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Pro-Palestinian Students Protest Israeli Politician’s Speech at UT

Pro-Palestinian protesters condemned the University of Texas for allowing  a former Israeli prime minister to speak on campus as part of Hillel International’s Teach-In tour Tuesday night at the LBJ School of Public Affairs. 
“Today we are not here to engage with counterprotesters. We are not here to engage with police. We are simply here to peacefully exercise our First Amendment rights,” said a UT Palestine Solidarity Committee member named Hadi, who declined to provide his last name. 

Gen Z Voters at UT Election Party Say They’re Concerned About Economy, Immigration, Gaza

    As the election results came in Tuesday night, University of Texas students swapped stories at a West Campus bar of finding polling locations, of voting for the first time and of the decisions that drove their choice for president. “Voting for president is a big decision,” Mauro, a UT economics senior said during […]


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Divided Austin Council Expands Wheatsville’s Alcohol Sales Waiver on South Lamar

A sharply divided Austin City Council on Thursday approved Wheatsville Food Co-op’s request to sell alcohol for on-site consumption despite its proximity to Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders.
Wheatsville, a community-owned natural foods retailer with two Austin stores, petitioned the council in August to waive the city’s ban on selling alcohol within 300 feet of a school, church or hospital for its store on South Lamar Boulevard. Over the objection of the Austin school board, the City Council approved Wheatsville’s waiver 6-5.

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