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UT hired consultant for up to $1.1 million to revamp battered image of “Eyes of Texas” song - DefenderNetwork.com

As outrage swirled among University of Texas at Austin students last fall over the school's alma mater, “The Eyes of Texas,” and its early association with campus minstrel shows, President Jay Hartzell made a classic higher education decision: He organized a committee. This one, he said, would include 24 Longhorn athletes, historians, professors and students […]

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