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.infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org">UT Tower</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Tower,_University_of_Texas_at_Austin_(ca_1980).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/The_Tower%2C_University_of_Texas_at_Austin_%28ca_1980%29.jpg/250px-The_Tower%2C_University_of_Texas_at_Austin_%28ca_1980%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="322" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/The_Tower%2C_University_of_Texas_at_Austin_%28ca_1980%29.jpg/375px-The_Tower%2C_University_of_Texas_at_Austin_%28ca_1980%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/The_Tower%2C_University_of_Texas_at_Austin_%28ca_1980%29.jpg/500px-The_Tower%2C_University_of_Texas_at_Austin_%28ca_1980%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1545" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="text-align: center">The Main Building in the foreground, c. 1980</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align: center"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 250px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="250" data-height="200" data-zoom="13" data-overlays="["_ff10c9505ff617185f1b7ca08cb7bbd34e9be130"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,13,a,a,250x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Main_Building_%28University_of_Texas_at_Austin%29&revid=1233822611&groups=_ff10c9505ff617185f1b7ca08cb7bbd34e9be130" width="250" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,13,a,a,250x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Main_Building_%28University_of_Texas_at_Austin%29&revid=1233822611&groups=_ff10c9505ff617185f1b7ca08cb7bbd34e9be130 2x" alt="Map" /></a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ededed">General information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Architectural style</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Beaux-Arts_architecture" title="Beaux-Arts architecture">Beaux-Arts</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data label">110 Inner Campus Drive, <a href="/wiki/Austin,_Texas" title="Austin, Texas">Austin</a>, Texas<br />United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Main_Building_(University_of_Texas_at_Austin)&params=30.2861_N_97.7393_W_region:US_type:edu"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">30°17′10″N</span> <span class="longitude">97°44′21″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">30.2861°N 97.7393°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">30.2861; -97.7393</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Construction started</th><td class="infobox-data">1934</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Completed</th><td class="infobox-data">1937</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ededed">Height</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Roof</th><td class="infobox-data">307 ft (94 m)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ededed">Technical details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Floor count</th><td class="infobox-data">27</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ededed">Design and construction</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Architect(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Philippe_Cret" title="Paul Philippe Cret">Paul Philippe Cret</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Main Building</b> (known colloquially as <b>The Tower</b>) is a structure at the center of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas_at_Austin" title="University of Texas at Austin">University of Texas at Austin</a> campus in <a href="/wiki/Downtown_Austin" title="Downtown Austin">Downtown</a> <a href="/wiki/Austin,_Texas" title="Austin, Texas">Austin, Texas</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>. The Main Building's 307-foot (94 m) tower has 27 floors<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is one of the most recognizable symbols of the university and the city.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Main_Building_(University_of_Texas_at_Austin)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1882–1934"><span id="1882.E2.80.931934"></span>1882–1934</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Main_Building_(University_of_Texas_at_Austin)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 1882–1934"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Old_Main_Building_at_The_University_of_Texas_at_Austin_.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Old_Main_Building_at_The_University_of_Texas_at_Austin_.jpg/220px-Old_Main_Building_at_The_University_of_Texas_at_Austin_.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Old_Main_Building_at_The_University_of_Texas_at_Austin_.jpg/330px-Old_Main_Building_at_The_University_of_Texas_at_Austin_.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Old_Main_Building_at_The_University_of_Texas_at_Austin_.jpg/440px-Old_Main_Building_at_The_University_of_Texas_at_Austin_.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="448" /></a><figcaption>The university's Old Main Building in a 1903 photo.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Main_Building_of_the_Texas_State_University,_Austin,_Texas_(close_up).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Main_Building_of_the_Texas_State_University%2C_Austin%2C_Texas_%28close_up%29.jpg/220px-Main_Building_of_the_Texas_State_University%2C_Austin%2C_Texas_%28close_up%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Main_Building_of_the_Texas_State_University%2C_Austin%2C_Texas_%28close_up%29.jpg/330px-Main_Building_of_the_Texas_State_University%2C_Austin%2C_Texas_%28close_up%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Main_Building_of_the_Texas_State_University%2C_Austin%2C_Texas_%28close_up%29.jpg/440px-Main_Building_of_the_Texas_State_University%2C_Austin%2C_Texas_%28close_up%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="748" data-file-height="485" /></a><figcaption>Main Building, University of Texas, Austin, Texas (postcard, circa 1905)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:University_of_Texas_at_Austin_August_2019_39_(Main_Building).