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BurntXOrange

Online news & entertainment magazine at UT Austin

BurntXOrange

Online news & entertainment magazine at UT Austin

BurntXOrange

Zoom class crushes

Zoom class crushes

Lucero Lopez February 14, 2021

If you’re anything like me, the pandemic really put a damper on my social life, including interacting with people in my classes. But, here’s one thing that’s remained (kind of) the same: class crushes. Hear...

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Black Romance Revived: ‘The Photograph’ Reminds Us That Representation Matters

February 14, 2020

Stella Meghie just served the world what may be considered a long overdue Black love story on a silver platter just in time for Valentine’s Day: The Photograph.

Everything wrong with your tinder profile

Everything wrong with your tinder profile

Kara Fields February 12, 2019

It’s that special time of year again: plastic roses are in full bloom next to the cashier and a whole aisle at our campus CVS is littered with teddy bears and “be mine” candies, all in boisterous...

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Anti-Valentine’s Day Playlist

February 14, 2018

Don’t have a valentine? Have an ex you can’t stand? Annoyed by overly commercialized holidays? If you, like us, are over the lovey-dovey and sappy event that is Valentine's Day, let this playlist be the soundtrack to your day.

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Rom-Com Playlist: Let’s Fall in Love

February 13, 2018

If you can never get enough confessions of love in the rain, sprints through airports and the beautiful Meg Ryan getting the guy, again, then this is the playlist for you.

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ORANGE Playlist: Valentine’s Day

February 14, 2017

Love is complicated. It sucks, but it’s also really great! Taking into consideration the plethora of emotions that comes along with Valentine’s Day, the ORANGE music team has got you covered. 

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Valentine’s Day Lingerie Lookbook

February 14, 2017

Whether you're staying in with the girls or taking a stroll under a starry night, this lookbook’s got you (un)covered.

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A 10-text Relationship With My Invisible Boyfriend

February 16, 2015

There was always that one kid who claimed to have a girlfriend he met at summer camp. They were star-crossed lovers, and she lived out of state... And no one believed it for a second. (Think Napoleon Dynamite, carrying around the head shot of his girlfriend who just happens to go to a different school).

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This Valentine’s Day, Trade Conversation Hearts for “Wet Brownies”

February 14, 2015

Joining a high school film club sparked radio-television-film senior Chris Gilman’s love for movies and directing. “Doing [film with my] friends and having fun with it definitely inspired me to actually make this into something I want to do as a career,” Gilman says.

 

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ORANGE Valentine’s Day Pick-up Lines

February 14, 2015

It’s Valentine’s day, and you’ve had your eye on that cutie for way too long.  The ORANGE style staff compiled a list of pick up lines to help you sweep that special someone off their feet.  

Valentine’s Day = #worstdayever

February 16, 2014

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...

Put a Spin on Valentine’s Day

February 14, 2013

By Paulina Garza If chocolates and a teddy bear make you cringe on Valentine’s Day, here are some creative ideas for your significant other to show them you love them. The idea is to think outside...