NOT THE CACTUS!

Horrible news has hit The University of Texas campus this evening. Our beloved Cactus Cafe will close in August due to budget cuts at the Texas Union. THIS IS A TRAVESTY PEOPLE! The Cactus Cafe is the venue where many famous Austin artists began their careers: Lyle Lovett, David Garza, Nanci Griffith, Lucinda Williams, Shawn Colvin and others.

The Cactus Cafe was where my fiance and I had one of our first dates five years ago — a Monte Montgomery concert. If you haven’t heard of Monte, you must look him up. Even better, go to a show at the Cactus! This small music venue is in the heart of campus, a place where you can actually see the musicians and feel like you are part of the music. Please visit the Cactus on campus, we need to show UT Administration how important this venue is to campus.

Along with Cactus Cafe closing, we are losing Informal Classes. Of course, these classes have been on my to do list for the past 8 years. Anything from languages, to religion, to computer programming to knitting, UT offers courses for the benefit of our community. Guess I better start looking through the Informal Course Schedule….

Our campus is losing what makes us unique, we must do something!!

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