Austinist: UT Wants A Redo, And Your Help

apv

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 18:15:07 -0600

Anyone else see the editorial in the Texan today about University pay raises? I can't believe that those useless [fools] on the SG get 4500 bucks a year.

pd

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 18:04:32 -0600

I stand corrected, it is near Hogg, not the Ransom.

chris

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 17:28:02 -0600

"Surrounded by the Battle Oaks, ..., --will be placed next to the Harry Ransom Center on 24th and Whitis." the ransom center is on 21st across from dobie...maybe you mean hogg auditorium?

Edward

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 16:32:03 -0600

Nike had the most fitting tribute to her with their line of Air Jordan shoes.

Sudo

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 11:51:23 -0600

I think the seated position is appropriate and not subservient, giving the decades Ms. Jordan spent in a wheelchair. But a seated figure can still convey her powerful and dynamic presence. The Barbara Jordan statue at the airport gets it right.

eliz. s.

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 11:02:51 -0600

I'm with Odam. I think Ms. Jordan is very deserving of a better statue than one relegating her to the side of a bench in a weird subservient position.

Benji

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 01:40:05 -0600

Plus she built that airport.

odam

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 23:43:35 -0600

Anyone who ever saw Barbara Jordan speak or had the pleasure of her company knows she was one of the most dynamic and powerful presences in our state's history. Relegating her to a bench seems lame, despite the merits of the statue.

ldr

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 22:53:18 -0600

So what becomes of the statue of her on the bench now? Too bad this one is rejected, apart form the plain silliness of the whole thing and the expense, I think the statue is pretty cool. Subtle is good sometimes.

Austingal

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 22:22:06 -0600

Only statue of a woman on campus -- UT should be ashamed. In light of this new information - guess what that 8 million dollar scoreboard represents now....

Stew

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 22:16:29 -0600

$125,000 = bureaucracy

pd

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 21:18:02 -0600

$400,000 have been allocated for the Jordan statue, but the actual cost is $275,000. I have no idea where the other $125,000 is going?

Stew

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:51:20 -0600

I don't know the market for statues these days but $400,000 sounds pretty steep.

JUBCHA

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:22:07 -0600

I'M GOING TO SUBMIT MY VERSION OF THE STATUE. IT WILL BE BILL COSBY MEETS HAMMER AND WILL BE MADE OF CLAY.

Justin

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:08:11 -0600

Let's raise their taxes tuition, hold a popular vote, then decide that vote doesn't count. It's the American way. I guess the UT Barbara Jordan Statue Committee realized that there would be no need for the UT Barbara Jordan Statue Committee once the statue is approved.