The shooting continues along The Drag, a nearby street full of shops and restaurants. An employee of the university bookstore helps a wounded boy. More people join the rescue efforts. Students eating lunch and shopping take cover or run to safety...
The sniper opens fire on the University of Texas campus and the surrounding area. He shoots a pregnant woman, leaving her on hot concrete in the middle of the gunfire. A local radio reporter heads to the scene. Students in a Shakespeare class watch...
It’s August 1, 1966, a hot summer day in Austin, Texas. Not that many people are on the University of Texas campus, except the students enrolled in summer classes. As Monday morning classes start, a 25-year-old former Marine has just killed his wife...
On Aug. 1, 1966, a sniper climbed the steps of the University of Texas at Austin’s 27-story tower. Seventeen people were killed, and more than 30 others were injured. Fifty-six years later, mass shootings make headlines nearly every week. And the...
During my first semester here at the University of Texas campus, I took a class with Professor Robert Quigley, who mentioned creating the Drag Audio Production House and its series called “Darkness.” At the time, audio journalism wasn’t...