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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 of Texas are upon you” have been sung before and after every sporting event and commencement. Beyond the campus, the song is ever-present at weddings and funerals and even space, where it was a wake-up call for astronauts on the Gemini, Apollo and Skylab missions. ....
UT Austin Tour Guides on Strike Over ‘Eyes of Texas’ By
Campus tour guides at the University of Texas at Austin are on strike this week, demanding the removal of a plaque with the lyrics of “The Eyes of Texas,” the university’s alma mater, from an admissions building, The Texas Tribune reported. Students and faculty members have decried the song for its racist legacy. A UT Austin committee researched the origins and meaning of the song and released a report in March that said the lyrics had no racist intent, despite its original debut at a minstrel show. University officials had previously decided to retain the alma mater and said the marching band will continue to play it after home football games, though it was protested by student activists and athletes who demanded the university stop its use. ....
Skip to main content Currently Reading Students refuse to work, man pulls out gun as tensions rise at UT-Austin over The Eyes of Texas Kate McGee, The Texas Tribune May 4, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Sam Ehlinger grew up in burnt orange, but many of his teammates have far different feelings about the “Eyes of Texas.”Tim Warner /Getty Images Dozens of students at the University of Texas at Austin who give campus tours to prospective Longhorns are refusing to work this week over a dispute about a plaque with “The Eyes of Texas” lyrics hanging in the Admissions Welcome Center. The dustup over the plaque is the latest example of UT-Austin officials standing by “The Eyes” over pleas that the university distance itself from the alma mater song because it originated at a minstrel show where students likely wore Blackface. ....
Tensions boil at UT-Austin over The Eyes of Texas , where students are refusing to work Kate McGee, Texas Tribune FacebookTwitterEmail 1of2 In this file photo, students walk through the University of Texas at Austin campus near the school s iconic tower.Eric Gay/APShow MoreShow Less 2of2 The Longhorn Band of the University of Texas at Austin perform during the opening of the 2017 Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl game in 2017.Yi-Chin Lee, Houston Chronicle / Houston ChronicleShow MoreShow Less Dozens of students at the University of Texas at Austin who give campus tours to prospective Longhorns are refusing to work this week over a dispute about a plaque with “The Eyes of Texas” lyrics hanging in the Admissions Welcome Center. ....
Student tour guides at UT-Austin are going on strike this week over a debate about whether to remove a plaque in the Admissions Welcome Center with The Eyes of Texas lyrics on it. Credit: Eddie Gaspar/The Daily Texan Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Dozens of students at the University of Texas at Austin who give campus tours to prospective Longhorns are refusing to work this week over a dispute about a plaque with “The Eyes of Texas” lyrics hanging in the Admissions Welcome Center. ....