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GTX Horn

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  1. Mainly the origins but I’ve heard a lot of people (particular current students and recent grads) claim that the line “you cannot get away” refers directly to runaway slaves and that the “Eyes” are slave masters or something like that. Frankly it seems to me that its lyrical interpretation has somewhat devolved into a game of telephone where one person creates an interpretation that is suddenly accepted as “fact.” Whether accurate or not, people on social media eat that up and suddenly it’s the truth.
  2. Yeah, when I helped my mom sign up at CVS I was amazed at how broad the language for 1B is here. It’s vague enough that a lot of people could just sign up even if they don’t truly fit into that group.
  3. I was at a wedding a while back and they asked everyone to get in a circle, so I got in the circle. The DJ started saying something about how the bride and groom wanted everyone to take part in one of their favorite traditions and the aggy war hymn started playing. I couldn’t jump out of that circle fast enough.
  4. IMO the mandates shouldn’t have been relaxed until we can move beyond 1A and 1B for vaccinations. My dad has cancer and still can’t even find an appointment for a shot. Wait until those who are at the highest risk of severe infection are more widely vaccinated before lifting all the restrictions. Yeesh.
  5. Thanks for you input. I myself am a recent grad. I would like to keep it as well but from what I can gather from social media is that those who want to keep it (at least current students and recent grads) are probably in the minority. Or at least those who oppose it are certainly in a vocal majority. A lot of students aren’t engaged in athletics (which is a whole different issue), and I think that contributes to the opposition as they have no connection to the song if they don’t go to sporting events and never have the experience of singing The Eyes with 100,000 other Longhorns at a football game.
  6. Right, not everyone will be happy regardless of what happens so we’re frankly stuck between a rock and a hard place.
  7. I’d be curious to see a poll of what current students’ opinion on the song is.
  8. I liked using Pitt because of their uniforms and big stadium as well.
  9. I don’t think the song itself is racist but at this point I feel like the writing is on the wall and it’s only a matter of time before it’s removed. I don’t necessarily agree with it being removed but I don’t see any of this dying down until it’s gone. Just my 2 cents.
  10. Free 6 pack of Coronas for getting a shot
  11. What’s the strip club scene like in Chicago? Asking for a friend....
  12. Better yet, he has SEC speed
  13. Burrow >>>>>>> Mayfield. That list is an absolute joke.
  14. Seems that between the SE and North Video Board capacity would have to be decreased, but isn’t a bad thing with the way in-person sports attendance seems to be trending downward even pre-Covid.
  15. Something like this would definitely be great to have around. Not too expensive either.
  16. The new talking point I’ve seen now that reports indicate the bulk of the outages are from thermal plants going offline is that the problem is that we spent money to invest in renewable energy instead of upgrading thermal options. Some people just want to move the goalposts to fit their ideological narrative of “renewable energy bad, fossil fuels good”.
  17. It doesn’t need to be addressed even in passing. Just move on and never mention her again. She hardly did much except the occasional combat scene and poor acting.
  18. IMO they don’t even need to recast her. The show has a strong supporting cast without her. Just don’t mention her again and move on.
  19. transfer portal too
  20. First Herman fired and now this? 2021 is making up for 2020 in a big way
  21. Got it. Thanks for clarifying that for me.
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