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Keep Austin Weird
Stuff you should know about Austin and things you should do before you graduate
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Keep Austin Weird
• It’s all in a Name•Capital City Stuff•What to Do• It Ain’t Easy Being Green•Very Successful Businesses•Movies & TV Shows Filmed in Austin•Celebrities Who Live(d) in Austin•Social Media•Bucket List
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It’s all in a Name• Originally named “Waterloo”
▫ Changed in 1839 as the capital city of the Republic of Texas
▫ Reportedly named for Stephen F. Austin who negotiated the boundary treaty with local Native Americans at the site of the present day Treaty Oak. The Treaty Oak, a once-majestic Southern live oak in
Austin, Texas, is the last surviving member of the Council Oaks, a grove of 14 trees that served as a sacred meeting place for Comanche and Tonkawa Tribes. Foresters estimate the Treaty Oak to be about 500 years old and, before its vandalism in 1989, the tree's branches had a spread of 127 feet. The tree is located in Treaty Oak Park, on Baylor Street between 5th and 6th Streets, in the West Line Historic District.
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Capital City Stuff• 2nd-fastest-growing metropolitan area in the nation.• Population; 14th largest city
▫842,592 people• Mayor
▫Lee Leffingwell• Universities (8)
▫ Austin Community College (ACC); Concordia University Texas (CTX); Huston-Tillotson College (H-T); St. Edward’s University (St. Ed’s); Southwestern University; Texas State University; Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine; University of Texas at Austin (UT).
• Public Transportation▫Cap Metro: http://www.capmetro.org ▫Routes also on Google Maps
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It Ain’t Easy Being Green• National leader in (green)energy conservation• City-wide green initiatives• Concordia was 1st college in the country to
subscribe to 100% renewable energy (posted by Regent Property Group in June 2013.)
• 206 parks- largest is Zilker Park• 12 preserves (closet one is located
here!)▫Austin area preserves are part of the Balcones Canyonlands Preserve system
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Very Successful Businesses
•Fortune 500 companies▫Dell▫Whole Foods▫Apple▫Google▫Facebook▫National Instruments▫Advanced Micro Devices
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Movies & TV Shows Filmed in Austin
• Austin City Limits• Bandslam• Blank Check• Chalk• Dazed and Confused• Fast Food Nation• Friday Night Lights• Heartbreak Hotel• Hope Floats• How to Eat Fried Worms• Kill Bill• The Life of David Gale• Lonesome Dove• Michael• Miss Congeniality• Office Space• Once Upon a Time in Mexico• Road Trip
• The Rookie• Scanner Darkly• Secondhand Lions• Sin City• Slacker• Spy Kids 3D• Spy Kids – Island of Lost Dreams• Temple Grandin
• Transformers• Tree of Life• True Grit• Varsity Blues• Waking Life• Walker, Texas Ranger• The Wendell Baker Story• What’s Eating Gilbert Grape• Where the Heart Is• Whip It
Austin named in the top 10 cities for making movies
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Celebrities Who Live(d) in Austin• Wes Anderson• Lance Armstrong• Sandra Bullock• Laura Bush• Jenna Bush• Walter Cronkite• Michael Dell• Kay Bailey Hutchison• Jesse James• Lady Bird Johnson• Lyndon Johnson• Janis Joplin• Richard Linklater• Matthew McConaughey
• Ben McKenzie• Willie Nelson• Neal Pollack• Dennis Quaid• Dan Rather• Ann Richards• Andy Roddick• Robert Rodríguez• Quentin Tarantino• Rick Trevino• Jimmy Vaughan• Stevie Ray Vaughan• Owen Wilson
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BE SOCIAL
Our vibrant social media community provides you with the latest up-to-date info on what’s happening at CTX.
Check out the social media directory atwww.concordia.edu/socialmedia
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Follow:
@ConcordiaTX @CTXStudentLife
www.facebook.com/ConcordiaTX www.facebook.com/CTXStudentLife
#CTX #CTXSOCIAL #CTXHFW #WOOSH
www.concordia.edu/socialmedia
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What to do in Austin
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GO TO THE LAKE
Lake Travis has the largest storage capacity of the seven reservoirs known as the Highland Lakes, and stretches 65 miles. It’s within 5 minutes from campus.
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EAT FROM A FOOD TRUCK
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Tacos- Austinites’ love them
Here on 620:Torchy’s
The Taco Shack
Other notablesT&T downtown
Taco DeliPeached Tortilla (food truck)
Chi’lantro (food truck)
Love tacos? Visit http://
tacojournalism.blogspot.com/
TRY OUR TACOS
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LOVE BBQ? Follow on Twitter @TMBBQ
Best in Texas: Franklin’s BBQhttp://franklinbarbecue.com/On East 11th Street
Next closest on the top 10 list: Snow’s in Lexington
If you’re looking for something a little closer to CTX, check out local fav: Rudy’s BBQ (also a CTX Partner)
EAT BBQ
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You’re college students. That means you probably are looking for great deals. Here are a few to help you eat on the cheap:
Moviehouse & Eatery: Tuesday is student night, discounted tickets and reduced concessions (Like dinner and a movie for less than $10/pp. Perfect date night?
Taco Cabana on 620 Happy Hour every day from 4-7pAnd 5 under $5
Thundercloud Subs- local favorite sub shop since 1975Monthly special subs for under $3 (Small) and $4 (large)
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF CHEAP EATS
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SEE LIVE MUSIC• Live Music Capital of the World- lots FREE
▫Blues on the Green- summer Wednesdays
▫Music under the Star on summer Fridays at the Bob Bullock Texas History Museum
▫Unplugged at Shady Grove- summer Thursdays
• South by Southwest (March)
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LEARN to #WOOSH
A finger gesture that swirls your index finger in a swirling motion- like a Tornado
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JOIN A CLUB
There are dozens of clubs to join to meet your interests.
One that is especially active and provides a great outlet for meeting people and serving others is Service Learning.
www.concordia.edu/studentorgs
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SEE THE BATSAustin is home to the largest colony of Mexican Freetailed Bats in the world.
They live under the Congress Street Bridge in downtown Austin and the McNeil Bridge in Round Rock at 35. They come out nightly around dusk from April to November. Then, migrate to Mexico for the winter.
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Your Bucket List Must do’s during your time at
Concordia:
1. Go to the Lake.2. Listen to live music.3. Take a hike.4. Eat from a food truck. 5. Keep Austin Weird: Buy local, attend a festival. 6. Learn how to #woosh7. Join a club. 8. Serve on a mission. 9. See the bats.10.Be a leader and make a new mark on the world.
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The End. El Fin. Die Ende.
Fine. Ze Hasof. Fim. Da End.
http://bitl.ly/KeepAustinWeird