The Daily Texan

Early city council voting draws low student turnout

Wed, 07 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Students seemed to avoid the voting station in the Flawn Academic Center Tuesday as they met for study groups, finished up last-minute touches on research papers and studied for finals.

Powers reflects on UT's record year

Wed, 07 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

UT President William Powers said he will continue to focus on the goals he set for the University and he hopes to continue forging ahead.

Energy efficiency project based on one at UConn

Wed, 07 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

The Demand-Side Energy Management and Conservation program at UT completed lighting, water and steam trap audits in 12.6 million square feet of education and general buildings across the main and J.J. Pickle Research campuses. The program will begin construction starting next Monday, May 12.

Enlisted students struggle with culture shock in Iraq

Wed, 07 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

This is the final part in a series profiling UT students who have served or are serving in Iraq.

UT System seeks aid in search for qualified new chancellor

Wed, 07 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Florida-based executive search firm Greenwood/Asher & Associates, Inc., will assist the UT System Board of Regents in its search for a new chancellor.

Summer sees start of five new projects

Wed, 07 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Students, faculty and staff tired of construction delays and road blocks can expect plenty more through 2012.

Symposium leaders look to inspire community

Wed, 07 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

As the UT Conjunto Ensemble quieted, members of the Hispanic Faculty/Staff Association stopped dancing to take their seats and hear the keynote address by Austin Police Department Chief Art Acevedo.

Capital Barbecue

Wed, 07 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Patrons of Kreutz's Market eat barbecue in the restaurant's cafeteria-style dining hall. Kreutz's is the biggest barbecue joint in Lockhart, Texas, which is the self-proclaimed barbecue capital of the state.

First international aid reaches Myanmar after cyclone

Wed, 07 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

International aid began to trickle into Myanmar on Tuesday, but the stricken Irrawaddy delta, the nation's rice bowl where 22,000 people perished and twice as many are missing, remained cut off from the world.

City to unveil traffic cameras by month's end

Wed, 07 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Some student drivers staying in Austin over the summer may get an unpleasant surprise in the mail.

As battle wages on, Democrats still close in race

Wed, 07 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Despite the hopes of many U.S. Democrats, Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton are still fighting it out for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination.

Nation Briefly

Wed, 07 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Endorsements: Reminder - Vote for City Council

Wed, 07 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Place 1: Lee Leffingwell, DUH In April of last year, city Councilman Lee Leffingwell was awarded the Texas chapter of the American Water Works Association's Conservationist of the Year award. The honor was bestowed upon Leffingwell because he recommended in 2006 that Austin's toilets be retrofitted to reduce water waste, which would cut excess water usage by up to 10 percent over the course of 10 years.

Not Not Chris says PI is ready

Wed, 07 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

DT editor a bold face

Wed, 07 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Editor's note: The following is a Daily Texan -30- column. In the typewritten days of the newspaper industry, "-30-" dentoed the end of a story. A -30- column gives graduating staff members an opportunity to reflect and speak their minds. For the past year, The Daily Texan readers have most likely known me as no more than a bold-faced name at the top-right corner of the Opinion Page - a faceless, easy target of negative energy concerning issues in the Texan and the world around us, a media contact for activists or promoters with agendas, a listening ear for idle prisoners looking for pen-pals.

Ruffin born a Longhorn leader

Wed, 07 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

He kicked around the thought for a couple of days, but the 19-year-old didn't think he would actually have to speak up.

Texas focusing on Big 12 tourney

Wed, 07 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

The Longhorns have finally reached third base and are working on their final sprint for home.

Big 12 Championships are first postseason test

Wed, 07 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Bubba Thornton has his summer planned out. Finish up the season as head track and field coach at Texas with the Big 12 and NCAA Championship meets, then take over his duties as head coach of the U.S. Olympic team.

Texas heads to Washington for NCAA West Regional Championships

Wed, 07 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

After a strong finish in the 2008 season, the Texas men's golf team earned a position in this month's NCAA West Regional Championship at the Gold Mountain Golf Club in Bremerton, Wash.

Late-season surge fuels Texas' postseason run

Wed, 07 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Texas looks to keep its late-season momentum alive as a 10th-seed hosting the NCAA Central Regional Championship on May 8-10 at The University of Texas Golf Club.

Squad is competitive with other club teams around the country

Wed, 07 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Mitchell George loves jumping off ramps and soaring through the air before landing gracefully on a pair of water skis. This is what George, a 21-year-old Dallas native, does at the lake on most weekends.

Texas to host first two rounds of NCAA tournament action

Wed, 07 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Despite falling to second-seeded Baylor 4-2 in the final round of the 2008 Big 12 Tennis Championship on April 27, Big 12 regular-season champion Texas still has much to look forward to as the 2008 season comes to a close.

I'm with the band

Wed, 07 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

"This is dumb," 10-year old Aisha Burns ridiculed her best friend. Amanda Quiroz was plucking strings during an after-school music program at Eduardo Villarreal Elementary School, while Aisha looked on with a smirk.

Chatting with 'Rambow' creators

Wed, 07 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Daily Texan: How did you guys come together?
Garth Jennings: Hammer and Tongs is our production company name. It came about because there were three of us who started, and when we left college to make music videos, we needed a name, and it wasn't going to be Jennings, Lerner and Goldsmith.

Mix of genres caps off top 15 summer rentals

Wed, 07 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Summer is the time for chilling out and finally getting to do the things you actually want to do with your spare time. For those of you who are tired of reading (we don't blame you), the Life&Arts staff has decided to share our summer viewing list of movies we either want to see for the first time or rewatch.

Torche plays Emo's, gets ready to tour

Wed, 07 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Juan Montoya, ax-slinger for Miami band Torche, has a lot to be happy about. When I spoke to him recently, he had just received a new guitar from Pensacola's Electrical Guitar Company, outfitted with an aluminum neck. This feature provides loads of sustain, and underground legends like Steve Albini and Stephen O'Malley are notable acolyties.

West Campus Undie Run donates clothes to charity

Wed, 07 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

As the clock strikes midnight tonight, there will be buns. Hopefully no one will be buck naked, but expect plenty of people in their underwear for the locally organized Undie Run.

Local store owner finds happiness in dream

Wed, 07 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

On South First, a pile of bamboo branches lies in the middle of the small yard of the garden shop called happiness, intentionally spelled with a lowercase h.

Today's Comics

Wed, 07 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Sudoku for you

Wed, 07 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT