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Mia Stanley, UT21 Senior
Art history senior Mia Stanley on finding community with the Longhorn Band and deciphering ancient language mysteries during the pandemic. By: Diana Lee
Mia Stanley’s favorite UT memories are small moments: sitting on campus while birds chirp in the background; admiring the grass and trees, a welcome change of scenery from the desert of Odessa, her hometown in West Texas; and meeting people she wouldn’t have met otherwise.
Stanley says of her best friend, whom she met through Longhorn Band: “She’s from North Carolina. … I think of the weird off chance that she chose to play the saxophone in the sixth grade and the weird off chance that I chose to play the trombone in seventh grade and the circuitous routes that it took for us to meet.”