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UT student still stuck in Iran Trump travel ban prevents Azadeh Mostofi’s re-entry into the U.S. to complete her degree.

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ivil engineering graduate student Azadeh Mostofi was supposed to walk the stage with her fellow classmates in May, but because of the Trump administration’s travel ban, she wasn’t even in the country.

In August 2017, Mostofi went back home to Tehran, Iran, to visit her family — something most college students do without any difficulties. But Mostofi, who has been a UT student since 2013, was never able to come back into the United States.

“I just wanted to come and see my family because it’s pointless to be far from them,” Mostofi said. “I wanted to make sure they are good, and I wanted to be with them. I had to take this risk.”

Mostofi planned to come back to UT in January 2018, around the same time the travel ban went into full effect. The most recent iteration of the ban affects travel from North Korea, Syria, Iran, Yemen, Libya, Somalia and Venezuela.

Mostofi said she wasn’t worried about the ban at the time of its announcement because she didn’t think it would apply to students. “(The Trump administration) said students are not limited by this travel ban, and the reason I took this risk to come out of the United States was because I didn’t know it would affect me,” Mostofi said.

Usually, Iranian students are given single-entry visas. This type of visa must be renewed every time students leave and re-enter the country.

Mostofi’s student visa is stuck in the administrative processing stage, which she said usually takes a few weeks to months, but for her, it has taken close to a year.

Out of pure desperation to get back in time for graduation, Mostofi said she reached out to eight individuals and organizations for help in expediting her visa application process. Among those Mostofi contacted were UT President Greg Fenves, the UT-Austin International Office and President Donald Trump.

“I was desperate,” Mostofi said. “The reason I reached out to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and President Trump was just to let them hear my voice and see just how people are affected.”

Mostofi said she received responses from six of the people she reached out to, but didn’t get tangible help from many of them.

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of the President said they can’t write a letter on my behalf to a consulate or the Department of State to expedite my case, because it’s just not something that they can do,” Mostofi said.

Out of everyone, Mostofi said U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas was the most responsive, and even reached out to the consulate on her behalf. Mostofi said she appreciates his attempt to help her.

“Nobody else had done anything,” Mostofi said. “He actually reached out for my case.”

During her time at the University, Mostofi was a teaching assistant for different

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engineering courses every semester. Her research is related to the risk assessment of landslides.

Although her future at UT is uncertain, Mostofi is still perfecting her dissertation and paying tuition in order to stay enrolled. She is about to miss her third semester at UT, but aspires to get a job or postdoctoral fellowship in civil engineering if she can ever return to the U.S. to graduate.

“The University of Texas is one of the best universities in the United States and also the world, so I was really interested in coming and continuing my studies,” Mostofi said. “But I don’t have any future if I don’t graduate.”

At the end of July each year, many students’ apartment leases end. However, they often aren’t able to move into their next place for days or even weeks, leaving some scrambling to find a place to stay while their former unit is readied for the next tenant.

Peyton Janssen, general manager for real estate agency West Campus Living, said these gaps between leases seem to be a problem unique to students in Austin and are a result of high demand and the area’s pre-leasing schedule.

“Most leases usually end around July 31 and then they don’t start again until mid-August, so there is 10-to-15-day window where (renters) don’t really have anywhere to live,” Janssen said. “Especially like a lot of (international and outof-state) students don’t really have any family that they can go stay with … so they have to find storage or Airbnb places.”

Lease gaps created a financial hurdle for health and society senior Danielle Aedo, a student from California who is putting herself through college. This year, she’s facing a weeklong gap — an amount of time she doesn’t feel justifies a $500 plane ticket back home. She said she also had to make arrangements for her belongings to be moved out of her

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Let’s give HornsLink some love

By Jacob Palmer columnist

Title IX changes when it gets personal

By Josephine MacLean columnist

I never faced the realities of a Title IX investigation until last semester. Watching a close friend of mine undergo an investigation opened my eyes to ways we can make our Title IX process less traumatizing for everyone involved — even the person accused of a violation.

I never expected to write a column that defended those accused of Title IX violations. I participated in the MeToo movement and spent hours trying to understand UT’s complicated sexual assault problem.

