The Daily Texan, University of Texas, Austin, TX
1 day ago by Sean Beherec
Hundreds of distressed middle and high school cheerleaders and their counselors were evacuated from University Towers Thursday night.
The cause of the hysteria and nearly two hours of attention from the Austin Fire Department, Austin Police Department and Austin Emergency Medical Services: burnt popcorn.
The Daily Texan, University of Texas, Austin, TX
18 hours ago by Teresa Mioli
The worst of Hurricane Dolly's wind and rainfall had dissipated Thursday morning as South Texas residents ventured onto city streets to inspect damage caused by the first major storm of the hurricane season, which began in June and ends in November.
On Wednesday evening, the National Weather Service downgraded the hurricane, which made landfall early Wednesday afternoon as a Category 2, to a tropical depression with maximum sustained winds of 35 mph.
The Daily Cougar, University of Houston, TX
2 days ago by Jim Perdue
Turn your television to any sports channel and you will see athletes of all ethnicities competing against each other. Diversity in sports is something we take for granted today, but I'm old enough to remember when segregation was the norm. I'm also old enough to remember how the University of Houston played a pivotal role in breaking color barriers in college sports.
The Daily Texan, University of Texas, Austin, TX
1 day ago by David R. Henry
Sooners still favored in South After winning three of the last four Big 12 championships, the Oklahoma Sooners were picked to finish first in the South division in the Big 12 media poll. Coach Bob Stoops and senior offensive lineman Jon Cooper, defensive back Nic Harris and receiver Manuel Johnson addressed the media Wednesday.
The Daily Cougar, University of Houston, TX
1 day ago by Ruth Rodriguez
A new $6.55 minimum wage will be in effect today for all 12 states, including Texas, operating off the federally syandardized minimum wage. UH employers' concerns, however, are already fixed on next summer as the threshold minimum wage rises incrementally to $7.
The Daily Cougar, University of Houston, TX
2 days ago
Signe Cluiss: What is that bacteria in that petri dish you have in your hand?
Ranga Muthu: It's not bacteria. It's actually a silicon wafer sample - kind of an edged sample. I'm trying to do some fluid displacement studies.
Cluiss: What is the end goal of your project?
Muthu: I'm just trying to understand the physics of contaminants: what happens when you have an oil spill, what happens to the soil system and how it impacts the ground water.
The Battalion, Texas A&M, TX
3 days ago by Travis Yoesting
In less than 40 days the Sherman era kicks off against Arkansas State.
The Battalion, Texas A&M, TX
3 days ago by Sadie Michalk
Texas A&M students and the Aggie family will have to continue to wait for the introduction of Reveille VIII, as the search for the new mascot continues.
The Battalion, Texas A&M, TX
4 days ago by Kara Koloini
The mere thought of penning a piece on a film with the amount of buzz and hype that The Dark Knight has garnered has proven to be an overwhelming prospect, to say the least. But for a film that had earned an iconic status in the realm of comic book adaptations and big budget blockbusters months before it even began filming, a project that requested so much of its A-list stars that the chilling prospect exists that it drove a young, now immortalized actor to his premature grave; and a movie that broke every box office record imaginable, the idea that the essence of such a tour de force would be difficult to articulate seems all too appropriate.
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