Seven 1984 alumni share about their time on the Forty Acres
Fall 2024
Grad School Days
When I arrived in graduate school at The University of Texas at Austin in the late 1970s, Austin felt like a foreign land
Selling the Liberal Arts: Back to the Future
On the liberal arts as time machine, now machine, why machine, and so what machine
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.
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
“It’s Always Our Decision Who We Are”
Bob Solomon and Kathleen Higgins’ ‘80s Love Story
Crossword: 1984 Is Anybody Watching?
For our special “Class of 1984,” we asked Kyle Mahowald, assistant professor of linguistics here at UT, to construct a crossword puzzle