Creating a culture where sexual assault can be discussed, adjudicated and prevented is the goal. Right now, the Title IX process is confusing and traumatizing for both potential complainants and respondents.

At the start of finals season last spring, my friend received an email with the subject “Required Meeting with Title IX Training and Investigations.”

In hindsight, and from a strictly line item perspective, this Title IX investigation was relatively painless. Someone reported the possibility of intimate partner violence. A few weeks later, the potential victim was contacted, and she clarified the report was unnecessary. Case closed.

But for my friend, those three weeks of his life turned into a waking nightmare.

The email came around 4p.m. on a Friday. My friend spent the weekend agonizing over what he could be accused of — the initial email only stated that he “may have been involved in a violation of the Institutional Rules on Student Services and Activities.”

Later in the week, the Title IX investigator told my friend that they could not share any more information with him because they had not reached out to the potential complainant. Three weeks later, the investigators contacted her. The report had been made by a third party, and when the potential victim was contacted, she told the office she did not want to continue with the investigation, closing my friend’s case.

For the Title IX office, these short-lived investigations are part of a professional routine. But I saw the mental toll it took on my friend and the additional stress he experienced trying to decipher which resources were available to him.

We later found out two documents that should have been attached were missing from the original notification email. The email’s sender did not attach the resource guide or the No Contact order, which bans communication between a complainant and respondent. Both documents are supposed to be included on every

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notification email that goes out. When I asked the Dean’s office, which oversees Title IX investigations, about this, they said there was no way they could have made this mistake.

Facing accusations of assault can be terrifying for anyone. My friend had so little faith in the system that he couldn’t tell his own mother what he was facing. His reaction and experience with the process made it clear that Title IX cannot serve as the community safety net it is intended as if traumatizes everyone involved in the process.

On a university campus, Title IX investigations cover issues that range from criminal assault to potential domestic disputes. This broad net sometimes catches those who have not committed crimes or even violated the student code of conduct.

Before anything beyond the information in an initial report is known, the first reaction should be more empathetic. The university is not a law enforcement agency, it’s a community trying to keep students safe.

As the MeToo movement continues and reports such as these become more and more common, it would benefit our system to look at the way it interacts with both potential victims and potential violators. They’re students too.

MacLean is a geography and advertising senior from Austin.

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Friends, leadership experience, networking and more — students have high hopes for what they’ll find in a student organization. In the search for that perfect organization, it’s natural for UT students to end up on HornsLink — after all, it’s the top link on the student involvement page. While HornsLink is a good resource, student leaders are not using it to its full potential. Organization officers should prioritize their HornsLink pages, updating and update them with information that’s useful to students searching for an org.

Involvement in organizations is essential to student life. In these orgs, students find friends and a sense of involvement in the UT community. A 2016 study from the Journal of College Student Development even suggests that involvement in student organizations is a major factor in student happiness as well as success.

But finding the right organization to get involved in can be tricky.

Tabling and org fairs work for some students, but not for everyone.

Katie Cox, communication and leadership junior, knows this well. “I’m someone that’s a little bit more reserved,” she says. “It felt a little difficult to just immediately get plugged in, and the tables and stuff were kind of overwhelming.”

In contrast to the rows of tables, loud voices and endless fliers, HornsLink provides students with the same information from the comfort of their room. However, this is only true if the pages contain adequate, up-to-date information.

Just looking through the first ten listed organizations, seven lack events, seven lack meeting information, five lack working social media links and two even lack a description.

Student leaders should view HornsLink not as a registration requirement but an opportunity to connect with more students. High officer turnover rates and general busyness might mean HornsLink pages are forgotten. Updating your HornsLink page can feel like a waste of time when students don’t seem to be taking the website seriously. But the only way to change this is for organizations to put forth the effort in making it more useful.

If every organization page included information such as meeting times and locations, social media links, events and photos, newcomers could get a much better feel for the orgs around campus and how to connect with them.

Officers should communicate their needs to the Dean of Students if they have trouble with HornsLink or have ideas for improving it. Kennedy says “recommendations for how to make the student experience better are something that we’re always interested in.”

Our whole community benefits when students are connected and involved. HornsLink can facilitate this process, but only if student leaders keep their pages up to date with useful information.

Palmer is an English senior from Coppell.

