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University of Texas at Austin

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2012

    Friday Night: Spoon At House Of Blues

    Spoon House of Blues April 13, 2012 Spoon has two types of songs: Songs that cut and songs that groove. But they all sting. The songs that cut are choppy and a little clenched, like "Small Stakes" or "Got Nuffin'." The songs that groove are about as fluid as I think it is for music to possibly be; ... More >>

  • Music

    April 5, 2012

    In Bloom

    Spring has sprung with a fresh crop of recent Houston-related releases.

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2012

    Broad Prize: HISD a Finalist Again, Goes for a Second Win

    Houston ISD got some great news today -- it's been nominated once again as a finalist for the Broad Prize for Urban Education thanks to an increased African-American graduation rate, more African Americans and Hispanics taking Advanced Placement tests and a greater percentage than any other urban di ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2012

    Doctors Who Rock: 9 Musicians With Their Ph.Ds

    Alice Cooper recently received an Honorary Doctorate from The Musician's Institute in Los Angeles. After receiving the award, he said, "One more of these and I can write prescriptions." Now you know that Alice Cooper could one day write you a prescription... to rock. You're welcome. Out of sheer c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2012

    Longhorn Sex: UT Most Promiscuous Campus in U.S., Very Official Survey Says

    Hook 'em Up, Horns. The University of Texas is a sex-infested 40 acres of nonstop carnality, according to....something called College Magazine. Since it has "College" in the title, we have to assume they know what they're talking about. The magazine's list of "Most DTF" campuses was put together, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    100 Creatives 2012: Sandy Ewen

    Sandy Ewen, who grew up in Canada, eventually relocated with her family to Katy, where she attended high school. Shortly after the move, she began attending improvised music workshops taught by David Dove, a winner of the Houston Press's 2011 MasterMinds Award. Today, local musicians say that she's ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 5, 2012

    “Dennis Harper: Born in the Bayou”

    Sandy Ewen, who grew up in Canada, eventually relocated with her family to Katy, where she attended high school. Shortly after the move, she began attending improvised music workshops taught by David Dove, a winner of the Houston Press's 2011 MasterMinds Award. Today, local musicians say that she's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2011

    Cover Story: UH Grad Sues African-American Fraternity Omega Psi Phi for Alleged Hazing

    ​Lee West III, a University of Houston junior and Omega Psi Phi pledge, says that during underground pledging meetings for the African-American fraternity (which turns 100 years old next month) in February 2009, he was beaten with a television antenna, a paddle and a broomstick that eventually ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2011

    Pharrell Launches New Qream Liqueur At Exclusive Event

    Photos by Marco Torres​Pharrell Williams wears many hats. He's a Grammy-Award winning producer, singer, songwriter, rapper, and successful clothing designer. Amongst those things, Williams has picked up one more project to juggle. Friday night, Williams dropped into Houston for the launch of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2011

    Scoremore: College Rap Promoters Bank On Diversity, Sharp Ears

    He Shoots, He Scores: Scoremore's Sascha Stone Guttfreund​Sascha Stone Guttfreund is a 22-year-old UT-Austin graduate who has already accomplished more than most concert promoters who have been in the game longer than Guttfreund has been in college. In 2008, the Los Angeles native booked his ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2011

    Texas A&M Athletics: No Longer a Bridesmaid to UT?

    ​Maybe, just maybe, Texas A&M is about to stop being the University of Texas-Austin's bitch. On Thursday, the Texas A&M Board of Regents will meet in a closed-door, informational confab, according to a San Antonio Express-News report, to discuss the Longhorn Network, a 24-hour-a-day channel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2011

    Joe King Carrasco's Life Is One Long Party Weekend

    Photos via joeking.comJoe King Carrasco & the Crownettes in Pasadena, Calif.​The best one-word descriptor for Joe King Carrasco? After a 20-minute phoner with the Sultan of Tex-Mex music, Rocks Off is going with ebullient. Something in Carrasco's upbeat, positive ramblings signal that he doe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2011

    Aggies More Financially Successful Than Longhorns, Cougars, According to Study

    ​Looks like the tea sippers need to work a little harder and/or become a bit more driven to best the Aggies. PayScale recently published a study that breaks down earned income for college graduates. The 2010-11 survey, which is supported by 2010 United States Census data, is broken into two ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2011

    UH Holding Out for More Tier One Funds, Blocking Legislative Deal

    Coogs pushing hard in Austin.​The University of Houston is the last holdout in a vote to set the funding distribution method out of a voter-backed endowment devoted to ramping up the number of nationally ranked universities in Texas. The University of Texas and Texas A&M University are the st ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2011

    Dead People We Wish We'd Seen

    ​Regrets, sang Frank Sinatra, Elvis and Sid Vicious, I've had a few. (Or, for Sid, a feee-yooouuu.) So have we all. But if you review concerts for a living, there's nothing worse than someone you like dying before you get the chance to see them live. So for this week's Round Table, Rocks Off ... More >>

  • News

    February 10, 2011

    Great Minds

    Our MasterMind winners speak up.