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/University_of_Texas_at_Austin_August_2019_39_%28Main_Building%29.jpg/170px-University_of_Texas_at_Austin_August_2019_39_%28Main_Building%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/University_of_Texas_at_Austin_August_2019_39_%28Main_Building%29.jpg/255px-University_of_Texas_at_Austin_August_2019_39_%28Main_Building%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/University_of_Texas_at_Austin_August_2019_39_%28Main_Building%29.jpg/340px-University_of_Texas_at_Austin_August_2019_39_%28Main_Building%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="6000" /></a><figcaption>The Main Building in 2019</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_University_of_Texas_Life_Science_Library.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/The_University_of_Texas_Life_Science_Library.jpg/170px-The_University_of_Texas_Life_Science_Library.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/The_University_of_Texas_Life_Science_Library.jpg/255px-The_University_of_Texas_Life_Science_Library.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/The_University_of_Texas_Life_Science_Library.jpg/340px-The_University_of_Texas_Life_Science_Library.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption>The crowded stacks at the Life Science Library.</figcaption></figure> <p>The old <a href="/wiki/Victorian_architecture" title="Victorian architecture">Victorian</a>-<a href="/wiki/Gothic_Revival_architecture" title="Gothic Revival architecture">Gothic</a> Main Building served as the central point of the campus's forty-acre site, and was used for nearly all purposes beginning in 1882. However, by the 1930s, discussions arose about the need for new library space, and the Main Building was razed in 1934 over the objections of many students and faculty. All that remains of the Old Main Building are its old chime bells (called the <a href="/wiki/Burleson_Bells" title="Burleson Bells">Burleson Bells</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), which are now exhibited as part of a permanent display outside the university's <a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas_Performing_Arts_Center" title="University of Texas Performing Arts Center">Bass Concert Hall</a>. </p><p>Texas architect <a href="/wiki/Samuel_E._Gideon" title="Samuel E. Gideon">Samuel E. Gideon</a> salvaged the bricks and stained-glass windows from Old Main and integrated them into his Austin home, Pemberton Castle.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The modern-day Main Building and Tower were constructed in its place.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1935–present"><span id="1935.E2.80.93present"></span>1935–present</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Main_Building_(University_of_Texas_at_Austin)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1935–present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:UT_Tower_-_Main_Building.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/UT_Tower_-_Main_Building.JPG/220px-UT_Tower_-_Main_Building.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/UT_Tower_-_Main_Building.JPG/330px-UT_Tower_-_Main_Building.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/UT_Tower_-_Main_Building.JPG/440px-UT_Tower_-_Main_Building.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>The present Main Building designed by <a href="/wiki/Paul_Philippe_Cret" title="Paul Philippe Cret">Paul Philippe Cret</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Main_Building_at_The_University_of_Texas_at_Austin.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Main_Building_at_The_University_of_Texas_at_Austin.jpg/220px-Main_Building_at_The_University_of_Texas_at_Austin.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Main_Building_at_The_University_of_Texas_at_Austin.jpg/330px-Main_Building_at_The_University_of_Texas_at_Austin.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Main_Building_at_The_University_of_Texas_at_Austin.jpg/440px-Main_Building_at_The_University_of_Texas_at_Austin.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>The facade of the Main Building. The inscription reads: "<a href="/wiki/Veritas_vos_liberabit" class="mw-redirect" title="Veritas vos liberabit">Ye shall know the Truth and the Truth shall make you free</a>".</figcaption></figure> <p>Originally, the university planned to use the Tower as a library space, using a <a href="/wiki/Elevator#Dumbwaiter" title="Elevator">dumbwaiter</a> system to carry books from the upper floors to the students requesting them in the circulation room on a lower floor. Library employees were stationed on every other floor; students filled out paper book-request slips, which were sent upstairs by a <a href="/wiki/Pneumatic_tube" title="Pneumatic tube">pneumatic tube</a>. The books were sent down to the students using an 18-story dumbwaiter. This proved ineffective, and the dumbwaiter is no longer used for that purpose. The building now mainly contains administrative offices, though it does still house a three-floor <a href="/wiki/Life_sciences" class="mw-redirect" title="Life sciences">life sciences</a> library and the Miriam Lutcher Stark Library of early and significant editions of English <a href="/wiki/Romanticism" title="Romanticism">Romanticist</a> works. </p><p>Two separate sets of