University of Texas Austin - Cactus Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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Serving students with varied backgrounds and levels of preparation with different career and personal aspirations, The University exposed students to a prismatic assortment of character types. PREFACE TO SOCIETY Deo volente, omnia fieri possunt. Let those who have ears, hear and those with eyes, see and not lack understanding. David Phillips Plan II Senior ODE TO POLITICS Of all the campus political I ' ve met in eight years at UT, the only one I ever felt I could trust was Hank T. Hallucination. And a final message to all you politicos who took Hank too seriously: If you can ' t take a joke ... John Denson Graduate School In the fall of 1982 UT students voted to reinstate the Students ' Association. A key to appreciating campus politics in the spring of 1983 was observing the curious blend of candidates and cynics and wondering what the potency of the new mixture would be. WEST MALL This University has given me the opportunity to reach out and really test myself, a challenge many individuals never experience in a lifetime. Quartus P. Graves III Business Senior From Israelis defending their homeland to the Texas Cowboys selling barbecue tickets, the West Mall was an open for um for ideas. THE DRAG The University and the diversity of people here have provided me with opportunities far beyond my imagination. Jorge Becerra Liberal Arts Senior Extending from Martin Luther King Blvd. to 26th Street, the section of Guadalupe Street known as the Drag offered students an eclectic collection of established merchants, street vendors and transients. 102 Images of 1983

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1 WIN SOME LOSE SOME As an Oklahoman, I would like to remind my fellow students of one thing: 500NERS 28, LONGHORNS 22. David Polity Business junior Undoubtedly the most colorful athletic event at The University is the annual UT-OU football game (sorry, Aggies). Played in Dallas at the Cotton Bowl, the annual grid match between the two schools goes back to 1900 when the Longhorns outscored the Sooners 28 to 2. The series record stands at 46 wins for UT, 28 for OU and three ties. COLOR ME BURNT ORANGE Burnt orange runs through my blood. My mother and father were both Longhorns and presently, so is my older brother now so am I. After so many years of hearing accolades about The University, I am finally a part of it a part of my father ' s stories, my mother ' s traumas, and my brother ' s ambitions. Victor Garcia Business Freshman Orange and white it ' s the way you ' re dressed when mamma and daddy are big- time Texas exes. Orange and white were the watchwords for the University Co-Op in 1983. In addition to their usual stock of UT t-shirts, jackets, shoes, hats, gloves, keychains, music boxes, door bells, automobile horns, toilet seat covers, pens, stationery, plates, glasses and window decals, the Co-Op provided Centennial graduates with more than 3,000 burnt orange polyester graduation gowns for commencement exercises. Images of 1983 101

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