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Why We Don't Like You: Oklahoma State Cowboys
Each week, we'll look at some reasons to taunt, belittle, and bully the Longhorns' football opponent. This week: the Oklahoma State Cowboys.
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Why We Don't Like You: Wyoming Cowboys
Each week, we'll look at some reasons to taunt, belittle, and bully the Longhorns' football opponent. This one's week: the Wyoming Cowboys.
SXSW Film Interview: Meredith Danluck Want to Take You For a Ride
What do you think of when someone says the word "cowboy?" For us, we imagine leathered faces, dirty hands, saddles and the open range, but there is a different kind of cowboy that exists in America: the Professional Bull Rider—daredevils who put their neck on the line, literally, every night, entertaining crowds of eager fans with their feats of bravery, tempered with what we would consider insanity. In her newest documentary film, The Ride, Meredith Danluck encountered a culture that she never even knew existed and captured no only the thrill of competition, but also the quiet life of today's modern cowboy. We had the chance to chat with Meredith via phone last week about uncomfortable social issues, celebrity and of course, cowboys.
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Rainy Days and Mondays [Extra Extra]
- This is like a bad movie of the week: vice officer, prostitution case, charges filed against the officer.
- Is there an app for that? AT&T promises they're ready for SXSW 2010, won’t have repeat of the iPhone traffic jam of SXSW 2009.
- The New York Times covers the big-money deal for energy-company TXU.
Why We Don't Like You: Oklahoma State Cowboys
Each week, we'll look at some reasons to taunt, belittle, and bully the Longhorns' football opponent. This week: the Oklahoma State Cowboys.
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Why Won't People Just Behave? [Extra Extra]
- This morning our friend’s Facebook page included 65 comments about these “cage dancers” who appeared at the Cowboys’ new stadium!
- Junk food at the new Cowboys’ $1.15 billion football arena just isn’t up to snuff.
- Ken Lay’s swanky high-rise Houston condo is on the market for $12.8 million. It has six elevators, two of them for “service.” No, lowly reporters are not allowed in to view the splendor.
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TEA will start teacher criminal background checks; AISD will be the first to require fingerprinting. 3 airlines aren't happy with the city for building a low-cost terminal at ABIA. Light pollution starting to invade the skies near the McDonald Observatory.
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