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joshua guerra | the daily texan file The U.S. Army Futures Command headquarters will be stationed at the UT Sytem Building following approval by the Board of Regents, Austin was selected out of five national finalists competing for the base’s location.

Army seeks Austin talent for new center

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An Army Futures Command headquarters located at the UT System Building downtown will let students pursue research through the Army’s various sectors and allow the Army to tap into the talent and innovation available in Austin.

In July, the U.S. Army announced it was establishing the center, which focuses on improving weapons innovations and advancing research.

According to Col. Patrick Seiber, communication director for U.S. Army Futures Command, this is the biggest change the U.S. Army has made in 45 years, one he said is essential in the transition from an industrial age to an informational age.

“This is a fundamental change, and we have to be in the kind of space where we can do this, not just staying behind our walls,” Seiber said. “That’s why we’re looking to move our headquarters to Austin.”

Varun Rai, associate dean for research

at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, advocated for the move to Austin during the final stages of the Army’s decision. Rai said UT students could benefit from the increase in technological research activity that the command center will bring to Austin.

“This is really a major initiative by the army,” Rai said. “It’s directly linked with the type of research we do at the University and really at the cutting-edge.”

Seiber attended meetings and panels in Austin on July 13 to inform citizens about the new center and how it will integrate into Austin. The Futures Command team expects the next wave of army employees to arrive by August, Seiber said.

Then, the Army will begin to hire civilians from Austin.

“We’ll get to grow over the next several months,” Seiber said. “We intend by the spring to have about 250 folks on the ground.”

With approval from the UT System Board of Regents, the headquarters will be stationed at the UT System Building on Seventh Street. David Daniel, deputy chancellor of the UT System, said the Army’s decision is a stamp of approval on

Austin’s national competitiveness.

“I think it’s a tremendous vote of confidence in UT-Austin and the University of Texas System and our entire region, that we have so much talent here,” Daniel said.

Seiber said Austin met all the criteria the Futures Command was looking for back in February — a city with high levels of education, industry and innovation.

“Part of the reason we’re moving to Austin is to be mixed with innovators and industry,” Seiber said. “We have to partner with the best, and Texas happens to have that.”

Daniel said he hopes programs at different UT system schools will contribute to the center, such as the cybersecurity program at UT-San Antonio and the microelectronics and nanoelectronics programs at UT-Dallas.

Seiber said both the Army and UT will benefit from the center’s location, because of the Army’s current need for solutions and students’ eagerness to pursue research and solve problems.

“The Army’s gonna come up with problems, and we’re gonna get students to come up with solutions,” Seiber said.

furnished apartment.

“I’m actually distributing (my stuff) to a few of my friends and I’m going to pay them for it,” Aedo said. “I’d much rather give my friends money than pay a storage unit company.”

But friends looking to help friends as they wait for their move-in date should exercise caution, said Sylvia Holmes, associate director of Legal Services for Students. Some leases have a monthly limit for overnight guests, and breaching a lease by allowing friends to stay for long periods of time could result in the renter getting evicted, Holmes said.

“A lot of the student leases where they’re renting by the bedroom are very narrow; they get maybe two nights a month where you can have an overnight guest,” Holmes said. “So if you stay three nights, your friend is in violation of their lease.”

Janssen and the University’s International

Office website suggests Airbnb, a hotel or other similar options for students who might need short-term housing. Janssen also suggested looking to sublet for a few weeks.

Outside of that, Janssen said there’s little way

I’d much rather give my friends money than pay a storage unit company.”

Danielle Aedo,

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around lease gaps.

“Sometimes property management will work with us, (or) some people move in a little bit early, but that’s not the most common,” Janssen said. “Typically there is going to be at least a five-day gap.”

carlos garcia | the daily texan staff Biomedical engineering junior Nav Murthy, left, and supply chain management senior Arpit Dua move out furniture from their apartment at Texan26 on Saturday, July 28. They are some of the many Longhorns who have gaps in between their leases for the upcoming semester.

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With the encouragement and guidance of his father, Royce dedicated his time to sports.

“He was so focused on (athletics), I think that kind of helped him. Growing up in Houston isn’t easy,” Royce Hamm Sr. said.

