University of Texas junior, Yang Zhou, has never even touched a mop much less used one. ”It’s a learning experience,” he said. “Hopefully, it goes well.” Zhou and UT senior, Amanda Torcynski, are co-chairs of a volunteer organization called UT HOPE. The organization provides health, outreach, promotion and education to those in...more »
They make their own beer, so they’re making their own party…and since it is October, the celebration might as well be Oktoberfest. NXNW is brewing a lot of cold ones and cooking up some German cuisine for NXNW Oktoberfest, which will take place October 16th and 17th. The family friendly affair will...more »
Michele Sperry and her wire haired Fox Terrier, Olive, have been together for six and a half years. Sperry found her pooch at a rescue group. ”I just knew this was the dog for me,” she said. “She keeps an eye on me, [and] I keep an eye on her.” Shortly after...more »
Most standard breast cancer treatments have harmful side effects, but many patients taking them are combining them with other non-traditional therapies to improve their odds. One local survivor, who was diagnosed with breast cancer for a second time recently, is combining her chemotherapy with acupuncture. Click here to read the rest of...more »
It’s not easy to think you’re healthy one minute then face a breast cancer diagnosis the next.Some women call treatment “hell” on their bodies. That’s why the disease either serves as a fitness wake-up call or pushes many women to take their life back. When attorney Cynthia Kreider isn’t pounding on tables...more »
You probably know someone who has had breast cancer. The disease will strike one in eight women. In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month we are sharing inspiring stories of local survivors. First, we meet one Austin survivor who just opened a one of a kind salon, Top This, in...more »
I was on my way up to the University of Texas Club to meet Teri Pierce when I ran into her on the elevator. She looked the photographer with me, John Pope, up and down. He had a huge camera on one shoulder and a tripod in the other hand. She...more »
Article written by MP Mueller for The New York Times. I was going to write about what happened to our agency the first time we really sat down and came up with a wish list of clients, but my head and heart keep going back to something that happened Saturday night...more »
An overwhelming tone of sisterhood and support swept over the Bob Bullock State History Museum this Saturday evening at the Breast Cancer Resource Centers (BCRC) of Texas’s 4th Annual Art Bra Fashion Show and Art Auction. GRAPHIC is a moving, annual event that was created to...more »
The Breast cancer Resource Center takes an artsy approach to raining money to fight breast cancer. Using bras as their canvas, celebrities have created a one of a kind art show. Artists include Hugh Hefner, Gene Simmons, Alan Jackson, Mike Piazza, Eliza Gilkyson, Reckless Kelly, Del Castillo, Vicki Peterson (The...more »
