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Here Comes the Song: The Personalities Behind Your Favorite Beatles Lyrics

October 5, 2018 by Rachel White

If Paul McCartney would have written “Yesterday” based on the first words that came to his mind, the song would sound like a concupiscent teen singing about breakfast: Scrambled eggs, oh, my baby, how I love your legs… The melody of the song, which has been broadcasted on American radio more than 7 million times […]

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Fight Like a Girl:  How Women’s Activism Shapes History

July 3, 2018 by Rachel White

Alice Embree doesn’t know what came over her the first time she stood up against injustice. She just knew it was the right thing to do. Along with her friends Karen and Glodine and the rest of the Austin High School drill squad, Embree had just sat down to order at a restaurant in Corpus […]

Black and white photograph of the Jefferson Davis statue in sculptor Pompeo Coppini's studio.

A Monumental Decision: What to do About Jefferson Davis and the Challenges of Commemoration?

May 2, 2017 by Victoria Davis

Let’s talk about statues, or one statue in particular, and all of the trouble a cold, hard, unfeeling thing can cause. Imagine you are the president of a very large, prestigious institution, representative of the spirit and aspirations of a region. Your greatest benefactor, a former regent and a veteran, stipulates in his will the […]

Bernard Rapoport

Friend and Champion of Education

May 1, 2012 by Geoff Leavenworth Leave a Comment

Bernard Rapoport, Economics Alumnus, Dies at 94 Bernard Rapoport, a Waco businessman who was active in higher education, politics, human rights and philanthropy, died Thursday, April 5. “The University of Texas and our state have lost a great friend who was relentless in his support of education, democracy, the arts and creating opportunity for the […]

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