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2011

    Concealed Carry on Campus: (Conservative) Students Agree, Now Is the Time

    What the sensible college student should be carrying​Things we learned today: "The Texas College Republicans and Young Conservatives of Texas don't always see eye to eye." Big Tent, baby!!! The claim comes in an announcement that -- despite the overwhelming variety of opinions among members o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2011

    Chanel Dizzle: Much More Than Just A "Barre Baby"

    Chanel's Facebook fan page​Rocks Off was pretty much blown away by that video of angelic-looking YouTube user ChanelDizzle singing the dirty hits of members of the Screwed Up Click, which we posted about last week. So we decided to get in touch with her and find out if she had dreams of becomi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2011

    Best Public School Bargains: UT, A&M But Not UH

    UH: Not in the top 100 bargains​Kiplinger's has released its annual list of the best bargains among the country's public schools and Cougars, you ain't on it. Three Texas schools made the list -- UT-Austin, Texas A&M and UT-Dallas, which is in Richardson but who's asking? None of the schools ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2010

    So You Want To Be The University of Texas Offensive Coordinator...APPLY HERE

    What are the hours?​As a resident of the great state of Texas, it pains me to see our tax dollars being wasted. Case in point, somewhere in Austin there is a person who had to spend a couple hours of his or her day posting the offensive and defensive coordinator positions for the University ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2010

    Is Ex-Velvet Moe Tucker A Tea Partier Or Not?

    ​The Velvet Underground has certainly had an interesting second act. After Andy Warhol's favorite NYC "party" band soundtracked countless narcotic jags and laid the foundation for everything from punk rock to shoegaze, its members went on to very different lives: Lou Reed to street-life classi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2010

    Rice Sudents Had A Great Sexual Year, Apparently

    Rice gets it on​Today in Self-Serving "Studies," we have what is no doubt highly sophisticated and peer-approved from the people who make Trojan condoms.They're put their annual report on "sexual health" on America's college campuses, looking at such things as condom availability, health center ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2010

    UT Speech In Favor Of Concealed Handguns Will Go On Tonight

    Photo courtesy DPSColton Joshua Tooley: He concealed his gun​Colton Joshua Tooley didn't take anyone with him in the incident at UT-Austin today, but he scared to death students and parents who followed events breathlessly on the net.Many of the stories mentioned that a speech was scheduled for to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2010

    Despite Suicide, UT Still On Lockdown

    Grim news on UT-Austin's website:September 28, 2010 at 9:38 amThe university is open.A suspected shooter in PCL library is dead. Police are searching for possible second shooter.Lock doors, do not leave your building. The incident has been going on since shortly after nine this morning, and included ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2010

    Whites Not A Majority In UT-Austin's Freshman Class

    UT's freshman class becomes majority-minority​For the first time, whites don't make up a majority of the freshman class at the University of Texas at Austin.Students self-described as "white" make up 47.6 of the incoming class (that 47.6 percent equals 3,464 students). Last year it was 51.1 percen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2010

    Cougars Want Sex, UT Study Determines

    Talking to the Longhorns​If Hair Balls ever approached a bunch of cougars (the human kind) and asked a series of questions about their sexual fantasies and escapades, we'd probably get pepper-sprayed. But when a team of researches at the University of Texas-Austin did it, they got published. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2009

    If Halloween Is Coming, So Are Offensive Costumes

    ​The "Illegal Alien" costume causing uproar amongst immigrant rights activists, anti-immigrant supporters and free speech advocates is the first major faux pas of this Halloween season. While anti-immigrant supporters are scrambling to find the costume, immigrant rights activists are calling for ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 8, 2009

    Elaine Bradford: “Museum of Unnatural History”

    Local crocheting taxidermy artist creates new tails and tales for her latest exhibit

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2008

    College Tuition In Texas Just Keeps Going Up

    Local crocheting taxidermy artist creates new tails and tales for her latest exhibit

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2008

    How Mexican Is Mexican Enough?

    Local crocheting taxidermy artist creates new tails and tales for her latest exhibit

  • News

    April 10, 2008

    Chess Masters at UT-Brownsville

    An open-admissions university has become a national powerhouse in the collegiate game.

  • News

    December 27, 2007

    Creationism, Food Not Bombs, Fake Panhandling

    Texas may okay creationism degrees

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2007

    …But That Doesn’t Mean the Sex Is Safe

    Texas may okay creationism degrees

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2007

    That's a Lot of Photos

    Texas may okay creationism degrees

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2007

    Playbill: Sister Sister y Los Misters

    Texas may okay creationism degrees

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2006

    HouStoned Theatre Presents...

    Texas may okay creationism degrees

  • Music

    June 29, 2006

    Chillin' with tha Eskimoz

    We have a Whatachat with the guys behind the fast-food rap video

  • News

    December 30, 2004

    Letters

    We have a Whatachat with the guys behind the fast-food rap video

  • Culture

    August 12, 2004

    Double Trouble

    Two juried shows stir up the Houston art scene

  • Music

    August 14, 2003

    Jennifer Fitts

    Friday, August 15

  • Best of Houston

    September 26, 2002

    Best Graffiti

    Chicken Boy

  • Music

    May 17, 2001

    Reptomania

    The Austin Lounge Lizards steal hearts and minds by feasting on sacred cows

  • News

    July 15, 1999

    The Insider

    Where Have All the Women Gone? Discrimination charges spotlight UH's lack of female leadership

  • News

    February 25, 1999

    Letters

    Where Have All the Women Gone? Discrimination charges spotlight UH's lack of female leadership

  • Calendar

    June 18, 1998

    Capitaine Blood

    Where Have All the Women Gone? Discrimination charges spotlight UH's lack of female leadership

  • Calendar

    May 21, 1998

    Shades of Gay

    Where Have All the Women Gone? Discrimination charges spotlight UH's lack of female leadership

  • Calendar

    April 16, 1998

    Seemen Mixer

    Where Have All the Women Gone? Discrimination charges spotlight UH's lack of female leadership

  • Calendar

    March 19, 1998

    Night & Day

    March 19-25, 1998

  • Calendar

    March 5, 1998

    Press Picks

    March 19-25, 1998

  • Music

    January 23, 1997

    Static

    March 19-25, 1998

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