The internationally acclaimed poets, who publish books with Write Bloody Publishing, share some thoughts on poetry with The Daily Texan.

Derrick Brown found poetry in a foxhole at the Fort Bragg, N.C. Army base 20 years ago. He hopes you’ll follow suit at his new store, Write Bloody.

I tried out for a general reporter position at The Daily Texan before I had my first class at UT, and I never left.

Many Texas twenty-somethings grew up on fiddle and banjo, and the Austin City Limits Music Festival has plenty to satisfy their love of twang.

The Greenville, Texas native, Ben Kweller  produced Go Fly A Kite and released it today.

The featured Muslims represent diverse views, living out their faith in varied ways.

In Austin and throughout North America, Halloween is almost entirely a secular holiday.

Church Under the Bridge offers a worship space open to anyone and everyone in the city - an attractive quality for believers in all walks of life.

About 4,000 Jews at UT, and about half will make their way to Hillel at some point.

Total permanent cuts amount to $92 million or $46 million per year — about 17.5 percent of UT’s state funding.

Texans dedicated to high standards in research and teaching at Texas public universities formed the Texas Coalition for Excellence in Higher Education.

The president spoke about the economy and education during a fundraiser at The Moody Theater on Tuesday.

Vice Adm. William H. McRaven, a 1977 UT journalism alumnus, commands the unit that planned and executed the raid that led to the killing of Osama bin Laden on Sunday.

Student Government passed a set of broad reforms to its internal structure and external operations in its first meeting of the semester Tuesday.

Tucked away in the basement of the School of Social Work, dozens of students, alumni and community members meet to share stories and support each other in a fight for their lives.

Broken relationships, failing academics and lost faith — these are just a few of the consequences students recovering from drug abuse and addiction identified from their years as users.

Under a cloud of controversy about recommended cuts to 15 University centers and institutes, the College of Liberal Arts had its first College Tuition and Budget Advisory Committee meeting Thursday morning.

In its last meeting of the semester, the Student Government assembly passed a resolution in support of in-state tuition for undocumented Texas residents — reflecting agreement with an existing law that allows undocumented immigrant students, and those in the U.S. under other types of visas who attend Texas high schools, to gain in-state tuition at Texas public universities.

The Student Government Reform Task Force’s completed list of recommended changes to SG’s constitution and bylaws includes an overhaul of the agency structure, the addition of a more permanent judiciary branch and several new positions within the legislative assembly.

Eight UT students will join a statewide hunger strike in support of the DREAM Act.

Texas Crew members said passion for their sport gets them up each weekday at 5:15 a.m. for practice.

  The Election Supervisory Board is supposed to be formed by the third week of October, according to the Student Government constitution and election code, but the committee that will appoint the board missed the deadline and is still seeking applicants to fill the board’s nine positions.

Six students repeated a simple message: “I am undocumented, and I am unafraid.” Their voices rose above the hurried shuffle of the West Mall on Tuesday morning as they shared their stories of coming to the U.S. and to UT.

With cuts to higher education on the horizon and textbook costs rising, college affordability is on the minds of many students, Texas student government leads said at a conference to set lobbying goals for the next legislative session.

A city recycling ordinance won’t require UT to change its recycling program, but University officials said they hope to keep the their program in line with the city’s goals.

Vietnamese language instruction will return to campus next summer as part of an intensive immersion language program that will also include Czech, Russian and Modern Greek.7

The Senate of College Councils and the Office of Academic Service Learning are working together to help students find courses that will combine academics with community outreach.  

There are eight open seats on the State Board of Education, and the state’s largest teacher and school board associations, as well as candidates, said they hope to see the new board focus on educational excellence rather than politics.

  If all faculty submit their book lists to the University Co-op before the Oct. 31 priority deadline, the bookstore could save $250,000 — translating into serious savings for students.