As good, outstanding citizens of the City of Austin, everyone does his or her part to “Keep Austin Weird.” There are many niches of people around town that form groups to correspond to their similar interests. Now, with sites like Meetup and Facebook, anyone has the ability to create a club and find others like them. Here are some of the most interesting clubs in Austin (that you may not even believe actually exist).
Last Wednesday, The Horn hosted a debate between UT’s College Republicans and University Democrats, which was moderated by The Horn and ORANGE magazine (that’s us). The debate covered topics of economy, education, healthcare and immigration. Overall, the deliberation was a success; a full house packed the Texas Union Theatre, and debaters led substantial arguments with interesting viewpoints. The real action, however, took place on the live Twitter feed rolling in the front of the room with the hashtag #UTdebate. Many questions were posed by the audience, and some brawls even broke out among select handles.
It’s 2014 and the ball seems to have dropped harder than the second season of House of Cards. There aren’t flying cars yet, Sochi is the biggest disaster in Olympics history, Justin Bieber and Miley...
On Saturday, Orange Magazine held a two-part panel — called "Journalism in Modern-Day Media: Can We Keep Up?" (CWKU) — of student, professor and professional journalists followed by presentations...