elevators serve the building; one in the front, one in back. In the floors above the stacks and below a few top-floor offices, several floors contain the university herbarium (Plant Resources Center). <a href="/wiki/U.S._census" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. census">U.S. census</a> data are compiled and analyzed on some of these floors. Lastly, two secure elevators provide access to all 27 floors of the Tower while an elevator on the 27th floor provides access to the 28th-floor Observation Deck. There is also a book elevator in the stacks that serves floors 2 through 17. </p><p>The 307-foot (94 m) tower was designed by <a href="/wiki/Paul_Philippe_Cret" title="Paul Philippe Cret">Paul Philippe Cret</a>. Completed in 1937, the Main Building is located in the middle of campus. At the top of the Tower is a <a href="/wiki/Carillon" title="Carillon">carillon</a> of 56 bells, the largest in Texas. The carillon is played daily. </p><p>During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, the university installed an <a href="/wiki/Civil_defense_siren" title="Civil defense siren">air raid siren</a> built by its chief communications engineer, Jack Maguire, atop of the Tower. As there was never an air attack on the city, this siren was only tested and never truly used. The decommissioned siren was superseded by four electronic sirens installed in early 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1966_massacre">1966 massacre</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Main_Building_(University_of_Texas_at_Austin)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1966 massacre"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas_tower_shooting" title="University of Texas tower shooting">University of Texas tower shooting</a></div> <p>On August 1, 1966, Charles Joseph Whitman, an <a href="/wiki/Architectural_engineering" title="Architectural engineering">architectural engineering</a> student at the university, barricaded himself in the observation deck of the tower of the Main Building with a scoped <a href="/wiki/Remington_700" class="mw-redirect" title="Remington 700">Remington 700</a> deer rifle and various other weapons. In a 96-minute standoff, Whitman killed 14 people and wounded 32 more (including 1 who died 35 years later of his wounds).<sup id="cite_ref-Unborn_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Unborn-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two police officers and a deputized manager from the co-op from across the mall climbed to the top of the tower and shot Whitman to death. </p><p>The observation deck remained closed until June 1967.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Suicide_site">Suicide site</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Main_Building_(University_of_Texas_at_Austin)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Suicide site"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The tower's observation deck was closed again in 1974 after nine suicide jumps.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 11, 1998, the Board of Regents of the UT system approved the recommendation of Student Association leaders and of then-president <a href="/wiki/Larry_Faulkner" title="Larry Faulkner">Larry Faulkner</a> to reopen the Tower's observation deck to visitors.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the installation of security and safety measures, the observation deck reopened to the public in 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The observation deck was closed in 2002 and 2003 after the <a href="/wiki/September_11_attacks" title="September 11 attacks">September 11 attacks</a>, and reopened in 2004 with added security. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Tower_Girl">Tower Girl</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Main_Building_(University_of_Texas_at_Austin)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Tower Girl"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A female <a href="/wiki/Peregrine_falcon" title="Peregrine falcon">peregrine falcon</a> nicknamed Tower Girl first attempted nesting on top of the tower in 2018. The University of Texas Biodiversity Center placed a <a href="/wiki/Webcam" title="Webcam">webcam</a> in order to monitor her, as a successful nesting attempt would expand the documented breeding range of the species in North America.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="April_24_Protest">April 24 Protest</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Main_Building_(University_of_Texas_at_Austin)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: April 24 Protest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2024_pro-Palestinian_protests_on_university_campuses" title="2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses">2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Protest_Image_UT_Austin_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/93/Protest_Image_UT_Austin_%282%29.jpg/220px-Protest_Image_UT_Austin_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/93/Protest_Image_UT_Austin_%282%29.jpg/330px-Protest_Image_UT_Austin_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/93/Protest_Image_UT_Austin_%282%29.jpg/440px-Protest_Image_UT_Austin_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2091" data-file-height="1177" /></a><figcaption>Police by the UT Tower prepare to apprehend protestors as onlookers watch.</figcaption></figure> <p>On April 24, 2024, the UT Tower and lawn became a focal point for a peaceful demonstration over the <a href="/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" title="Israel–Hamas war">Israel-Hamas War</a>. Over 50 protesters were reportedly arrested during the demonstrations on campus where law enforcement officers, including those from the Texas Department of Public Safety, reportedly engaged in physical clashes with protesters, leading to tensions and calls for the release of those detained.