Keep Austin Weird

Stuff you should know about Austin and things you should do before you graduate

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

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.

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

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

Very Successful Businesses

•Fortune 500 companies▫Dell▫Whole Foods▫Apple▫Google▫Facebook▫National Instruments▫Advanced Micro Devices

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

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

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

Follow:

@ConcordiaTX @CTXStudentLife

www.facebook.com/ConcordiaTX www.facebook.com/CTXStudentLife

#CTX #CTXSOCIAL #CTXHFW #WOOSH

www.concordia.edu/socialmedia

What to do in Austin

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.

EAT FROM A FOOD TRUCK

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

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

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

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)

LEARN to #WOOSH

A finger gesture that swirls your index finger in a swirling motion- like a Tornado

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

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.

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.

The End. El Fin. Die Ende.

Fine. Ze Hasof. Fim. Da End.

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