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I write about higher education and the business of college sports for @texastribune. Previously worked at @dallasnews and @theeagle.
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ICYMI: Our series from last week on the Top 10% Rule and the fight to make Texas Us look more like Texas. http://apps.texastribune.org/price-of-admission/ …
#TellEWA3:02 PM - 6 Apr 2016 · Details0 retweets 2 likes
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Proud to be the last Texan on Twitter to wish
@evanasmith a happy 50th birthday. Hope it was a good one, boss.0 retweets 2 likes -
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Years Later, Benefits from State Subsidy to Chevron Hard to Find http://trib.it/22IzSr5 via
@TexasTribune5:04 PM - 19 Apr 2016 · Details0 retweets 0 likes
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College costs soar. Texas schools open food pantries. http://www.houstonchronicle.com/local/gray-matters/article/As-college-costs-soar-Texas-schools-open-food-7258373.php?t=9b65473cc7438d9cbb&cmpid=twitter-premium … By
@MWatkinsTrib@TexasTribunepic.twitter.com/J6gJnRX8lQ3:24 PM - 19 Apr 2016 · Details12 retweets 9 likes -
The Whole Foods cake surveillance video is the new Zapruder Film.
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Life as an urban college: UT has dealt w/ 165 crimes on campus in 2016 involving ppl unaffiliated with the school.http://trib.it/20SlYTR
9:12 AM - 19 Apr 2016 · Details1 retweet 1 like
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As college costs rise, Texas schools are opening food pantries for students. My latest in the Trib:http://trib.it/20RoEB4
8:17 AM - 19 Apr 2016 · Details7 retweets 4 likes
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Hey
@TB_Times, you need to update the top of your website!pic.twitter.com/ciCqheABlv1:10 PM - 18 Apr 2016 · Details0 retweets 4 likes -
Jack Shafer Retweeted Patrick LaForge NYT
An eternal headline.https://twitter.com/palafo/status/722103218700959747 …
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Patrick LaForge NYT @palafoCrazy flooding in Houston http://nyti.ms/1SVdeXa7 retweets 8 likes -
Matthew Watkins Retweeted Mark Mulligan
That's a hell of a picture.https://twitter.com/mrkmully/status/722139265216290820 …
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Mark Mulligan @mrkmullyRescuers working furiously to rescue horses along Cypress Creek@HoustonChron#houwx#houstonflood#horses pic.twitter.com/Ldgdu4BZdp0 retweets 1 like -
This fantastic picture is possible
#onlyintexas,#houwx. What a catch!@HoustonChronpic.twitter.com/zr4ZMwOHzJ10:03 AM - 18 Apr 2016 · Details24 retweets 10 likes -
Matthew Watkins Retweeted Jessica Luther
My favorite part is when the car's reverse lights go on, like he's just going to back out of 6 feet of water.https://twitter.com/scATX/status/722106831628148736 …
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Jessica Luther @scATXyou should ABSOLUTELY watch this video of Houston reporter@SteveABC13 rescuing a man from a sinking car on Live TV http://jalopnik.com/watch-this-annoyed-reporter-rescue-a-man-from-a-sinking-1771566501 …1 retweet 2 likes -
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Waitlisted at a top college? Check out the odds you'll actually get in.https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/04/16/top-colleges-put-thousands-of-applicants-in-wait-list-limbo-and-some-wont-admit-any/ …
9:03 AM - 18 Apr 2016 · Details0 retweets 0 likes
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Matthew Watkins Retweeted Holly Yettick
Quite the disparity in Texas.https://twitter.com/HollyYettick/status/722053336380235777 …
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Holly Yettick @HollyYettickHow much $ do your local schools spend? Find out using this map by the@EducationWeek Research Center &@NPR ! pic.twitter.com/qmy0pR8gTE3 retweets 0 likes -
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Interesting question at Georgetown. What does the it owe the descendants of 272 slaves sold to keep the U alive?http://nyti.ms/2674Hde
7:53 AM - 18 Apr 2016 · Details0 retweets 0 likes
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Breaking: The
@nytimes discovers there are coffee shops and gay people south of Coney Island.http://nyti.ms/20IKKWk12:34 PM - 16 Apr 2016 · Details1 retweet 7 likes
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A ruling from the Texas Supreme Court today spends five sentences on the meaning of an Oxford Commapic.twitter.com/x6Qj6uoFhW
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Attorney General Ken Paxton still paying top aides who left agency a month ago http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2016/04/attorney-general-ken-paxton-still-paying-top-aides-who-left-agency-a-month-ago.html/ … by
@lmcgaughy8:53 AM - 15 Apr 2016 · Details0 retweets 0 likes
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Texas' new education chief is bringing in a lot of charter school folks during his TEA overhaul.http://trib.it/1Yw1deJ
3:42 PM - 14 Apr 2016 · Details1 retweet 1 like
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Matthew Watkins Retweeted The Daily Texan
UT has suspended a student involved in a racist incident off campus earlier this year.https://twitter.com/thedailytexan/status/720719105586663424 …
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The Daily Texan @thedailytexan.@gregfenves releases statement on racially motivated West Campus incident from February: pic.twitter.com/p04a8LdwLx3 retweets 0 likes -
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Months after reassignment, Bowen Loftin doesn't really have a job at Mizzou & still lives in the chancellor's house.http://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/higher_education/former-chancellor-loftin-never-worked-at-mu-cerner-health-institute/article_48c97a7e-0003-11e6-a2ee-1fe003f2a60b.html …
1:31 PM - 14 Apr 2016 · Details1 retweet 0 likes
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