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The protests occurred amidst the <a href="/wiki/April_2024_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war_protests_on_United_States_university_campuses" class="mw-redirect" title="April 2024 Israel–Hamas war protests on United States university campuses">ongoing nationwide demonstrations on college campuses</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The next day, on April 25, 2024, a crowd of around 500 demonstrators gathered, organized by groups such as the Texas State Employees Union and the American Association of University Professors in response to the events of the previous day.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lighting">Lighting</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Main_Building_(University_of_Texas_at_Austin)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Lighting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:UT_Main_Building_Burnt_Orange_03.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/UT_Main_Building_Burnt_Orange_03.JPG/220px-UT_Main_Building_Burnt_Orange_03.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/UT_Main_Building_Burnt_Orange_03.JPG/330px-UT_Main_Building_Burnt_Orange_03.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/UT_Main_Building_Burnt_Orange_03.JPG/440px-UT_Main_Building_Burnt_Orange_03.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>The tower of the Main Building illuminated orange for the 2012 Fall Commencement. The number 12 in lights refers to the graduating class of 2012.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Tower usually appears <a href="/wiki/Lighting" title="Lighting">illuminated</a> in white light in the evening, but is lit in various color schemes for special occasions, including <a href="/wiki/Texas_Longhorns" title="Texas Longhorns">athletic victories</a> and academic accomplishments. To mark more somber events, such as the passing of a former president of the university, the Tower remains darkened with a soft grey glow through the night. </p><p>Carl J. Eckhardt Jr., head of the Physical Plant in 1931, supervised the construction of the Main Building Tower. Eckhardt devised a lighting system to take advantage of its commanding architecture to announce university achievements. Beginning in 1937, orange lights were used to symbolize important events at the university; by 1947, standard guidelines for using the orange lights were created, and these have been updated since. Today there are many different options for lighting, including a darkened tower to signify solemn occasions. An orange tower with office windows lit to form the numeral "1" is used for national championships in <a href="/wiki/NCAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA">NCAA</a> sporting events.<sup id="cite_ref-lighting_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lighting-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During Gone To Texas (welcoming new students to campus) and commencement ceremonies, the Tower windows are lit up to form the year (e.g. a 12 for the Class of 2012) of the class being honored. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Main_Building_(University_of_Texas_at_Austin)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_University_of_Texas_at_Austin" title="History of the 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Cooley Pavilion">Denton A. Cooley Pavilion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moody_Center" title="Moody Center">Moody Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFCU_Disch%E2%80%93Falk_Field" title="UFCU Disch–Falk Field">UFCU Disch–Falk Field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_A._Myers_Stadium" title="Mike A. Myers Stadium">Myers Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_and_Charline_McCombs_Field" title="Red and Charline McCombs Field">McCombs Field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregory_Gymnasium" title="Gregory Gymnasium">Gregory Gymnasium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_and_Joe_Jamail_Texas_Swimming_Center" title="Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center">Jamail Texas Swimming Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_Farm_Lone_Star_Showdown" class="mw-redirect" title="State Farm Lone Star Showdown">Lone Star Showdown</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#BF5700;color:white;;width:1%">Campus</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_University_of_Texas_at_Austin_buildings" title="List of University of Texas at Austin buildings">List of buildings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_Hall" title="Battle Hall">Battle Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Batts_Hall" title="Batts Hall">Batts Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blanton_Museum_of_Art" title="Blanton Museum of Art">Blanton Museum of Art</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Austin_(building)" title="Austin (building)"><i>Austin</i> by Ellsworth Kelly</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burdine_Hall" title="Burdine Hall">Burdine Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calhoun_Hall" title="Calhoun Hall">Calhoun Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cactus_Cafe" title="Cactus Cafe">Cactus Cafe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flawn_Academic_Center" title="Flawn Academic Center">Flawn Academic Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garrison_Hall" title="Garrison Hall">Garrison Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goldsmith_Hall" title="Goldsmith