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University of Texas Faces New Outcry Over Old Song With Minstrel Roots Many students want “The Eyes of Texas” to go. Wealthy alumni insist it should stay. The dispute has become a flash point as universities struggle to deal with traditions spawned in earlier eras. Fans singing “The Eyes of Texas” at a University of Texas football game in Austin in November.Credit...Jay Janner/USA Today Sports, via Reuters May 7, 2021 SAN ANTONIO — For generations, the fight song at the University of Texas at Austin has been etched into the state’s very fabric. For students, the words “the eyes ...

The eyes of Texas are once again on 'The Eyes of Texas' FacebookTwitterEmail 1of2 The Longhorn Band of the University of Texas at Austin performed during the opening of the 2017 Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl game at NRG Stadium on Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017, in Houston.Yi-Chin Lee, Houston Chronicle / Houston ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 2of2 FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2012 file photo, students walk through the University of Texas at Austin campus near the school's iconic tower in Austin, Texas.Eric Gay, STF / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less Grappling with painful truths about our state�...

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 'Live' Bullet Album Newly Remastered, 2LP Vinyl Available On June 11 Long out of print, 'Live' Bullet will be available in black, and translucent orange & red swirl vinyl News provided by Share this article Share this article LOS ANGELES, April 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Capitol Records/UMe is pleased to announce Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band's ' Live' Bullet will be reissued in its original 2LP format celebrating the 45 th anniversary of this classic album. Hailed by critics as one of the best live records of all time, including the June 1976 review fr...

Getty Images via CNN The University of Texas Longhorns band performs during a football game at McLane Stadium in 2019. AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas at Austin says that its Longhorn Band will be required to play “The Eyes of Texas” and that it will create a new marching band for students who are unwilling to play the school’s alma mater. The song has been a mainstay at football games and university events for generations, but critics have argued that it has a racist history because it was first performed at a 1903 minstrel show, a form of entertainment where white performers...

University of Texas Creating Separate Band That Won't Perform 'The Eyes of Texas' After Backlash On 4/22/21 at 5:32 PM EDT The University of Texas announced it is creating a separate band for fall 2022 that will not perform its alma mater, "The Eyes of Texas," in response to concerns raised about the song. The university said the Longhorn marching and pep bands will still play the song, while a newly established "to be named" university band will not be required to, after Texas students and athletes raised concerns last year over its lyrics after the police killing of George Floyd in May 2020...