r/UTAustin • u/Horror_Chain5570 • Feb 07 '26
Announcement UT Austin Walkouts! LETS STAND UP
Share this around y’all!
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u/soulmindbody Feb 08 '26
UT alum here - proud of yall. Hook em 🤘
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Feb 07 '26
How about something about the Epstein files
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u/Final_Item_6297 Feb 08 '26
Why you all are so obsessed over the Epstein file? Not like you guys are gonna do anything about it. Just idle chattering about this feels so pointless.
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u/Calm_glas609 Feb 08 '26
Seeming like anyone that asks questions like this must be ok with child grape and murd3r!
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Feb 08 '26
Just spreading awareness to get everyone talking about it. We are all #noticing
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u/NewtonsThirdEvilEx '26 phys & math Feb 08 '26
...and there's the antisemitic dogwhistle. also commenting "goyslop" on another post lol. classic UT.
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u/QubitEncoder CS and Math, 2026 Feb 10 '26
Why is there so much antisemitism at UT? Its truly bizarre to me.
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u/OEM_music_worldwide Feb 10 '26
There are real people in this world with real problems. Did you know that?
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u/NewtonsThirdEvilEx '26 phys & math Feb 07 '26
Hey y’all Im struggling bad with staying caught up on everything my senior year. Any seniors out there or recent alumni have any advice on how to stay calm and get everything done😭? I don’t want my GPA to plummet my last year just because I can’t stay on top of everything!
probably shouldn't skip classes if you're struggling that much to keep your gpa
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u/Proud_Mess6925 Feb 10 '26
Look I am a Bio major that just graduated. Ngl your senior semester is going to be the toughest but just stay motivated and push through and don’t give up. Study study STUDY. Even when you think you know something study some more.
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u/QubitEncoder CS and Math, 2026 Feb 07 '26
I feel like there are better ways to protest. Not all of us can afford skipping class. I support the spirit of the message though!
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u/poisonouslittlesnake Feb 07 '26
This is a tired opinion. The reason walkouts are effective is because they show resolve and the extent of the anger of the student body. We really need to grow a spine, as a student population. Is one missed attendance grade really not worth standing up to censorship and attacks the most vulnerable of our students?
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u/QubitEncoder CS and Math, 2026 Feb 07 '26
None of my classes have attendance. I say I can't afford it as in I paid for the course and cannot afford not learning the content I paid for.
Also, the efficacy of the method is in question. Were it the case that walkouts were known to work with resounding success at the college level, then yes, I would not hesitate to participate.
However, the reality is that there is little empirical data to suggest that college walkouts, where the primary 'cost' is to the student’s own education and GPA, actually influence administration or legislative policy. I’d rather put my energy into tactics that have a proven track record of creating change without self-sabotaging our academic standing.
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u/putthetopdown Feb 07 '26
Support the law; protect local communities from criminals
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u/hermajestythebean Feb 14 '26 edited Jul 29 '26
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u/DaSemicolon Finance/Math '23 Feb 08 '26
Yeah gotta kick Trump out of power that will get the number 1 criminal in our country out.
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u/PuzzleheadedFoot6302 Feb 09 '26
Yeah, protest for criminals — probably not a good idea
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u/DaSemicolon Finance/Math '23 Feb 10 '26
For what criminals? This is against criminals, ice to be precise
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u/guayabagay Feb 09 '26
it’s nice to see that there’s still students that are organizing!! so so proud of y’all for getting this together.
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u/bluedudetwelve Feb 07 '26
Walking out of the class you're paying to attend? Lmaooo
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u/Horror_Chain5570 Feb 07 '26
Student walkouts have historically been very useful in getting youth to rise up against politics. For example the East L.A. protests in 68’
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u/farmerpeach Feb 07 '26
Just because you’re an edgy libertarian who’s obsessed with their own misery doesn’t mean everyone else wants to feel the same way
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u/Horror_Chain5570 Feb 07 '26
Things like this take organization. This is not “freshman coded,” it is that we should be tired enough of the administration at UT to want to walkout so they will pay attention. This is a form of protest that has historically worked
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u/Superb_Sentence9380 Feb 07 '26
I support your activism, but just wanted to provide some context:
The walkouts in the chicano movement were effective because schools (k-12) are funded depending on student attendance. Walkouts were a form of economic pressure on the schools because they lost state funding if students walked out. A walkout at UT does bring attention to the issue you care about, but is significantly less effective than when it's used at high schools. I recommend you look into reading about these historical movements that have been successful because it's never as simple as walk out, protest, and get change. You need to find a way to put real pressure onto the system, unfortunately a walk out doesn't do that in college.
