February 19, 2016
Most people wouldn’t make a connection between theatrical design and airplanes. For Andrew Carson, however, combining the two fields offered a solution to a tiresome problem.
Human Interest
Livetweet: Worst Cooks in America 8:5
January 31, 2016
New episode of #WorstCooks in a couple of minutes! Who’s ready to see what happens next?
— Julianne Hodges (@JayHodges2018) February 1, 2016
View my livetweet of season 8, episode 5 of the reality cooking show, Worst Cooks in America, on Storify
This project was part of J336F: Social Media Journalism during the spring of 2016.
Stark Center Features Exhibit on 1936 Berlin Olympics
December 7, 2015
The roar of thousands of people with their arms outstretched in the Nazi salute fills the stadium as three-year German Chancellor Adolf Hitler watches the opening ceremonies approvingly.
Swastika flags and Olympic banners line the crowded streets above athletes and spectators from nearly 50 different nations, where only a few weeks before were signs reading “Deutsche kauft nicht beim Juden”: “Germans don’t buy from Jews.”
Angry German speeches filled with anti-Semitic hatred clash with American Olympic officials reassuring the country that there’s no reason not to do business with the new German regime.
The triumphant opening notes of the American national anthem accompanies the handing of the gold medal to Jesse Owens, now an Olympic hero.
No, this isn’t Berlin 1936. It’s Austin 2015, at The Nazi Olympics: Berlin 1936 exhibit.
#txbookfest 2015
UTPD Offers Self-Defense Classes to Prevent Sexual Assault
October 14, 2015
To help women defend themselves from attack, UTPD will be hosting Rape Aggression Defense classes again this fall. The 12-hour RAD class teaches students self-defense and prevention techniques against assault.
Senate Bill 1819 Threatens In-State Tuition for Undocumented Texas Students
May 11, 2015
As the Texas Legislature considers taking away in-state tuition for DACA students, DREAMers at the University of Texas at Austin are fighting against Senate Bill 1819.
Holi 2015
Sherwood Forest Renaissance Faire
March 11, 2015
Through an old-looking wooden gate, normally-dressed crowds of normal people enter what seems like a different world, or at least a different era. Between the modern-looking patrons are people of all ages dressed in suits of armor, pirate outfits and all manner of odd medieval costumes. Outdated expressions such as “my lady” and “in sooth” are flung across the grounds between passersby, and merchants try to steal the attention of potential customers to their tents and booths of hand-crafted trinkets and period-style clothing.
Julianne Hodges 