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BurntXOrange

Online news & entertainment magazine at UT Austin

BurntXOrange

Online news & entertainment magazine at UT Austin

BurntXOrange

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Simply Sarah: Running My First 5K

November 23, 2015

After 28 days of pain, practice and pushing myself, I didn’t just cross that finish line during my first 5k —  I finally felt the satisfaction of pursuing a goal start to finish. This is what I learned about running a 5K, and want to pass onto you.

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A Swab of Hope: The Story of Sam and Alex Kimura

November 19, 2015

With a pen and cotton swab in hand, almost a hundred people stood in line around various tables within the Hogg Auditorium, with hopes that they would a bone marrow match for Sam Kimura, an anemic patient who is in desperate need of a bone marrow transplant.

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Not Your Typical 9 to 5 Job

November 12, 2015

Millennials and recent college grads are beginning to carve their own paths in the "real world” — paths that reflect more opportunity than the typical 9-to-5.

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Twenty Years a Searcher

November 6, 2015

A Library Technical Assistant at the Perry-Castañeda Library of 20 years, Douglas Custard walks around all six floors of the library to search for books requested by students and faculty.