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Editor's Note: Carlos Pagan is a freshman RTF student, and has a strip that runs on Tuesdays and Thursdays. His work is highly informed by traditional caricature art and is a constant switch up of instruments and materials.
This video was created as part of an aborted April Fool's day project with other cartoonists on the page, but he spent a lot of time working on it and it might as well be posted here.
Children watch the closing of the Texas Independence Day celebration at the Capitol Friday afternoon.
Thousands of runners flood into the streets of Austin Sunday morning.
History major Anthony Pekowski is hoisted up as one of the MF 100 winners for best crowd participation.
BANGKOK — Every year when the moon is full and the rainy season draws to an end, Thailand’s waterways fill with millions of floating lotus-shaped lanterns — a symbolic, centuries-old gesture once meant to placate to the country’s goddess of water.
Today, many Thais still believe the candlelit boats launched during Loy Krathong can carry misfortune away with them, allowing past sins to be cleansed and life to begin anew.
It is a nation’s duty to record the truth through archives and to overcome the challenges of assembling those archives, said John Ciorciari, assistant professor of public policy at the University of Michigan.
Ciorciari lectured Monday as part of a series on human rights sponsored by the Rapoport Center in the School of Law.
Firefighter Rex Dorado extinguishes a fire after a pile of brush caught flame on a trailer bed while the truck was in transit on IH-35 Monday evening. While the source of the fire remains unknown, firefighters quickly controlled and contained it within 30 minutes after the driver exited the highway onto Manor Road and Comal Street.
Danielle Villasana | Daily Texan Staff
Austin City Limits Festival celebrated its 10th edition on Friday. The concerts were interrupted by the rain in the afternoon.
Sameer Gadhia of Young the Giant performs at the Austin City Limits Music Festival on Saturday afternoon.
20-month old Cormac McAlexander grabs the attention of several children at the Cowboy Church.
Rev. Jeff Van Ryswyk plays his guitar with the Head 'em Up Band.
After one semester, Vietnamese summer courses are back for the summer.
A man dressed a woman rallies hundreds before the walk, encouraging them to accept and be who they are.
Hayden Moore, 5, peruses children's books during the 15th annual Texas Book Festival on Saturday. The weekend-long event, which attracted thousands of visitors, featured lectures by hundreds of local and national authors, live music, food vending and children's activities.
Danielle Villasana | The Daily Texan
