UT aims to shift freshman load by diverting rejections to other campuses
UT Austin seeks to reduce its enrollment from 50,010 to 48,000 by letting rejected applicants spend their freshman year at nearby UT Arlington or another system campus before reapplying to the Austin campus. The plan, supported by the academic affairs committee, would require a 3.0 GPA at the new campus and 12 summer credit hours with a 2.25 GPA for direct reentry elsewhere.
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Houston Chronicle
Federal complaints filed as 125 million cocaine haul found
Two Oklahoma men, Elbert Johnson and Joseph Heck, face federal proceedings after state police uncovered about 2,500 pounds of cocaine, packed in 12 pound bags amid a cantaloupe shipment. A magistrate’s complaint precedes possible indictments. both pleaded innocent in Hempstead County Court. Johnson drove the rig stopped at an I 30 weigh station near Hope.
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Hope Star
Johnson
Cromwell
Heck
Hempstead County
Hope
UT Regents Consider Standardized Tests For University Students
University of Texas System regents weigh standardized tests to monitor learning starting in 2002-03 with core subjects, expanding by 2004-05. The plan also measures freshmen retention, graduation times, graduation rates, research funding per faculty, and faculty publication activity, amid concerns it could steer curricula and curb creativity. Regents seek campus input while accreditation bodies push accountability.
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Miller
Patrick Oxford
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Texas
Vulgar rap music mars Comal County Fair parade
In New Braunfels Texas at the Comal County Fair Parade a New Braunfels High School football team faced criticism after profanity laden rap songs played from their float. Principal Mike Fitsko said the student will apologize to the community and the team will perform a community service project.
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San Antonio
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New Braunfels
Mike Fitsko
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Unicorn Pride
Fitsko
Rick Roades
Danny Scheel
Parade Cochairman
Odessa crime blotter reports violent and property incidents
A 22 year old Odessa man reports an aggravated robbery on Englewood Lane at 3 a.m. Tuesday. Permian Stone in the 18200 block of W Interstate 20 suffers $10,000 damage to a bucket loader and related parts. A 29 year old Odessa man has $3,800 damage from spray painting a 1993 Chevrolet Silverado in the 1300 block of West Lindberg Street. A 23 year old Odessa man reports a gunfire incident on West 46th Street at 3 a.m. Tuesday. A 76 year old Odessa man reports an acquaintance scratched his arm and chin on Lamar Avenue. J and L Well Service reports tubing slips stolen from a 1997 Ford F 350 bed in the 1300 block of Coronado.
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Interstate 20
Odessa
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Lamar Avenue
J&l Well Service
Coronado Avenue
Beaumont Housing Authority Under Fire Over Desegregation
Gov Cuomo criticizes the Beaumont Housing Authority for failing to desegregate. Only 40 of 150 federally set aside units have tenants, while blacks are kept on one town side. The authority runs 700 public units and faces resignation demands after a federal monitoring report cited impediments to integration.
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Cuomo
Authority
Beaumont
U.S
William Wayne Justice
Board of Housing Commissioners
Texas concealed gun licensing program flaws noted
State police said background checks are limited and rely on local records, with incomplete FBI data delaying out of state crime history. An investigation found dozens of cases where criminal histories should have appeared. Bush signed the law and designated DPS licensing authority, with permit numbers issued but not applied for by Bush or Laura. The program later expanded to churches, parks and hospitals.
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David Gavin
DPS
Concealed Handgun Authority
Gavin
FBI
Texas
Bush
Laura
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