AFS Cinema
Can Sustain No More
RECEIVED Fri., Sept. 23, 2016
Dear Editor,
I would much like to attend the Texas Tribune Festival, especially the program on Campus Carry ["Local Highlights at Trib Fest," News, Sept. 23], but must decline the privilege to enter the UT campus since Aug. 1, Armament Day. Seeing Julian Bond at the LBJ Library a few months ago was my last hurrah on the Forty Acres.
Ray LaMontagne may not make the splash of a Bruce Springsteen refusal to perform, but I'm now a fan. And, that event venues are off-limits under concealed carry does not forgive the conflicted atmosphere of an exchange of gunfire and the exchange of ideas. After being a KUT dollar-a-day "sustainer" for over five years, even having never been to the station, seeing "UT Austin" on my monthly bank statement proved too much to take.
Tonight I'll eat a picnic ham from a feral hog I shot on my property. Maybe a campus carry advocate could take my place as a contributor to KUT.
I would much like to attend the Texas Tribune Festival, especially the program on Campus Carry ["Local Highlights at Trib Fest," News, Sept. 23], but must decline the privilege to enter the UT campus since Aug. 1, Armament Day. Seeing Julian Bond at the LBJ Library a few months ago was my last hurrah on the Forty Acres.
Ray LaMontagne may not make the splash of a Bruce Springsteen refusal to perform, but I'm now a fan. And, that event venues are off-limits under concealed carry does not forgive the conflicted atmosphere of an exchange of gunfire and the exchange of ideas. After being a KUT dollar-a-day "sustainer" for over five years, even having never been to the station, seeing "UT Austin" on my monthly bank statement proved too much to take.
Tonight I'll eat a picnic ham from a feral hog I shot on my property. Maybe a campus carry advocate could take my place as a contributor to KUT.
Ben Eastburn