-time booker at..."

July 5, 2013 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Trailer Park Is Young at Heart
'Violet & Daisy,' Judy Blume, and ice cream
"...Network) star in this dramedy about a law school dropout (her) subbing in at an ice cream truck and..."

May 3, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

SXSW Saturday Picks and Sleepers
"...Chicago's Chief Keef entered our atmosphere hard. A high-school dropout, still not legal, already a daddy, on house-arrest for..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

Makeup to Breakup: My Life In and Out of Kiss
Kiss drummer may be the only one in the original band with any integrity, but it's still a sorry tale.
"...Criss' peak-to-bottomless-pit tale arcs similarly – Brooklyn-born high school dropout née Criscuola and his three bandmates rake in $24..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Football Prophecies
Journey's Steve Perry gives a pep talk
"...Dudley’s profile reveals he’s a two-time divorcee, a high-school dropout, and “Likes” Larry the Cable Guy, Paul Ryan, and..."

Sept. 19, 2012 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

AFF Honors Chris Carter, Announces First Wave
Outstanding TV Writing Award for 'X-Files' creator
"...Jim Beggarly Director: Jay Gammill A Stanford law school dropout named Jillian escapes to the anonymity of Los Angeles..."

Aug. 28, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Premium Rush
Joseph Gordon-Levitt rides like the wind, and Michael Shannon plays his usual nut job, but Bullitt on a bike this film is not.
"...in Coyote), the movie’s daredevil protagonist. A law school dropout, Wilee loves the freedom and adrenaline rush of pedaling..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Playback: They Only Came To Kick Some Ass
Both Jack Black the actor and Jack Black the rocker rule Austin
"...Tickets sold out quickly online and Beerland booker Max Dropout doubts they will sell any more at the door...."

July 27, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Magic Mike
Steven Soderbergh directs this story about the male strippers of Tampa, whose lead characters are played by Matthew McConaughey and Channing Tatum.
"...friend and mentor of Adam (Pettyfer), a 19-year-old college dropout who transforms from a deer-in-the-headlights newbie onstage to an..."

June 29, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Study: Dropout Rates for Blacks Higher in Charters
A new UT study shows black high school students in Texas are three times more likely to drop out from a charter system
"...said Heilig, "on average, charter schools have triple the dropout rates."..."

April 27, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Playback
Austin Psych Fest and Old Settler's Music Fest headliners Psychograss have more in common than you might think
"...11) Apache Dropout, "Teenager"..."

April 27, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Town Was Hoppin'
Austin's music scene of the Fifties lives on in Ray Campi
"...thumper eventually formed the Bobby Doyle Three with UT dropout Kenny Rogers on bass...."

March 30, 2012 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

SXSW 2012 Tuesday Picks & Sleepers
"...Recalling when Kanye West was still just a college dropout, 20-year-old Kydd possesses a sharp wit, smooth flow, and..."

March 9, 2012 Music Feature

Downloaded: The SXSW Interview
"...From his uncle's office in Massachusetts, 18-year-old college dropout Shawn Fanning created Napster in 1998. A martyr and..."

March 2, 2012 Music Feature by Austin Powell

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