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.
North Texas Daily, University of North Texas, TX
7 hours ago
AUSTIN (AP) - A University of Texas police officer who shot and killed a research animal in March was warned to stay in his car before firing 10 rounds and killing Tony the chimp, according to newly released documents.
In reports obtained by the Austin American-Statesman, UT police officer Paul Maslyk drove his personal car to the Keeling Center for Comparative Medicine and Research when a 140-pound, 17½-year-old chimpanzee broke out in March.
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 Texan, University of Texas, Austin, TX
2 days ago by Ashley Crooks
Researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston have discovered a quirk in the constantly-evolving HIV virus that they say will help them to develop an effective vaccine for the prevention of the virus in the next 10 years.
"It is a long road; the virus has been around for almost 25 years, vaccine efforts have failed again and again, but we think we have a unique solution to the problem," said Sudhir Paul, a UT medical school pathology professor who has worked to find an effective combatant to the HIV virus for the past 19 years.
The Gramblinite, Grambling State University, LA
3 days ago by Raderius Bailey
Grambling State University is known throughout the country and in most parts of the world. The university's population is composed of a variety of faces and colors, but why do so many make GSU their choice?
Some of the reasons students say they are attending Grambling range from family, scholarships, and cheaper price.
North Texas Daily, University of North Texas, TX
3 days ago by CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press Writer
McALLEN, Texas (AP) - Dolly spun into a hurricane Tuesday, heading toward the U.S.-Mexico border and the heavily populated Rio Grande Valley, where officials feared heavy rains could cause massive flooding and levee breaks.
Dolly was upgraded from a tropical storm Tuesday afternoon, and sustained winds later reached about 80 mph.
North Texas Daily, University of North Texas, TX
3 days ago
KEMP, Texas (AP) - Identities have been released on three members of a Fort Worth family who died when their single-engine plane crashed and burned near Kemp.
Officials say the accident killed 50-year-old pilot John Walter Newman Junior, his 48-year-old wife Cyndy and their 19-year-old son, John "J.
Et Cetera, Eastfield College, TX
4 days ago
Daily Reveille, Louisiana State University A&M, LA
4 days ago by Zac Lemoine
Local women had the opportunity Saturday to audition for a position on The CW's "America's Next Top Model."
The auditions were held at Splash, a club on Highland Road. Several University students auditioned.
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