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Drinking alcohol primes certain areas of our brain to learn and remember better, says a new study from the Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research at The University of Texas at Austin.

The common view that drinking is bad for learning and memory isn't wrong, says neurobiologist Hitoshi Morikawa, but it highlights only one…   » Continue Reading

Campus Watch is a newsletter sent out a few times per week by Officer Darrell Halstead at the University of Texas at Austin Police Department.

It contains a summary of campus activity reported to or observed by UTPD patrol officers. Here are some gems from the most recent Campus Watch emails sent out over the last couple of days: Turtle Pond | 200 W Inner Campus Dr courtesy Texas Travesty The Turtle Whisperer strikes again?  Consumption of Alcohol by a Minor (4 Counts): A UT officer responded to the Turtle Pond on a report of several subjects throwing rocks.

With the passing of William F Buckley, let us remember this stalwart of conservatism’s (eventual) position on the War on Drugs. From the July 1, 1996 cover story of National Review: