At 5 a.m. on May 11, Austin police officer Leonardo Quintana approached a Mercedes-Benz station wagon parked at an East Austin apartment complex.
Love is a battlefield, and so is TV. The latest skirmish features the CW network’s hit show “Gossip Girl” against the Parents Television Council, a conservative media watchdog.
I remember the first time I used one of those new forks to attack my Jester eggs. The 100-percent biodegradable forks are made of some sort of biomass mash, according to the signs placed around the cafeteria that remind me not to worry about their environmental impact as I throw them away.
UT and the private option
Dear Austin: I give up.
You have bested me at every attempt to be frugal. I now have $100 and 87 Bevo Bucks left to my name. What do I have to show for the money I’ve forked over to you? Peanut butter and jelly on wheat bread and several parking garage receipts.
Ask anyone the simple question “How much did your shoes cost?” and you will most certainly receive a simple monetary answer: “Oh, about $35.” Follow that up with the question “And where did those shoes come from?” and you will almost always receive the same answer: a store.
College Councils speak up;Capital Metro raises fares;The Free Flow of Information Act
Government and the free market
At Butler University, junior Jess Zimmerman is learning first-hand what it’s like to face coercion and castigation at the hands of the school administration to a degree that would make Joe McCarthy proud.
Partly due to abundant West Mall solicitation, students here at the University are quite cognizant of the various ills that exist in our imperfect world. Face AIDS, Save Darfur and Invisible Children are only some of the multifarious organizations on campus that have become sexy for college students to rally behind.
Last week, students claiming to represent the ideals and perspectives of both major American political parties debated the merits of the proposed health care reform bills in Congress. While College Republicans and University Democrats mostly relayed arguments that their respective parties have been making throughout the year, something about this debate struck me as interesting.
Whether you support a single payer system, a robust public option or no government intervention, I ask: What sense does it make that in a state with some of the world's best medical and research facilities, the uninsured women of Texas can only dream about receiving preventive treatment or maternity care from these institutions?
I was having a good wander around Austin the other night, hoping to get some advice from the silent city.
Protesting layoffs; Right-wing gay panic; The Houston Chronicle sues
Cut cruelty out of your diet
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