University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1883 and is the oldest institution in the University of Texas System. With 40,916 undergraduate students, 11,075 ...
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The ''Travesty'' began in 1997 as an independent, online-only publication by the Butler brothers: Kevin Butler (a former editorial columnist for ''
The Daily Texan
''The Daily Texan'' is the student newspaper of the University of Texas at Austin. It is one of the largest college newspapers in the United States, with a daily circulation of roughly 12,000 during the fall and spring semesters, and it is among ...
'') and Brad Butler. Within a year, the publication successfully appealed for inclusion within
Texas Student Media
Texas Student Media (TSM) is an auxiliary enterprise of the University of Texas at Austin (UT) and the largest student media operation in the United States. It is composed of faculty, student, and professional news industry representatives.
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(TSM, officially named Texas Student Publications), an auxiliary enterprise of the university which publishes ''The Daily Texan'' and produces KVRX and TSTV.
The staff produces six issues each school year, three each long semester. According to the TSM itself, the ''Travesty'' currently has a print distribution of roughly 25,000 copies, in addition to thousands of online readers. The ''Travesty'' is supported by advertising revenue. As a publication within TSM, the paper shares some revenue and expenses with the general TSM organization. The editor-in-chief holds a non-voting position on the TSM board of directors.
Several of the ''Travesty''s writers and editors went on to publish ''That Other Paper'', a once-popular but now-defunct
alternative weekly
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in
Austin, Texas
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Austin Chronicle
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