2-SALLY:ONE OF THE STUDENTS
STABBED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
TEXAS IN MAY WILL BE PART OF
AN ANNUAL TRADITION THIS
MORNING PROVING NOTHING WILL
STOP HIM.2-JOHN:STUART BAYLISS
-- AN ROTC ENGINEERING STUDENT
WHO HOPES TO ONE DAY JOIN THE
MARINES -- WILL TAKE PART IN A
TIME HONORED TRADITION AHEAD
OF THE RED RIVER SHOWDOWN
FOOTBALL GAME THIS WEEKEND.
KATE WEIDAW IS LIVE AT UT
WHERE STUART AND OTHER ROTC
MEMBERS ARE UP EARLY.KATE:THIS
IS THE BIG PRE-GAME TRADITION
THAT WILL BE LEAVING AT 6:15
THIS MORNING FROM THE LIBERAL
ARTS BUILDING ON CAMPUS.LAST
NIGHT THE TEXAS EXES- STARTED
THE TRADITION BY HOLDING THE
TEXAS FIGHT RALLY.THIS YEAR
THE TORCHLIGHT PARADE WAS
CANCELLED DUE TO THE WHITE
NATIONALIST RALLIES IN
CHARLOTESVILLE, VIRGINIA.BUT
ROTC MEMBERS WERE GIVEN THE
GAME BALL BY UT FOOTBALL COACH
TOM HERMAN.AND ONE OF THE
MEMBERS RUNNING THE BALL TO
DALLAS IS AUSTIN DOUGLAS.THE
BALL TO DALLAS MEMBERS RUNNING
THE BALL TO DALLAS IS AUSTIN
DOUGLAS.ROTC MEMBERS RUN IN
SHIFTS AROUND THE CLOCK WITH
SUPPORT VANS FOLLOWING.IT'S A
RELAY STYLE RUNNING EVENT.EACH
MEMBER MAY RUN UPWARDS OF 20
TO 30 MILES BEFORE REACHING
DALLAS TO HAND THE GAME BALL
BACK TO COACH HERMAN.IT'S THE
BIGGEST EVENT THE ROTC TAKES
PART IN DURING THE SEMESTER.
KATE:
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