Happy Summer everyone!

First off, thank you to all the newbies who have registered for the buddy program, signed up for airport pickup, or stalked down Planet Longhorn members via email/facebook prior to your arrival to Texas! Keep it up! We are so excited about the semester…so you should be too! And thanks to the oldies who have been filling out the brochure questionnaire! It’s a world of help.

Hopefully everyone is having a eventful, awesome, exciting summer. Just a few updates on some of your lovely Planet Longhorners this summer:

Liana Depew- Currently studying in Barcelona, staying up too late, and learning about Spanish “culture.”  She is set to terrorize the rest of Europe in a few weeks time.

Katie Chapman- Currently crushing her soul in the corporate world during a 10 week internship in Dallas..noooooo. Good news is that when she gets back to Austin, she will be rich and ready to have a good time.

Vanda Taupradist- Living the dream in South Africa interning at the World Cup! No .. seriously. She even worked security at one game when normal security went on strike. If you know Vanda, you know why this is hilarious/completely absurd.

Dana Yu- Running around Europe eating reindeer and harassing Norwegians. Don’t worry, she’ll get to you too!

James Chiang – Somewhere shirtless and shoeless in California trying to figure out how to turn an accounting degree into a life on the beach.

Natalia Urbanowicz- Also running around Europe getting back to her roots in Poland and enjoying graduated life.

John Michael – Tagging along on Natalia’s trip.

Doug Yacek - Drinking hefeweizen in Germany planning a grand scheme on how never to leave.

Paul McCloud - Working as an indentured servant on an apparent “exchange” in Mexico and helping to turn a farm into a microbrewery! Planet Longhorn Lager? I think so.

We’ve got a huge semester ahead of us so keep checking back for more updates! And feel free to email us with any questions/concerns/general chat/anecdotes/World Cup trash talk.

The March 2010 newsletter is here! If you are not receiving this by email and would like to, send us an email at members@planetlonghorn.net!

In our newsletter this month:

• Planet Longhorn boasted yet another great success in hosting their second annual Masquerade Ball in the beginning of March. It was a chance for everyone to dress up in their best clothes, look even better than before, and have a classy evening out on the town.
• The plan was to have a massive barbeque in Pease Park on a beautiful Sunday afternoon and follow it up with a huge game of kickball. Everything was organized, the food (and new grill) were bought, and the people were hiking their way through West Campus… but there were problems awaiting…
• Alumni of the Month: Karen Mulhardt – “To all the Fall 08 Internationals, I miss you all and I hope we meet again. To the current internationals, get involved in as many things as you can and make sure you enjoy every moment, cause it goes by really fast.”

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March 2010 Newsletter

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The February 2010 newsletter is here! If you are not receiving this by email and would like to, send us an email at members@planetlonghorn.net!

In our newsletter this month:

• Creating a new tradition out of last year’s hit, PL invited all their favorite people to come celebrate cupid at the House of Guys. PL assigned everyone a number and a corresponding bag for people to write valentines notes to. We had an awesome turnout with well over 300 attendees!
• Planet Longhorn participated in Dance Marathon this month. Dance Marathon is a charity event put on by The Dance Marathon Executive Team (organization of UT students) to benefit the Dell Children’s Hospital in Austin. PL raised over $300 for the charity!
• Alumni of the Month: Michael “The Mitch” Nobis – “I miss y’all so much I can’t even tell. I think of you EVERY day and tell people stories about the best time I had in my life!”

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February 2010 Newsletter

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The January 2010 newsletter is here! If you are not receiving this by email and would like to, send us an email at members@planetlonghorn.net!

In our newsletter this month:

• Planet Longhorn has its (in)famous Welcome BBQ for all the new exchange students. It was catered by Rudy’s and held in the Block Games Room on the Thursday before school started.
• Planet Longhorn planned a festive birthday celebration on the Block rooftop for Dr. King, complete with home-made cakes and all. In response to the disaster in Haiti, we requested a donation of $2 per attendee. We had a huge turnout, easily topping 250 guests and raised well over $400!!
• Alumni of the Month: Anne Claire Blok – “I had the time of my life in Austin, met the coolest people and I definitely miss it when I think back on all of the good times we had! Props to Planet Longhorn for making it such a success Looking forward to hear from you all and I’d love to see y’all again, even if it’s for a quick visit.”

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January 2010 Newsletter

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Hey Guys! Planet Longhorn… in its infinite awesomeness… has just developed a questionnaire designed to be filled out by our study abroad student members. Basically, with our international student members’ help Planet Longhorn hopes to create a pool of information (which admittedly is not as exciting as a real pool) for UT students thinking about studying abroad. All the information in the questionnaire will go into a brochure, which will be made available on this website and to students interested in studying abroad at organization fairs like 40 Acres Fest. If you’re an international student, the information in this questionnaire is basically all the information you wish you’d had before you came abroad to Texas, and as a result, your input will be a direct step towards promoting study-abroad at UT and at your school.

You can download the questionnaire here Brochure Questionnaire Final… if you don’t know an answer to a question, feel free to just leave it blank, we’ll take anything we can get!