Entries from Austinist tagged with 'universitytowers'
August 17, 2007
As part of their ongoing investigations in the death of UT fraternity pledge Tyler Cross, who died last November after falling from a fifth story balcony at the University Towers, authorities are ">taking their search to the internets. The Travis County District Attorney's office recently filed a search warrant demanding access to the Google Group archives of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fall 2006 pledge class. In the affidavit, as described by KVUE News, investigators interrogated......
Continue Reading "Travis County DA Queries Google for Info on UT Frat Death"May 8, 2007
- We've heard a rumor that there are plans to tear down the famous frog mural done by Daniel Johnston on the drag. We're looking into it, but we do hope it is just a rumor. - In other UT-related news, Travis county attorneys are investigating the UT chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity after the death of freshman Tyler Cross in November. Cross died after a fall from a balcony at University Towers.......
Continue Reading "Campus News: Hi, How Are You"December 13, 2006
- Who said student activism is dead? Remember when we told you earlier about how the students who study past 2am held a sit-in (peacefully) demanding longer library hours? Yesterday, the university announed that, starting in the Spring, the FAC will be open 24 hours. - One of the hundred-or-so bills filed for the next Texas Legislature will tackle locked-in four-year tuition rates. - For a minimum contribution of $2,000 (in addition to the......
Continue Reading "Dude, Like...News"November 17, 2006
This morning around 4a.m., a woman was walking her dog when she discovered the body of 18-year old UT freshman Tyler Cross (pictured right). The Texan reports Cross fell from the fifth floor of a University Towers' dormitory balcony onto the sidewalk of West 24th Street. The Towers is a West Campus dormitory known for its rowdy rooms and high freshmen fraternity occupancy. Cross, a Georgia native, was a member of a fraternity at UT......
Continue Reading "UT Freshman Dies On West Campus"