In 2015, Royce lost a former basketball teammate, Brent Randall, in a shooting at a party just off the campus of Texas Southern University.

“It’s tough, living in a neighborhood where you see your teammates or somebody you’re close to murdered,” Hamm said.

Then, in eighth grade, as kids his age played AAU year-round basketball, Royce tested his abilities on the court. He tried out for and made his middle school team, but that was just the beginning.

That ensuing summer, between his eighth and ninth grade years, Royce hit a growth spurt. While spikes in growth are common for incoming freshmen, his was a bit extreme. The once-5-foot-11-inch eighth grader showed up to high school at a towering 6-foot-4-inches.

He felt the athletic impact almost immediately, and with it came the encouragement from friends and family to pursue basketball. top left:

At Benjamin Davis High School, head basketball coach Cornelius Mitchell took a gamble. With just one year of basketball experience, the young freshman was placed on the varsity roster.

In his first varsity game, Royce received the ball on the low block. He took a power dribble and dunked over a senior defender.

“He’s probably one of the most improved players I’ve ever coached in my life. He went from an eighth grader with no basketball experience to one of the top 100 players in the country,” Mitchell said.

Coach Mitchell’s gamble appeared to be paying off. As Royce’s tenacious competitiveness continued to prove troublesome for opponents, his recruitment gained steam. At an AAU tournament in the summer of his junior year, he caught the attention of Texas basketball assistant coach Mike Morrell, who later said Royce “exhibited everything Shaka (Smart) wanted in a basketball player.”

“The more we found out about him, the more we liked him,” Morrell said.

With his father in San Antonio, Mitchell stepped up to guide Royce through the recruiting process.

“He really helped me out with that, letting me know what I can do, what I can’t do,” Hamm said. “He was kind of like a father figure because my father wasn’t there.”

In 2016, Royce committed to Texas.

“It was like a home away from home,” Hamm recalled.

Now, Royce faces his next obstacle. Last year wasn’t exactly a breakout season for the freshman. Playing behind Dylan Osetkowski, Jericho Sims and standout Mo Bamba restricted Royce to an average of 5.3 minutes of action per game.

“I don’t look at it as, ‘I wasted a year,’” Hamm said. “I look at it as a learning experience. I learned from watching Mo (Bamba) play, from watching Dylan (Osetkowski) play. Of course it bothered me, but I didn’t let it get me down too much.”

With his sophomore year in sight and Mo Bamba off to the NBA after getting drafted sixth overall by the Orlando Magic, Royce will have an opportunity to compete for a starting spot on the roster, and it’s safe to say he’s more than battle-tested.

The obstacles the sophomore has faced, from overcoming the challenges presented in a single-parent home to getting out of his hometown, have molded the 6-foot-8-inch, 230-pound forward into the person Longhorn fans see today. Now, just as he did as a kid in Greenspoint, he patiently waits for his next opportunity.

“My school and my community made me who I am today,” Hamm said. “I just do what I can do so when my number does get called, I’m ready.”

Royce Hamm Jr., left, celebrates with Jacob Young following Texas’ 105-59 victory over Northwestern State at the Frank Erwin Center on Nov. 14. carlos garcia | the daily texan staff bottom left: Hamm is expected to compete for a significant role on the Longhorns’ 2018 roster after Mo Bamba was selected sixth overall by the Orlando Magic. juan figueroa | the daily texan staff right: The sophomore forward grabs a rebound against Northwestern State at the Frank Erwin Center on Nov. 14. carlos garcia | the daily texan staff

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Plastic straw debate persists Potential straw ban poses problems for those with disabilities.

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or most, plastic straws are a convenience, a decoration or even an environmental hazard. For people such as government junior Caroline Graves, who was born missing part of her spine, straws are more than a dispensable waste product — they’re a crucial part of her life.

“I’m pretty good at hand strength, but sometimes, my hands shake a bit,” Graves, who now uses a wheelchair, said. “If it’s a large drink, or my hands are just unsteady that day, or the cup is kind of weird, I need straws.”

Many restaurants have stopped distributing straws to reduce plastic waste, however, leaving this basic necessity unavailable. In response to restaurants’ efforts to curb plastic straw distribution, students with disabilities have expressed the impact this move will have on their daily lives.

