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The University of Texas Eliminates Flag Requirements on the First Day of Registration

The University of Texas announced Monday it will discontinue Flag courses. Citing the need for each college and major to determine which courses best serve students. “As an advisor, you always hear rumors of certain policy changes,” Doug Haake said.”So it didn’t completely catch me by surprise.” The announcement came on the first day of […]

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The University of Texas Eliminates Flag Requirements on the First Day of Registration

A Celebratory Year at Dell Diamond


A Celebratory Year at Dell Diamond

*The reporter has a working relationship with an interviewee in the story below. Last week, Round Rock’s minor league baseball team, the Round Rock Express, held their home opening series against the Toledo Mud Hens Saturday. The Express won five out of the six games in the series for a successful start to the season. […]

Sending Students to The Final Four

Full disclosure: I am a student leader with The Charge, a spirit organization dedicated to supporting Texas Women’s Basketball. In coordination with Texas Athletics, I helped identify group members who were interested in attending the Final Four in Tampa. Reagan Neely from Texas Athletics contacted me directly to help gather names, and I shared student […]

UT Students Rally Around Man Eating Entire Rotisserie Chicken

University of Texas Students gathered to watch one student, Gregory Fossati, take on a single H-E-B rotisserie chicken in one sitting on April 5.  What began as an inside joke among friends turned into an inspirational spectacle on the South Lawn Event organizer Taryn Jones, who has a tradition of posting humorous flyers every April […]

How University Theater Guild Turns Consistent Profits Despite Being Student-Funded

The University theater Guild will host their third and final show of the semester, ‘Into the Woods,’ at the William C. Power Student Activity Center from April 18 to 20.  An adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s musical of the same name, the show is a mash-up of various fairy tale characters, from Cinderella to Little Red […]

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