A university lost will not be forgotten at the ballot box.

Students are mourning the death by a thousand cuts of the University of Texas System and its spirit of academic freedom. Once sustained by open inquiry and courage, the university faded gradually amid policies and leadership decisions made by regents and university administrators. These decisions constrained free expression, silenced voices, and harmed vulnerable, innocent students. The UT System is mourned by those who believe a university should be a place where all ideas, and all people, are encouraged to thrive.

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