UT Hired Consultant For Up To $1.1 Million To Revamp Battered Image Of 'Eyes Of Texas' Song
The Longhorn Hellraisers cheer at the Texas game against Louisiana Tech on Aug. 31, 2019. As outrage swirled among University of Texas at Austin students last fall over the school's alma mater, “The Eyes of Texas,” and its early association with campus minstrel shows, President Jay Hartzell made a classic higher education decision: He organized a committee. This one, he said, would include 24 Longhorn athletes, historians, professors and students who would investigate and “chronicle the full history of ‘The Eyes’ and recommend ways we can openly acknowledge, share and learn from it...
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