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Lights out across West Campus
Dinner plans, studying put on hold as nearly 3,600 endure power outage
About 3,600 West Campus residents lost power from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday night. Shahzad Saleem, a 311 representative for the City of Austin, said the power outage was caused by an equipment malfunction at the Seaholm Plant, located on the banks of Lady Bird Lake and near Downtown Austin.…
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Nobel Prize-winning biologist offers life advice at UT lecture
Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist James Watson encouraged students to seize opportunities and avoid living passively during his lecture Monday.…
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Fire stations, parks benefit most from $2.5 million budget
Parks and recreation renovations, local fire stations and social services were among the winners of funding in the 2008 city budget adopted Monday by the Austin City Council. …
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UT banking on antagonism of OU rivalry
The Red River Rivalry between UT and OU burns deeper than an annual football game. Some students at OU express their opposition to UT by putting Longhorn decals upside down on the backs of their cars. What some Sooners do not know is that UT receives money from the sale of each sticker.…
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Local groups plan multiple Sept. 11 memorial events
For the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, state, local and campus groups have planned events for the public that offer a wide variety of perspectives on the day.…
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Sparks fly over merit pay for No Child Left Behind law WASHINGTON - The head of the nation's largest teacher's union and a top House Democrat had a testy exchange Monday over the inclusion of merit pay in an updated version of the No Child Left Behind education law.…
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