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TOP pick: Chuck Palahniuk at UT's McCullough Theater

That Other Paper  Thu, 06/05/2008 - 10:06am

Snuff  Chuck Palahniuk has made a career of twisted yet smart and relatable novels, the most famous of which, Fight Club, became an instant cult classic upon the release of the movie version in 1999.

His latest of nine novels, Snuff, is about an aging porn star named Cassie Wright who wants to end her career by having sex on film with 600 men in one day.

Palahniuk will be doing a reading and signing at the UT Performing Arts Center’s McCullough Theater tonight at 7.

Get tickets here. Don’t miss The Daily Texan’s fantastic interview with Palahniuk.



 

Conference seeks to recruit more girls into tech fields

UT - Office of Public Affairs  Tue, 04/15/2008 - 8:53am

More than 100 educators, business representatives and advocates of technical fields will gather for the Texas Girls Collaborative Project Kick-off Conference to network and forge partnerships that seek to increase the number of girls in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

When: 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Friday, April 18 Where: The University of Texas Club, 2108 Robert Dedman [...]