Hall">Goldsmith Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Campus" title="Little Campus">Heman Sweatt Campus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Frank_Dobie_House" title="J. Frank Dobie House">J. Frank Dobie House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._J._Pickle_Research_Campus" title="J. J. Pickle Research Campus">Pickle Research Campus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J.T._Patterson_Labs_Building" title="J.T. Patterson Labs Building">J.T. Patterson Labs Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_Geological_Sciences_Building" title="Jackson Geological Sciences Building">Jackson Geological Sciences Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jester_Center" title="Jester Center">Jester Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Littlefield_Fountain" title="Littlefield Fountain">Littlefield Fountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lady_Bird_Johnson_Wildflower_Center" title="Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center">Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Landmarks_(University_of_Texas_at_Austin)" class="mw-redirect" title="Landmarks (University of Texas at Austin)">Landmarks (public art collection)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Center_(University_of_Texas_at_Austin)" title="Los Angeles Center (University of Texas at Austin)">Los Angeles Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyndon_Baines_Johnson_Library_and_Museum" title="Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum">Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Main Building (The Tower)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonald_Observatory" title="McDonald Observatory">McDonald Observatory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moody_Pedestrian_Bridge" title="Moody Pedestrian Bridge">Moody Pedestrian Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_Building_and_Recital_Hall" title="Music Building and Recital Hall">Music Building and Recital Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Painter_Hall" title="Painter Hall">Painter Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas_Performing_Arts_Center" title="University of Texas Performing Arts Center">Performing Arts Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perry%E2%80%93Casta%C3%B1eda_Library" title="Perry–Castañeda Library">Perry–Castañeda Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Physics,_Math,_and_Astronomy_Building" title="Physics, Math, and Astronomy Building">Physics, Math, and Astronomy Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_Junior_High_School" title="University Junior High School">School of Social Work Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Barbara_Jordan_(University_of_Texas_at_Austin)" title="Statue of Barbara Jordan (University of Texas at Austin)">Statue of Barbara Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutton_Hall_(University_of_Texas_at_Austin)" title="Sutton Hall (University of Texas at Austin)">Sutton Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Memorial_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="Texas Memorial Museum">Texas Memorial Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_Building_(University_of_Texas_at_Austin)" title="Union Building (University of Texas at Austin)">Union Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_Teaching_Center" title="University Teaching Center">University Teaching Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waggener_Hall" title="Waggener Hall">Waggener Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Webb_Hall" title="Walter Webb Hall">Walter Webb Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welch_Hall_(University_of_Texas_at_Austin)" title="Welch Hall (University of Texas at Austin)">Welch Hall</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#BF5700;color:white;;width:1%">History</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_University_of_Texas_at_Austin" title="History of the University of Texas at Austin">History of the University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_F._Austin" title="Stephen F. Austin">Stephen F. Austin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Texas#Article_7:_"Education"" title="Constitution of Texas">Constitution of 1876</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fisher_v._University_of_Texas_(2013)" title="Fisher v. University of Texas (2013)"><i>Fisher v. University of Texas</i> (2013)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fisher_v._University_of_Texas_(2016)" title="Fisher v. University of Texas (2016)"><i>Fisher v. University of Texas</i> (2016)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hopwood_v._Texas" title="Hopwood v. Texas">Hopwood v. Texas</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sweatt_v._Painter" title="Sweatt v. Painter">Sweatt v. Painter</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas_tower_shooting" title="University of Texas tower shooting">Tower shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas_at_Austin_admissions_controversy" title="University of Texas at Austin admissions controversy">Admissions controversy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#BF5700;color:white;;width:1%">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_University_of_Texas_at_Austin_alumni" title="List of University of Texas at Austin alumni">Alumni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_University_of_Texas_at_Austin_faculty" title="List of University of Texas at Austin faculty">Faculty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_University_of_Texas_at_Austin" title="List of presidents of the University of Texas at Austin">Presidents</a></li> <li><a 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