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Students getting rid of used items can consider contributing to a campus-wide drive that is looking for donations ranging from pairs of gently worn shoes to notebooks and household goods.
Everyone remembers the player that breaks the color barrier.
But what of the coach? The most famous African-American to defy a color barrier in the world of sports is the Brooklyn Dodgers’ Jackie Robinson. For the Texas football program, it’s Julius Whittier, a lineman who became the first black Longhorns football player in 1970.
Although a commitment to a diverse campus has been at the forefront of discussion of inclusion at the University, another less-known program also works to make sure minorities are given equal opportunity to obtain UT service and production contracts.
Not many players that lead their team in a rushing as a junior suddenly switch positions before their senior season. But that’s what Cody Johnson did.
With more than 4,700 people attending the Facebook event titled “Cover The Night - Austin, TX 2012,” government sophomore and Invisible Children member Julia Hudson said she knew that the actual turnout would not reach the online estimate.
Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in an eight-part series about Longhorns hoping to be drafted into the NFL.
There was a lot to like about last season. Texas won three more games than it did the year before, including a bowl game, and signed another top-five recruiting class. But Fozzy Whittaker’s knee injury was probably the lowest point.
Update, 2:45 p.m.: According to the Make UT Sweatshop Free Coalition's Facebook group, all students have been released from jail. This afternoon, UT spokesman Gary Susswein said "Our position remains the sam as yesterday. The issue is closed."
Nineteen activists entered the President’s office Wednesday and began an afternoon-long protest that ended with UTPD arresting all protesters involved.
The UT chapter of Invisible Children will flood Austin with 1,000 posters in a number of different languages while participating in Cover the Night, the Kony 2012 campaign’s main event Friday.
Registration — the word alone is enough to induce a splitting headache in some students, along with the hassles, deadlines and frustratingly closed classes that come along with the process. Although modern technology has certainly removed some of these difficulties, at the end of every semester, students are still faced with the impending battle of getting into their desired classes.
As the list of patients needing organ transplants increases, so does the need for more organ donors.
Organ donor numbers are not increasing, though, said Michelle Segovia, Texas Organ Sharing Alliance Community Relations coordinator, resulting in more people waiting for necessary organs. There are about 113,000 people in the U.S. waiting for an organ transplant, and 11,000 of them are in Texas, Segovia said. She said more than 18 people die every day because they are waiting for a transplant.
Final exams and the accompanying stress are fast approaching, but campus organizations are here to help.
The Blanton Museum of Art was filled with Old West spirit Thursday as museum patrons took part in various cowboy-themed activities.
Six years after leaving her post as recruiting coordinator at Texas, Karen Aston has rejoined the Longhorns, this time as their head coach.
Texas ended it’s spring season Sunday with the Orange-White game. Here’s what we learned:
D.J. Monroe deserves a chance
Monroe is often overlooked in UT’s crowded backfield. But Monroe had a 60-yard touchdown run and finished with 82 rushing yards.
Head coach Mack Brown has been looking for Monroe to be a receiver. Whether he stays in the backfield or makes the switch, the senior deserves to get the ball more.
With the emergence of warm spring weather comes the return of the Mexican Freetail bats under Congress Bridge and the remote possibility that a feared and foreign species of bat could make its way into Texas.
Political careers can be a roller coaster ride of victory and defeat, but students willing to choose this path found veteran advice at the 2012 Careers in Politics Conference on Saturday.
UT students heading to the San Marcos River may have to leave beer and other alcoholic beverages out of their coolers if San Marcos city officials pass a proposal banning alcohol in public parks.
The San Marcos City Council granted preliminary approval for an ordinance proposal that would ban the public display and consumption of alcohol in city parks on Tuesday. If implemented, the ban would include parks that line the San Marcos River, a prominent tubing tourist attraction.
Brazilian Spok Frevo Orquestra is opening UT’s doors to Latin American culture and rhythmic frevo music in the days leading up to this Saturday’s concert.
The group will be preforming big band style frevo, a high-intensity jazzy musical style born in northern Brazil that has come to be synonymous with carnaval, a Brazilian celebration taking place during the Catholic time of lent, at the Bass Concert Hall.
Fourteen Texas athletes showed what they have been working toward for the past four years at Texas’ pro day on Tuesday.
Students who identify as bisexual face unique challenges in gaining acceptance within queer communities and in society at large because of a lack of visibility and prejudices held against them, said speakers at a Monday event.
Shane Whalley, education coordinator of the University’s Gender and Sexuality Center, presided over a workshop that discussed those challenges, debunked myths and offered advice on coming out as a bisexual.
A controversy has arisen among a mass amount of Facebook statuses and Twitter messages containing the phrase “Kony 2012.”
Voices against Violence, a program of the University’s Counseling and Mental Health Center, performed a series of skits called “Get Sexy, Get Consent” on Monday to illustrate the various complications of genuine sexual consent.
David Ash steps up
Although head coach Mack Brown won’t name who the starting quarterback is, his reps at practice this weekend displayed David Ash’s improvement. Maybe it’s Ash’s increased confidence after the Holiday Bowl or that he is getting a majority of snaps with the first team during practice — but it’s pretty clear that he is widening the gap between him and the other quarterbacks.
Co-offensive coordinator Major Applewhite works with the running backs at spring practice.
Students, faculty and staff gathered yesterday at the Student Activities Center to discuss transgender identity and ways UT can better serve the existing transgender community. The Gender and Sexuality Center conducts multiple seminars throughout the semester in attempt to educate the campus community on gender issues facing the population.
