Point Austin: Primary Lessons

Doggett victory bracing in an otherwise gerrymandered day

"...on Wheels, and they have no interest in reducing student debt."..."

June 1, 2012 News Column by Michael King

The Make It Movement Wants You to Learn a Trade and Love What You Do

Can skilled jobs and career education change Texas culture?

"...people can enter well-paying jobs quickly and with little debt. But it's a lot more than that to Spence...."

Dec. 27, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

West Lake Hills Under Siege

Urbane Mud-Slinging

"...at Westlake High that is not financed by bond debt, such as addition of more portable buildings, would have..."

Sept. 18, 1998 News Feature by Wesley Oliver

Postmarks

Don't Dissolve District

"...over the issuance of $150 million of Travis County debt without voter approval, much of it to subsidize the..."

May 1, 1998 Column

Football by the (Negative) Numbers

Welcome to the real athletics budget

"...an untenable balance sheet. Between 2005 and 2010, the debt load increased from $66 million to $222.4 million, and..."

April 2, 2010 News Feature by the News Staff

Nickels, Dimes, and Quarterbacks

"...UNIVERSITY SPENDING PER STUDENT..."

April 2, 2010 News Feature

Tight Squeeze at Ut

"...UT students find parking to be a tight squeeze along 26th..."

Aug. 28, 1998 News Feature

The Hightower Report: Turning Human Misery Into Corporate Profits

Corporations use the courts to prey on financially devastated Americans

"...themselves buried in overdue bills for credit card charges, student loans, and other consumer debt...."

April 3, 2015 News Column by Jim Hightower

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Again?" Oct. 11]. The past failure to collect this debt by the responsible federal agency, the FDIC, has been..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Column

Letters at 3AM

All those brilliant 'financial instruments' turned into monsters that no one can stop

"...billion taxpayer dollars to buy the finance industry's bad debt. We can forgive ourselves our confusions when even the..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Postmarks

Plan for People, Not Cars

"...Dear Thinking College Students and Voters,..."

March 26, 1999 Column

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...wickedly funny one-legged assault while attempting to collect a debt, or the adrenaline-charged ultra-violence of the climactic heist, but..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...wickedly funny one-legged assault while attempting to collect a debt, or the adrenaline-charged ultra-violence of the climactic heist, but..."

Oct. 27, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...to find a dry cleaner who skipped on his debt, this movie-loving gangster seizes the opportunity to change careers...."

Oct. 20, 1995 News Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...which the state would provide $10,000 per child for students going to private schools. Though the money wouldn’t come..."

March 14, 2025 News Feature

aGLIFF 2019 Announces Full Lineup, Including Trixie Mattel Documentary

Gay Chorus Deep South to open jampacked fest schedule

"...between hunky, brooding Dung (Lien Binh Phat), a tough debt collector for a ruthless loan shark, and Linh Phung..."

July 17, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Hightower Report

Access to a college degree is now as important as a high school diploma

"...Forget student loans – make higher ed free..."

Aug. 2, 2013 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Common Law

Personal Finances – Should I consider personal bankruptcy?

"...for several years and accrued a massive amount of debt. I am now fiscally responsible and would like to..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Column by Marvin Sprouse

The Least of These

UT professor Horace Newcomb reflects on the segregation South on the release of his friend and colleague Paul Stekler's documentary George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire.

"...wanted to let you know that a group of students from Millsaps will be meeting with students at Tougaloo..."

March 10, 2000 Features Feature by Horace Newcomb

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...is used to good effect here as a perpetual student who moonlights as a bartender who dispenses his insular..."

Nov. 17, 1995 News Feature

Jackie Venson Strips Off Her Blues Band and Becomes Her Own "DJ"

Austin's reigning Best Guitarist scales the ladder to the roof

"...twisting undulations exhaust even the most optimistic of dreamers. Debt isn't the only hurdle musicians must overcome to reach..."

July 26, 2019 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Budget Cutting Was Fiscally Foolish

"...Last week, a recalcitrant Congress finally raised the federal debt ceiling, but not before slashing several social welfare programs...."

Aug. 9, 2011 Postmarks

The National Texan?

The Texan Yanks Its Liberal Roots

"...the joke: The Daily Pravda. Of course, the UT student newspaper's nickname was never truly deserved, except perhaps in..."

Aug. 29, 1997 News Column by Lee Nichols

Shifting the Burden

A New Day for Taxes, Electric Retail Market

"...fell apart in February when they couldn't agree on debt-recovery on "stranded costs" for infrastructure, "green" energy resources, and..."

April 18, 1997 News Column by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Keep On Shoppin'

Wheatsville Calls on Old Friends to Stay Afloat

"...with the IRS -- even near-death experiences with powerful debt collectors. Now, the present-day challenge is just as daunting:..."

Nov. 8, 1996 News Feature by Amy Smith

Funny Pages

Portrait of the comic artist as a young idiot

"...Katano, whose untimely death is what finally motivates his student to go off and embrace the whole "starving artist..."

Aug. 26, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

'Words Become Actions'

Austinites protest Jimmy Kimmel Show’s hate speech

"...of children what the U.S. should do about the “debt” owed to China (via international borrowing). “Shoot cannons all..."

Nov. 12, 2013 News Post by Manzhi Wu

The Hightower Report: Turning College Students Into Free Market Chattel

College kids would become indentured to Wall Street investors

"...encounter with their omnipotent deity. Looking at America's trillion-dollar student debt crisis, these spiritualists had a burning bush revelation:..."

July 27, 2012 News Column by Jim Hightower

UT to End Football Program

Governor, Lege order budget cuts: 'Need to tighten belts ... and jockstraps'

"...university must set priorities, especially when times are tough. Students must come first, and undergraduate education is the primary..."

April 2, 2010 News Feature by the News Staff

Lyle Lovett

"...the local music establishments and got involved with the student union committee, which had a local coffeehouse that was..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Music Feature by Jody Denberg

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