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Hello, welcome to the University of Texas! We're glad to have you here. UT has traditions and a culture all its own. But you may well be wondering about the other side of UT - its history, its dark secrets, and how things really work around here. This guide will help you fill in the gaps.

UT-Austin is a special place. Go find the George Washington statue on South Mall. Look south. Just five blocks away you can see the dome of the state capitol where our elected officials make decisions affecting all Texans and the University of Texas. Turnaround. You'll be standing in the shadow of the Tower where UT administrators run the school largely absent of meaningful democratic input from students, faculty, and staff. If you want to make a difference in politics and society while in college, you've come to the right place. Most of the time, UT is bursting with activism, whether it's students running for a place in Student Government, lobbying at the Capitol, or leading a grassroots campaign for an issue they care passionately about. We want you to get involved as quickly as possible if you think that's your cup of tea. For that reason, we've included a listing of active student groups in this guide that you can get involved with.

Your four - or five or six - years at UT will go by faster than a knife fight in a telephone booth, so don't squander all your time with your head in the books or at the bottom of a beer bottle. Get involved!

And now that you've been oriented, it's time to turn the page and get (dis)oriented. Hook 'em!

UT Watch is a student-based watchdog group for the University of Texas at Austin. We promote campus democracy, affordable education, and genuine access to higher education for all Texans. We resist corporate control of education, authoritarian decision-making, and misuse of public money. For more information visit us at: http://www.utwatch.org/.