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The University of Texas at Austin’s Department of Theatre and Dance will mark the 50th anniversary of the longest-running musical in American theatre history, “The Fantasticks,” written by College of Fine Arts alumni Tom Jones (B.F.A. ’49, M.F.A. ’51) and Harvey Schmidt (B.F.A. ’52), with a sold-out celebration weekend, Oct. 15-16.

An interactive Theater for Dialogue performance Wednesday, Oct. 13, and a Silent Witness Day rally Oct. 20 will be held at The University of Texas at Austin to raise awareness during Dating Violence Awareness Month about the prevalence of interpersonal violence issues in the college-age population.

Event: “Helping Our Teenagers Think about Violence and Peace,” a free speaker series presented by the Humanities Institute at The University of Texas at Austin.

Columbus Day may top the list of contentious federal holidays. For some, the day stirs up pride; for others, anger.

Event: The Department of Theatre and Dance will celebrate the 50th anniversary of “The Fantasticks,” the longest-running American musical, with its creators, College of Fine Arts al

The electorate is not being as informed as it once was. Media operations have scaled back. And so, the public has to work harder than ever to do its own form of citizen journalism as we steam toward November.

Every election season we’re bombarded with polls, and the 2010 mid-term election is no exception. But does the ubiquitous election poll really matter?

How much do you really know about politics and politicians? In a recently published study, researchers found a way to make people better at judging their own level of knowledge about candidates.

Event: The Harry Ransom Center and University Co-op presents a Harry Ransom Lecture with National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Chairman

It happened again this past week. In the recently released Rolling Stone issue, President Obama critiqued Fox News.

The Blanton Museum of Art at The University of Texas at Austin presents “Turner to Monet: Masterpieces from The Walters Art Museum” from Oct. 2, 2010 to Jan. 2, 2011.

Event: NPR correspondent John Burnett, who earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from The University of Texas at Austin in 1978, will lead a panel discussion about reporting Mexico’s drug war — how journalists are coping with one of the most dangerous assignments in the w