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The Magazine of the College of Liberal Arts
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Hank the Hallucination Runs for President
Hank was, admittedly, not a perfect political candidate. But he just may have been perfect for his time and place — namely, early 1980s Austin.
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How Austin Became the Live Music Capital of the World
The slogan became official in 1991, but the city’s reputation as a music mecca has its real roots in the early 1980s