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Friday, June 12th, 2020

 

Texas athletes call on UT-Austin to rename buildings, drop ‘The Eyes of Texas’ as school song

One week after The University of Texas football team marched to the Texas Capitol in honor of George Floyd, several UT student-athletes are calling on the University and athletics programs to address racial injustice. Football players at UT-Austin say they won’t help recruit new players/go to donor events until: Certain campus buildings renamed New students are educated on history of campus racism The Eyes of Texas is swapped out with another song, and athletes no longer required to sing The recent events across the country regarding racial injustice have broughtRead More