Several new West Campus apartment buildings will open to students for the fall semester. While apartment complexes are reaching out to students with special deals and lease agreements for the coming fall semester, some students plan to move into new buildings that are currently under construction or recently opened. Undeclared freshman Katrina Lowther said she […]
West Campus apartment complexes may evict students for violating social distancing guidelines that restrict indoor gatherings to 10 people in response to college students’ parties around the nation. “As a reminder, our lease agreement has a policy that residents should not have gatherings of more than 10 people,” American Campus Communities wrote in an email […]
Sure Walk is changing their operations this semester to reduce health risks. Sure Walk, which provides free walks and rides from on-campus locations to home at night, resumed services Aug. 20 after a break following the University’s transition to remote learning in March. It will be available seven days a week from 8 p.m. to […]
Last July, American Campus Communities purchased the 2100 block on Guadalupe Street, which includes the Goodall Wooten, a former student residential building. Now, American Campus is planning a student housing community that will replace the Goodall Wooten and have ground floor retail. Last spring, the roughly 60 residents of the Wooten were given a month’s […]
At the intersection of 24th Street and Whitis Avenue, not even the melodious chimes of the Tower bells, the honks of passing vehicles or the chatter of rushing students can drown out Michael Shaw’s booming voice. Shaw, UT Empowerment Program Ambassador and Parking Enforcement Assistant, adds to his daily traffic regulation routine through high-fives, words […]
As students walk down Guadalupe St. from Martin Luther King Blvd., they are faced with the daunting decision of where to eat. Bright signs and lights pulling their attention in every direction, The Drag is truly the Las Vegas of food for any UT student. However, after some time, the longing for discovery that was […]
University Housing and Dining sent out renewal contract offers for on-campus housing almost a month late, affecting nearly 1,700 current students. Renewal contract offers were supposed to be sent out Feb. 1 for returning students who applied before the priority deadline on Jan. 31. Instead, the offers were sent out March 1 — the same […]
West Campus has problems, and Allie Runas wants to fix them. Runas, an electrical and computer engineering senior, is currently in the process of organizing a West Campus neighborhood association. She said she was spurred to begin a resident-driven housing authority for the neighborhood to tackle some of the issues she’s seen in her last […]
The historic Kenney House, located in West Campus, will be welcoming a new neighbor. As reported in The Daily Texan, a new high-rise will be built on the Kenney House property. Read more here: Historic Kenney House to be incorporated with a new 17-story student housing building
