Friday, November 14, 2008

UTexas: I want to study here

What an entrance to a school.

And this courtyard? What a place to snack and study. One of many spots on campus.

6 comments:

Bob said...

Reminds me slightly of the walk from the Library of Congress to the Lincoln Memorial seen from the ground.

Unknown said...

I'm guessing tuition is nuts for that school.

Unknown said...

OK, sobriety time. Was it not from that very tall building on that very picturesque campus that a mad student with a long gun started potting shots at passers-by? My money for elegant entry is on UBC, where you pass along a huge avenue, with a golf course on the left. Now that's a civilized entrance to a university.

Nick said...

I thought that tower was in Waco. We passed through that town and, at the city limits, this billboard:

"Violence is up. Waco is the seventh most violent city in Texas."

Um.

Unknown said...

Before your time, I know but see New York Times, November 17, 1998, section A, page 20:
"On Aug. 1, 1966, Charles Whitman, a student at the university, barricaded himself on the observation deck and began shooting passers-by with a rifle. At the time, the shooting was the nation's worst mass killing. It lasted 93 minutes, ending with Mr. Whitman's being killed by the police, but its after effects have spanned two generations."

Nick said...

That was the one I was thinking of. It was featured as an example of fine shooting in Full Metal Jacket. Interesting.

So that tower was, and is, part of history.