TX Tribune: “Protests have been a century-long tradition at UT-Austin, and The Daily Texan, the student-operated university newspaper, has faithfully covered and recorded these significant historical events.
UT-Austin President Jay Hartzell, in an op-ed following the protests, defended the university’s response and also acknowledged the university’s long, proud history of protest. He recognized the campus as a place where “students, faculty and staff care deeply enough about community, national and world events to rally around those causes.”
Various protests across the university’s history set precedents for modern demonstrations and university policies like encampment bans. Here’s a look back at some of those protests.”