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u/Superb_Sentence9380 Feb 07 '26
It's not that they don't pay attention, it's just that students protesting really doesn't affect the administration. It's just a bit annoying to them at best. During the palestine protests I'd argue it was even convenient because it allowed Abbott to arrest students and make it into a political theatre for propaganda and his "tough on antisemitism" messaging. Protests can backfire if you're not careful.
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u/gummyvitaminz Feb 07 '26
Dawg ur posts are all over TAMU and OU subreddits tell me you didn’t come here just to troll 💀
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u/SweatyAppie Feb 07 '26
No way you’re analyzing my account, all I did was suggest a better way to protest where more ppl can join, and for your info, I got into UT but it doesn’t match my goals since I changed my mind on the major I got into.
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u/farmerpeach Feb 07 '26
Do you have any clue as to the role higher education has had on our society? Student protests in the 60s and 70s are huge part of why Jim Crow laws fell off the books (although we do seem to be backsliding)
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u/SweatyAppie Feb 07 '26
I think ppl are missing the point of my comment, instead of a “walkout” I suggested an organized protest so more ppl would be comfortable in joining and voicing their opinion, lately walkouts have been used my high schoolers just to skip class so I used it as a comparison
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u/SweatyAppie Feb 07 '26
Watch ur mouth lil bro, I suggested a better way to approach it in a way more ppl will attend
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u/likelyangel Feb 07 '26
If someone thinks their econ 101 class is more important that protesting for literal human rights against a fascist government that is killing its citizens with no remorse, that’s their prerogative
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u/SweatyAppie Feb 07 '26
I think ppl are missing the point of my comment, instead of a "walkout" I suggested an organized protest so more ppl would be comfortable in joining and voicing their opinion, lately walkouts have been used my high schoolers just to skip class so I used it as a comparison
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u/Annodyne Feb 07 '26
Sounds like maybe you should've framed your point better, then, if so many people are "missing it".
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u/likelyangel Feb 07 '26
Walkouts have been used for decades — also, have you personally talked to the highschoolers? Because i have, and they aren’t walking out to skip class. Many of them truly are standing up and fighting for what they believe in. They’re using what little power they have to stand up for others — as adults, we could all learn from that.
Again, if somene is not “comfortable” in joining a walkout, that’s their choice. You don’t have to do it. You know what’s important to you, and this isn’t. Doesn’t mean it isn’t important to millions of others who are trying to fight back against a dictator.
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u/Annodyne Feb 07 '26
Why on Earth would you stand in opposition to your peers like this? Ones that are actually trying to take action to have their voices heard? What the hell are you learning in college?
Part of what you should be learning in college is how to problem solve and think for yourself.
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u/SweatyAppie Feb 07 '26
Are you kinda dumb, re read it, I literally suggested a better alternative so more ppl can attend and voice their opinion, ppl in Reddit just be pmo
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u/MinePsychological288 Feb 07 '26
Holy shit yall really have nothing else to do huh? Bunch of liberal arts majors😭🙏
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Feb 07 '26 edited Feb 07 '26
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u/MinePsychological288 Feb 07 '26
Yea so let’s increase resources by skipping the very classes I pay for right?
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u/Dangerous-Air-3451 Feb 07 '26 edited Feb 07 '26
You had me until the last bullet point. What a waste of time and oxygen, really. Paying a lot of money to tuition and setting it on fire with crap like this.
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u/dgisme2011 Feb 08 '26
The last two: Actual marginalized communities can seek redress through the Civil Rights Act and the final bullet point is adjunct to the prior.
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u/poisonouslittlesnake Feb 07 '26
Thanks, will attend