International companies such as Starbucks have garnered attention for their straw ban announcements, but many efforts can be found closer to home. El Naranjo, a Mexican restaurant on Rainey Street, is one example. Iliana de la Vega, El Naranjo’s owner and chef, said that personal preference and environmental concerns

motivated her to lessen her restaurant’s straw usage, only giving them out on request.

“We have a patio at the restaurant, so (customers) threw (straws) all over the place,” de la Vega said. “It was very disgusting to see that happening.”

For advocates of disability-related causes such as Graves, straw bans are a slap in the face. Graves said that straw ban supporters oftentimes leave her feeling belittled.

“You feel like talking about something that is really personal and relevant to your existence, daily comfort and safety, and having people invalidate that — it’s very frustrating,” Graves said.

Graves said that some straw ban supporters have also recommended that disabled people bring their own straws. She pointed out that remembering to carry straws with her and planning meetups around restaurants’ straw bans would be challenging.

“It would be really upsetting to ... say, ‘I can’t go there because I need straws,’” Graves said.

Other local restaurants, such as Kerbey Lane Cafe, provide guests with straws on request. Amanda Kuda, Kerbey Lane Cafe’s vice president of communications, said that without a durable, biodegradable alternative available, banning plastic straws is impractical.

“Manufacturers (of) sustainable straw solutions are backed up for months and can’t keep up with the demand,” Kuda said. “Any

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restaurant that uses straws in tremendously large volumes is going to struggle to even get the solution.”

Graves worries that a strawon-request policy would help little, allowing restaurants to question distributing straws to individuals with “less visible” disabilities.

“I’m lucky to have more of a visible disability, so people are like, ‘She needs straws perhaps,’” Graves said. “People who have more invisible disabilities … might get more judged when asking for (straws).”

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durable alternative is introduced, Graves said that she’ll accept the product with open arms. But until then, she said she’ll keep advocating for an item that is vital to many disabled individuals’ lives.

“I like to recycle, I like to bring my own bags and things like that. There’s just not a good alternative that’s been introduced,” Graves said. “If we really want to reduce our plastic usage, then why don’t we target that arena a bit more, instead of putting the burden on disabled people?”

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The script oozes with intrigue.

The film is always 10 steps ahead of the audience ... ” CIA sends assassin August Walker (Henry Cavill) to ensure the job gets done.

Writer-director Christopher McQuarrie, who directed the previous entry, “Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation,” successfully utilizes every tool at his disposal to give the audience the most thrilling experience possible.

The script oozes with intrigue. The film is always 10 steps ahead of the audience, throwing a myriad of twists and turns at the audience that takes them deeper into the world of

“Mission: Impossible.” Not only do we get fun scenes to watch, such as an introduction to a socialite arms dealer played by a scene-stealing, posh Vanessa Kirby, but we also begin to finally learn why the Syndicate feels so compelled to tear up the new world order.

This complexity in the film’s screenwriting extends to its action sequences.

From a HALO jump in the middle of a lightning storm to a bare-knuckle nightclub brawl and even a midair fight between two helicopters, these action sequences are a monumental achievement in blockbuster filmmaking.

These scenes work so well because they make excellent use of all the characters.

Hunt’s team members Benji (Simon Pegg) and Luther (Ving Rhames) are continually given important tasks he needs them to complete during these sequences, while wildcards Walker and former MI6 agent Ilsa Faust (Rebecca Ferguson) threaten to jeopardize the mission.

Even Julia Meade-Hunt (Michelle Monaghan), the love of Hunt’s life, is brought into the equation, leading to a well-oiled machine of tension that guarantees audience investment.

Another reason the sequences work so well is that McQuarrie and cinematographer Rob Hardy give these sequences an immediacy that focuses on the physicality of the actors and stuntmen. Every hit, crash and explosion feels completely real. On the acting front, Cavill and Ferguson deserve considerable praise for the hulking fisticuffs and femme fatale grace they bring to their respective roles.

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Newscast copyright paramount pictures and reproduced with permission Tom Cruise returns to his role as the American superspy Ethan Hunt in the most impressive installment of the “Mission: Impossible” series since its debut in 1996.

