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Entries from Austinist tagged with 'burgerking'

February 7, 2008

The coalition is a community of Florida farmworkers from various immigrant backgrounds who strive for fair wages and fair treatment and work to end modern-day slavery. One of the activists from this Coalition, Lucas Benitez, will be delivering the opening address at UT's 28th Annual Student Conference on Latin America tonight. ...

Continue Reading "Coalition of Immokalee Workers Activist to Speak at UT Tonight"

August 10, 2006

In less than one month, the incoming class at The University of Texas will start walking the sidewalks of Guadalupe Street, listening to Nick Drake on their shiny iPods and buying every Bob Marley poster within a mile radius. These sidewalks, between 19th and 29th street, are affectionately known as The Drag, an area in a constant state of flux as businesses attempt tirelessly to keep up with the perpetual flakiness of an 18-24......

Continue Reading "Changes to Come On Austin's Most Schizophrenic Street"

June 20, 2006

I had my mind set on becoming the next muse for a non-suicide-bent Dead Poet’s Society (I like to stand on tables). I was going to trade my soul for frittering health benefits and a salary that would strongly rival that of a second-shift Burger King manager. ...

Continue Reading "Truesday: Sensitive People, With So Much To Give"

June 29, 2005

That's right, tonight is your chance to do the hump. The Humpty Hump, that is. The Funk-lectic rap collection known as Digital Underground are in town tonight and will be performing at the Rosewood Recreation Center. Digital Underground is led by Shock G, better known as the man who "once got busy in a Burger King bathroom" -- Humpty Hump. "The Humpty Dance" was one of the first rap songs we learned all the......

Continue Reading "Can Hump Day Get Any Better?"

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