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Thanksgiving 1916: the Bevo Tradition is Born

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It was a Thanksgiving like no other. Mayor Alexander Wooldridge thought it quite possibly the greatest event in Austin’s history, and publicly floated the idea...

 
 

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“We Want Panties!”: The 50th Anniversary of the Nation’s Largest Panty Raid

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College life in the 1950s was far from bland. The Korean Conflict, McCarthyism, and Elvis Presley had students’ attention, along with stuffing people into...

 
 

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Following the Precursors

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In the six decades since Heman Sweatt—the first African American admitted to UT—walked through the doors of the law school, thousands of courageous and talented...

 
 

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Nine Pounds of Wool and Grommets

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At last, 10 years after I first started searching for it, I found the University of Texas Service Flag. History in a Box. That’s what I thought as Evan Hocker,...

 
 
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