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continues from page 8 If anything ties the whole film together, however, it’s Tom Cruise. Cruise once again performed his own stunts for this film. Every piece of action Hunt is involved in feels that much more nail-biting, almost like watching Harry Houdini in his prime. Cruise gives 150 percent in every aspect of his performance, showing

more vulnerability than he has in previous films in the series. Through Cruise’s performance, we understand just what makes Hunt such an asset as an agent and a human being. His performance in this film proves that Cruise is one of the finest pure entertainers working in Hollywood today.

“Mission: Impossible – Fallout” goes beyond being a fun blockbuster. McQuarrie and Cruise are a match made

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Texas suspends linebacker following July 4 incident

By Alex Briseño @ALEXXBRISENO

University of Texas football player Demarco Boyd has been suspended from all team activities, head coach Tom Herman confirmed in a press release Thursday afternoon.

While the program didn’t specify the reason for suspension, the Austin American-Statesman reported that Boyd has been charged with misdemeanor assault following an altercation after a car

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accident on July 4.

Boyd was expected to turn himself into the Travis County jail and be released Thursday, according to the report.

“We are aware of the situation with Demarco Boyd and have suspended him from all team activities at this time,” Herman said in a press release. “We will continue to monitor the legal process and pending its completion, determine any further action.”

Demarco’s brother, senior defensive back Kris Boyd, who was was in the vehicle,

confirmed that Texas freshman defensive back B.J. Foster was also in the vehicle with a tweet on the day of the accident, “Our angels had they hands over us today @nofear_2 Got rear ended and smashed! We’re doing a lot better. Thank you to those who reached out. Could’ve been gone but we here.”

Demarco, a Gilmer-native, was redshirted in 2016 and saw limited time in 2017. Boyd saw the field in just four games, primarily on special teams but also at linebacker late against Kansas.

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morgan boone | the daily texan file Frank Denius, World War II veteran and UT alumnus, gave a lecture in honor of Veterans Day in 2015.

Denius gave his perspective of the war and how public concern about the military must increase.

Beloved Longhorn football booster alumnus dies at 93

By Ross Burkhart @ ROSS_BURKHART

The University of Texas lost a legendary Longhorn booster and University supporter after the death of Frank Denius on Sunday morning.

The 93-year-old was a Longhorn alumnus and longtime booster of the football team as well as a contributor to academic projects around the 40 Acres.

A member of the class of 1949, Denius was commonly regarded as the “10th most decorated soldier in the European theater of World War II” and attended UT football games and practices for more than 70 years, according to a Texas Athletics news release written by fellow longtime University figure Bill Little.

As news spread of Denius’ death throughout the morning, many UT members were quick to speak in high regard of the legendary Longhorn.

“Frank Denius was the ultimate Longhorn,” UT President Gregory

Fenves said in a statement.

“His generosity improved the lives of thousands of students and allowed UT to grow into one of the great public flagship universities in the nation. He was a friend and advisor to me and to many previous presidents. I will miss him greatly but I know his legacy will last for generations here on the Forty Acres.”

As a dedicated supporter who rarely missed a Saturday kickoff, Denius was present for Texas’ national championship win in the 2006 Rose Bowl under former head coach Mack Brown.

“Mr. Denius was a special man and friend,” Brown tweeted. “No one cared more about @TexasFootball more than Frank. I often said he made more of our practices than I did.

He will be missed!”

Frank Denius Fields was constructed in 1994, in part from a generous contribution made to the program by Denius and the Cain Foundation, and has served as a practice field for the team.

On Veterans Day in 2009, the University would officially name

the northwest corner of Darrell K Royal–Teams Memorial Stadium “Frank Denius Memorial Plaza” which hosts a display with the names of each student and faculty member who served in World War I. “When Texas Memorial Stadium was undergoing various transformations through the years, it was Frank who stood sentinel, making sure that the original purpose of the stadium — to honor those Texans who died in World War I — would be honored,” Little said. “And it was Frank, working with Coach Royal, who maintained that integrity as the newest version became Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium in 1996.”

Denius’ familiar face and guiding presence is one to be missed as the Longhorns begin fall camp on Aug. 3.

“He believed in football, because he believed in the spirit of the game and what it taught young kids,” Little said. “He celebrated the victories, hated the defeats, and was always ready to strap on his boots for one more march to the next game.”

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